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Revolution Stalled - The Political Limits of the Internet in the Post-Soviet Sphere (Hardcover)
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Revolution Stalled - The Political Limits of the Internet in the Post-Soviet Sphere (Hardcover)
Series: Oxford Studies in Digital Politics
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Can the internet fundamentally challenge non-free regimes? The role
that social networking played in political change in the Middle
East and beyond raises important questions about the ability of
authoritarian leaders to control the information sphere and their
subjects. Revolution Stalled goes beyond the idea of "virtual "
politics to study five key components in the relationship between
the online sphere and society: content, community, catalysts,
control, and co-optation. This analysis of the contemporary Russian
internet, written by a scholar with in-depth knowledge of both the
post-Soviet media and media theory, illuminates how and when online
activity can spark political action. This book argues that there
are critical pre-conditions that help the internet to challenge
non-free states. For example, Russian leaders became vulnerable to
online protest movements and online social entrepreneurs when they
failed to control the internet as effectively as they control
traditional media. At the same time, Russia experienced explosive
growth in online audiences, tipping the balance of control away
from state-run television and toward the more open online sphere.
Drawing upon studies of small-scale protests involving health
issues and children with disabilities, Oates provides compelling
evidence of the way Russians are translating individual grievances
into rising political awareness and efficacy via the online sphere.
The Russian state is struggling to change its information and
control strategy in response to new types of information
dissemination, networking, and protest. At the same time, this new
environment has transformed a state strategy of co-opted elections
into a powerful catalyst for protest and demands for rights. While
the revolution remains stalled, Oates shows how a new and changing
generation of internet users is transforming the public sphere in
Russia.
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