Free Speech in Weblogistan? The Offline Consequences of Online Communication
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8965019 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Elizabeth M Bucar (corresponding author), Roja Fazaeli (0000-0002-1060-7231) |
| Year | 2008 |
| Volume | 40 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 419b-419b |
| Publication date | 2008-08-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Journal Middle East Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0020-7438 • E-ISSN: 1471-6380 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0020743808081348 |
| OpenAlex | W4243007941 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 4 |
The irruption of Persian-language blogging since 2001, known to its participants as Weblogistan, has been accompanied by enthusiastic claims that weblogs are promoting previously nonexistent forms of expression, thereby rupturing traditional Iranian social, cultural, religious, and political norms. The political scientist Fereshteh Nouraie-Simone juxtaposes Weblogistan against the conditions of theocratic rule as “a public social space that allows free expression of self outside the confines of the politically manipulated physical space.” In a 2005 book, which includes translated weblog postings, Nasrin Alavi takes this line of interpretation even further, asserting that by making “it possible for young Iranians to express themselves freely and anonymously,” Weblogistan “is nothing less than a revolution within the Revolution.”
Context (archaeology · Cyberspace · Epistemology · Expression (computer science · Free speech · Internet privacy · Interpretation (philosophy · Islam · Linguistics · Media studies · Nothing · Online and offline · Persian · Political communication · Political science · Politics · Scrutiny · Situated · Sociology · Space (punctuation) · Speech recognition · The Internet · Theocracy · World Wide Web · Communication · Computer Science · Freedom of Expression and Defamation · Hate Speech and Cyberbullying Detection · History · Law · Media, Communication, and Education · Philosophy · Political theory and Gramsci · Politics and Conflicts in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Middle East · Psychology · Social Media and Politics
| Unique citing works | 3 |
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| Citations per year | 0,19 |
| Citation span | 2010 - 2013 (4) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |