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Writings and course materials from Dr. Maximilian C. Forte, anthropologist at Concordia University, on politics, power, and advocacy using Web media. The actors in focus here are individuals, civil society organizations, political parties, and governments. The range of topics includes resistance, organization, influence on/by mainstream media, soft power, strategic communications, misinformation, information warfare, centered around issues of democracy, equality, social justice and liberation.
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- Breaking the Internet in the Name of Freedom? Internet Censorship and Domestic Spying in the U.S.
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- The Anthropology of Hackers
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- Interviewed Today on Al Jazeera: Social Media, Soft Power, and American Empire
- Notes on Shirky, Here Comes Everybody, Chs. 8, 9, 10, 11, and Epilogue
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- Building Your Research Paper on Cyber-Activism
- Online Activism Around the World, CFP2009
- Social media and the myth of techno-utopia
- Authoritarian Regimes Coopting the Internet
- Is “Virtual” Activism Not “Real” Activism?
- This Failed Revolution, Powered by Twitter: Revisiting the Recurring Themes of the Moldova Twitter Revolution, and Raising Some New Doubts
- Clay Shirky: 15 Points on the Web Revolution in Social Collaboration and Political Communication
- The Internet and Iranian Activism: Morozov v. Shirky
- Some Useful Concepts Relevant to Digital Activism
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Tag Archives: Iran
Recent Resources on the Haystack Fiasco and Internet Freedom
“Technology fetishes and imaginary revolutions — Haystack and the hype” on War in Context, provides us with a good overview of the hype surrounding Haystack as a way of supporting Iranian dissidents, and the level of support and applause it … Continue reading
Posted in Haystack, Political Events
Tagged Austin Heap, Haystack, Internet Freedom, Iran, U.S. State Department
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Interviewed Today on Al Jazeera: Social Media, Soft Power, and American Empire
Al Jazeera Arabic invited me to participate in its hour-long program, In Depth (19 April 2010; 3:00-4:00pm EST), and I was happy to do so via satellite earlier this evening. One of the main topics that I was asked to … Continue reading
Posted in concepts, Theories, Twitter
Tagged Al Jazeera, Alliance of Youth Movements, Civil Society 2.0, grassroots movements, H.R. 2647, Iran, Israel, Jack Z. Bratich, public anthropology, social media, social networking sites, soft power, Twitter, Twitter Revolution, VOICE Act, zionism
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The Internet and Iranian Activism: Morozov v. Shirky
Why the internet is failing Iran’s activists « Prospect Magazine Evgeny Morozov 5th January 2010 — Issue 166 Clay Shirky is wrong to be upbeat about how technology is boosting Iran’s democracy movement. If anything, it’s helping the regime crack … Continue reading
