[governance] Networked Authoritarianism and Social Media in Azerbaijan

[Robert Guerra]

Katy Pearce just posted on twitter that her paper on Networked Authoritarianism & Social Media in Azerbaijan has just been published.

Here's details - 

URL - http://is.gd/3DxyC8
 (nods @rmack, @pnhoward, @ethanz, @evgenymorozov)

Authors: Katy E. Pearce, Sarah Kendzior

Article first published online: 14 MAR 2012

The diffusion of digital media does not always have democratic consequences. This mixed-methods study examines how the government of Azerbaijan dissuaded Internet users from political activism. We examine how digital media were used for networked authoritarianism, a form of Internet control common in former Soviet states where manipulation over digitally mediated social networks is used more than outright censorship. Through a content analysis of 3 years of Azerbaijani media, a 2-year structural equation model of the relationship between Internet use and attitudes toward protest, and interviews with Azerbaijani online activists, we find that the government has successfully dissuaded frequent Internet users from supporting protest and average Internet users from using social media for political purposes.
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