Using circumventing media to counteract authoritarian regimes.

Montathar Faraon; Samira Atashi; Mauri Kaipanen; Nils Gustafsson

Using circumventing media to counteract authoritarian regimes.

Montathar Faraon, Samira Atashi, Mauri Kaipanen, Nils Gustafsson

Department of Strategic Communication

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The purpose of this paper is to reflect on how potential circumventing media and communication technologies could potentially assist the information flow when authoritarian regimes decide to block the main channels, such as the Internet and the mobile phone networks. The point of departure is the recent Internet blackouts in countries in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), such as Egypt, Bahrain and Libya. We discuss several applications that were developed as a re- sponse to state repression in these countries, and their future potential that would allow people to communicate more freely despite Internet and mobile network blackouts.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	PROCEEDINGS OF THE IADIS INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE E-DEMOCRACY, EQUITY AND SOCIAL JUSTICE
Editors	Gunilla Bradley, Diane Whitehouse, Gurmit Singh
Pages	251-254
Publication status	Published - 2011
Event	IADIS INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE E-DEMOCRACY, EQUITY AND SOCIAL JUSTICE - Rome, Italy Duration: 2011 Jul 20 → 2011 Jul 26

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Conference	IADIS INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE E-DEMOCRACY, EQUITY AND SOCIAL JUSTICE
Country/Territory	Italy
City	Rome
Period	2011/07/20 → 2011/07/26

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Circumventing media
decentralization
social media
citizen empowerment
uprising
revolution

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Using circumventing media to counteract authoritarian regimes. / Faraon, Montathar; Atashi, Samira; Kaipanen, Mauri et al.
PROCEEDINGS OF THE IADIS INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE E-DEMOCRACY, EQUITY AND SOCIAL JUSTICE. ed. / Gunilla Bradley; Diane Whitehouse; Gurmit Singh. 2011. p. 251-254.

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Paper in conference proceeding › peer-review

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