Political Change in the Digital Age: The Fragility and Promise of Online Organizing

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Title:	Political Change in the Digital Age: The Fragility and Promise of Online Organizing
Author:	Etling, Bruce; Faris, Robert M; Palfrey, John Gorham Note: Order does not necessarily reflect citation order of authors.
Citation:	Bruce Etling, Robert Faris and John Palfrey, Political Change in the Digital Age: The Fragility and Promise of Online Organizing , SAIS Review, Summer-Fall 2010, at 37.
Full Text & Related Files:	SAIS online organizing paper final.pdf (256.7Kb; PDF)
Abstract:	We conclude that policymakers and scholars that have been most optimistic about the impact of digital tools have over-emphasized the role of information, specifically access to alternative and independent sources of information and unfiltered access to the Internet. We argue, in contrast, that more attention should be paid to the means of overcoming the difficulties of online organization in the face of authoritarian governments in an increasingly digital geopolitical environment.
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