New Media Discourses, Culture and Politics After the Arab Spring : Case Studies From Egypt and Beyond
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| Title: | New Media Discourses, Culture and Politics After the Arab Spring : Case Studies From Egypt and Beyond |
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| Description: | This book investigates the interplay between media, politics, religion, and culture in shaping Arabs'quest for more stable and democratic governance models in the aftermath of the “Arab Spring” uprisings. It focuses on online mediated public debates, specifically user comments on online Arab news sites, and their potential to re-engage citizens in politics. Contributors systematically explore and critique these online communities and spaces in the context of the Arab uprisings, with case studies, largely centered on Egypt, covering micro-bloggers, Islamic discourse online, Libyan nationalism on Facebook, and a computational assessment of online engagement, among other topics. |
| Authors: | Eid Mohamed, Aziz Douai |
| Resource Type: | eBook. |
| Subjects: | Social media--Political aspects--Arab countries--Case studies, Mass media--Political aspects--Arab countries--Case studies, Politics and culture--Arab countries--Case studies, Arab Spring, 2010- |
| Categories: | POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / Media & Internet, HISTORY / Middle East / Egypt, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / Democracy, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Islamic Studies |
| Database: | eBook Collection (EBSCOhost) |
| Abstract: | This book investigates the interplay between media, politics, religion, and culture in shaping Arabs'quest for more stable and democratic governance models in the aftermath of the “Arab Spring” uprisings. It focuses on online mediated public debates, specifically user comments on online Arab news sites, and their potential to re-engage citizens in politics. Contributors systematically explore and critique these online communities and spaces in the context of the Arab uprisings, with case studies, largely centered on Egypt, covering micro-bloggers, Islamic discourse online, Libyan nationalism on Facebook, and a computational assessment of online engagement, among other topics. |
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| ISBN: | 9780755640508 9780755640546 9780755640515 9780755640522 |
