Digital disintermediation, technical and national sovereignty
The Internet shutdown of Catalonia’s ‘independence referendum’
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11486226 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Víctor Sampedro (Universidad Rey Juan Carlos), Víctor Sampedro Blanco (0000-0003-4831-8731, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos), F Javier López-Ferrández (0000-0003-2529-8723, Universitat Jaume I, corresponding author), Patricia Hidalgo (Universidad Rey Juan Carlos), Patricia Elizabeth Hidalgo Albuja (0000-0002-0735-8991, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 37 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 127-144 |
| Publication date | 2022-04-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | European Journal of Communication (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0267-3231 • E-ISSN: 1460-3705 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/02673231211012143 |
| OpenAlex | W3161934459 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
| References cited | 10 |
This article analyses the digital shutdown experienced in Catalonia within the framework of the independence referendum of 1 October 2017, which had been declared illegal by Spain’s Constitutional Court. We question the notion of digital disintermediation and examine how Internet control and blackout processes are not exclusive to authoritarian political systems, but have instead begun to develop in Western democracies in situations of socio-political crisis. We analyse the type of shutdown implemented in Catalonia, the players (both institutional and corporate) taking part in the process, and the resistance strategies implemented by civil society to maintain the flow of digital communications. In our conclusion, we reflect upon the implications of the events that took place in Catalonia for the future of digital sovereignty and suggest further lines of research for monitoring similar shutdown processes
Authoritarianism · Brexit · Business · Contentious politics · Democracy · Disintermediation · European union · Independence (probability theory · International trade · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Referendum · Social movement · Sociology · Sovereignty · The Internet · Computer Science · Electoral Systems and Political Participation · Law · Populism, Right-Wing Movements · Social Media and Politics
Two Bits
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Building Empirical Typologies with QCA
Ensuring Freedoms and Protecting Rights in the Governance of the Internet
Datafication, dataism and dataveillance
Algorithmic culture
Leaks-based journalism and media scandals
La defensa de la Constitución frente al secesionismo. Crónica política y legislativa del año 2017
La souveraineté technologique
| Unique citing works | 5 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1.25 |
| Citation span | 2022 - 2024 (3) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 4 |