Internet Use and Protest in Malaysia and other Authoritarian Regimes

Challenging Information Scarcity

af Kris Ruijgrok

This book investigates the impact of internet use on anti-government protesting under authoritarian rule. By breaking up the causal chain into various steps, it provides a thorough and nuanced understanding of internet¿s role in different stages of the mobilization process. It argues that the impact of internet use on anti-governmental protesting differs per step in the ¿mobilization chain¿, and also that the effect depends on both the on- and offline repression of the regime, as well as on the ... (Læs mere)