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Content for Digital Activism and Civil Resistance
I’ve been advising a large scale digital activism and civil resistance project and am concerned by the lack of importance placed on content. The project’s donor (not implementer) literally thinks that...
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Nonviolent Resistance in Post-Communist Countries
Introduction I recently presented my dissertation research at the American Political Science Association (APSA) convention and had the good fortune of sharing the panel with Olena Nikolayenko from...
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Transitions 2.0: Internet, Political Culture and Autocracy in Central Asia
I recently presented my dissertation research at the American Political Science Association (APSA) convention and attended a related panel entitled: “Internet: Collective Action, Social Mobilization,...
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Twitter vs. Tyrants: Summary of Congressional Briefing
My colleague Chris Doten sent me the following email on September 25th: Hey Patrick- I’m currently working for the US Helsinki Commission, which as you probably know is a semi-congressional human...
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Twitter vs. Tyrants: Remarks by Freedom House
My colleague Chris Doten asked me to suggest panelists for this congressional briefing on the role of new media in authoritarian states. Here are the highlights from Daniel Calingaert’s opening remarks...
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Twitter vs. Tyrants: Remarks by Evgeny Morozov
My colleague Chris Doten asked me to suggest panelists for this congressional briefing on the role of new media in authoritarian states. Here are the highlights from Evgeny Morozov‘s opening remarks...
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Twitter vs. Tyrants: Remarks by NDI
My colleague Chris Doten asked me to suggest panelists for this congressional briefing on the role of new media in authoritarian states. Here are the highlights from Chris Spence’s opening remarks...
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Empirical Study on Impact of Global ICT Use on Democratic Tendency
Important: The econometric analysis of this paper has received serious criticisms. My contribution to the paper was threefold: (1) the literature review, (2) the recommendation that autocratic regimes...
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Why Dictators Love the Web or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Say So What?!
Prospect Magazine‘s latest issue figures an excellent piece by my witty colleague Evgeny Morozov. Entitled “Why Dictators Love the Web,” the article is as an important contribution to the study of...
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Digital Activism and the Puffy Clouds of Anecdote Heaven
Evgeny replied in style to my way-too-long response to his piece in Prospect on: “Why Dictators Love the Web.” At least someone read my entire post, thanks Evgeny! As I wrote in my first response, the...
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