Miriyam Aouragh

TL;DR: This paper argued that it is important to transcend the debate between utopian and dystopian perspectives on the role of the Internet in political change and propose a shift away from perspectives that isolate the Internet from other media by examining the powerful synergy between social media and satellite broadcasters during the January 25 uprising.

TL;DR: The authors argued that the Arab Uprisings of 2011 can be seen as a turning point for media and information studies scholars, many of whom newly discovered the region as a site for theories of digital media and social transformation.

TL;DR: This paper argued that it is important to transcend the debate between utopian and dystopian perspectives on the role of the Internet in political change and propose a shift away from perspectives that isolate the Internet from other media by examining the powerful synergy between social media and satellite broadcasters during the January 25 uprising.

TL;DR: In this paper, the socio-political implications of user-generated applications and platforms through the prism of the Arab revolutions are discussed, and the authors tackle the juxtaposition of the internet and political activism through the Marxist concept Mediation.

TL;DR: Following in the footsteps of international organizations, including the United Nations, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, and the International Telecommunications Union, on 2 May 2013, Google replaced the words "Palestinian Territories" with "Palestine" on all of its sites and products as mentioned in this paper.