Liberation Technology
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6288535 |
|---|---|
| Authors | L Diamond (0000-0001-5471-666X, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2010 |
| Volume | 21 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 69-83 |
| Publication date | 2010-07-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of democracy (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1045-5736 • E-ISSN: 1086-3214 |
| Publisher | Project MUSE (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1353/jod.0.0190 |
| OpenAlex | W4234785761 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 244 |
The Internet, mobile phones, and other forms of “liberation technology” enable citizens to express opinions, mobilize protests, and expand the horizons of freedom. Autocratic governments are also learning to master these technologies, however. Ultimately, the contest between democrats and autocrats will depend not just on technology, but on political organization and strategy
Autocracy · CONTEST · Liberation · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Public relations · Sociology · The Internet · Computer Science · Law · Social Media and Politics
The control of digital spaces in India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh
The political use of encrypted messaging applications
Enter the WhatsApper
Dimensions of Modern Freedom of Expression
Dialectism
Protests and Radicalization in the Digital Age
Critical Discourse Analysis and the challenges and opportunities of social media
Liberation Technology
The New Party Challenge
Social Media and Press Freedom
Democracy, Democratization, Institutions, and Inequality
The ‘Cuban Spring’ Fallacy
Miten Minä ja Sinä voivat kohdata journalistisissa dialogeissa? Dialogikokeilut haastavat kansalaisjournalismin käsitystä hyvästä keskustelusta
Unmasking the dictator
Conceptualizing Digital Democracy
Living in media and the era of regulation
The Rise of Fourth‐Wave Feminism in the Arab region? Cyberfeminism and Women's Activism at the Crossroads of the Arab Spring
Entelektüel Düşünme Eğiliminin Sosyal Medya Kullanım Amaçlarına Etkisi
L’aide française aux médias étrangers. Une analyse de la diplomatie publique par ses acteurs, ses réseaux et ses luttes
Cross-national civilian reporting of the everydayness of war
The digital divide in the journalism sector
Internet regulation and crisis-related resilience
Platform-mediated tourism
Mainframes and mandarins
The Role of Social Media in Promoting Budget Transparency and Citizen Participation in Kenyan Counties
Social media use for offline political action (OPA) and corruption in Africa
At the Turning Point of the Current Techno-Economic Paradigm
Journalism and social media in Africa
The Internet, Social Media, and a Changing China, written by Jacques deLisle, Avery Goldstein, and Guobin Yang
The Online Public Sphere in the Gulf
The Consequences of Some Angry Re-Tweets
Factors that influence a country to exercise its capacity for digital repression
Social media and the transformation of activist communication
Sparking debate? Political deaths and Twitter discourses in Argentina and Russia
Internet restrictions in Uganda
Online censorship and digital surveillance
Twitter and video activism as tools for counter-surveillance
When memory exceeds history
E-parliament and constituency representation in Nigeria
Wir sind die Medien
Globalization, the Rule of (Administrative) Law, and the Realization of Democratic Governance in Africa
The power of ‘big brothers’
Regulatory Control and Self-Censorship in Social Media
G Internet and Confidence in Government
Political Effects of the Internet and Social Media
Political Effects of the Internet and Social Media
Crossing Borders and Building Walls in Right-Wing Uses of the Past
Revisiting the Emancipatory Potential of Digital Media in Asia – Introduction to the Inaugural Issue of Asiascape
Digital surveillance governance
Romanian Diasporic Facebook Groups as Public Spheres
Menschenrechtliche Herausforderungen und Lösungsansätze in der digitalisierten Wirtschaft aus der Perspektive von Business and Human Rights und integrativer Wirtschaftsethik
Transnationalisierung und Demokratisierung politischer Öffentlichkeit über Soziale Medien – ein Politikfeldvergleich
Digitale Medien und Kommunikation in der Vergleichenden Politikwissenschaft
Social Media, Mobile Phones and Migration in Africa
Rainbow over the Internet
Activism as political action in Uganda
Engaging Public Health Critical Race Praxis in Local Social Determinants of Health Research
Legitimacy and space in the use of technologies for environmental and social governance
The Relationship between the State and the New Media in Egypt
Does electricity demobilize citizens? Exploring access to the grid, political participation and democracy in Africa
Social media and counterpublic spheres in an authoritarian state
Digital Public Policy
Information equality and democracy in the information age
China’s internet controls
Is social media a helpful communicative tool in combatting corruption in developing countries? Evidence from Ghana
Teargas and Selfie Cams
Democratization and Authoritarianism in the Information Age
Government’s echo. Twitter discussions around news topics in Russian networked authoritarianism
Government Digital Repression and Political Engagement
Attack or Block? Repertoires of Digital Censorship in Autocracies
Am I equal? Internet access and perceptions of female political leadership ability in the Arab world
The cost of repressing opposition parties in electoral authoritarian regimes
The humpty dumpty effect
Participation or Communication? An Explication of Political Activity in the Internet Age
Communication power struggles on social media
The Smartphone as the “Weapon of the Weak”
Crafting a Democratic Enclave on the Cyberspace
The Discipline of Happiness
Suleiman
Politics of phygital protests
The Monitorial Role of Crowdsourced Journalism
Before the ‘Arab Spring’
Blackouts, Whitelists, and ‘Terrorist Others’
Public Participation in China's State‐Created ICT Spaces
The politics of political communication
Emerging media, political protests, and government repression in autocracies and democracies from 1995 to 2012
Transitions to nowhere
Restricting digital sites of dissent
China's Solution to Global Cyber Governance
The Dictator's Digital Toolkit
Sweden
Facebook as a Political Marketing Tool in an Illiberal Context. Mapping Political Advertising Activity on Facebook during the 2019 Hungarian European Parliament and Local Election Campaigns
Platforms are People Too
PeaceTech
Authoritarian Smart City
The internet and state repression
The ties that bind
Introduction
The evolution of support for democratic regime principles and its alternatives
Political hibernation in‐between elections? Exploring the online communication and mobilisation capacities of Nigeria's political parties
| Unique citing works | 244 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 15,25 |
| Citation span | 2010 - 2026 (17) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | Yes |
| Citation types | Neutral: 241 |