Evgeny Morozov – The Folly of Technological Solutionism (2013)
Evgeny Morozov, a Belarusian thinker educated in the U.S., is a vocal critic of the politics of the Internet. He argues that the power of the Internet is often overstated, taking a critical, if not...
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Review of Ryann Manning – FollowME.Int.Dev.Com.: International Development in Blogosphere (2012) Ryann Manning from Harvard Business School in his paper “FollowME.Int.Dev.Com.: International...
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Review of Postill, J. 2014: Freedom technologists and the new protest movements: A theory of protest formulas, Convergence: The International Journal of Research into New Media Technologies, SAGE...
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Review – Blogs and Bullets: New Media in Contentious Politics (2010) The initial enthusiasm over new media’s potential, such as blogs, Twitter, Facebook, and YouTube, as a means for activists to...
View ArticleEngagement in International Development Blogging
Review of T. Denskus & A.S. Papan – International Development Blogging Evolution and its Challenges Blogosphere has become an important part of international development discussion on the...
View ArticleBreaking Through the Information Blockade: Participatory Journalism and...
In her book Alternative and Activist New Media (2011), Lievrouw discusses the rise of participatory journalism, which includes citizen, grassroots, or open-source journalism projects, independent news...
View ArticleNew media a powerful tool for self-representation
Review: Reclaiming the media: communication rights and democratic media roles edited by Cammaerts and Carpentier (2007) In the light of the increasing role of new media in international relations, it...
View ArticleHow can new media enhance democracy?
Review of Shirky, C. 2010: The political power of social media technology, the public sphere, and political change, Foreign Affairs 90: 28-I. Clay Shirky analyzes the potential of social media in...
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