ISBN:
9781478007333
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (xxiii, 284 Seiten)
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DDC:
306.20955
Keywords:
Geschichte 2000-2008
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SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies
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Blogs Political aspects
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Blogs Social aspects
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Civil society
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Cyberspace Political aspects
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Cyberspace Social aspects
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Political participation Computer network resources
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Zivilgesellschaft
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Blogger
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Politische Beteiligung
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Politisches Engagement
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Weblog
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Iran
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Electronic books
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Iran
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Weblog
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Blogger
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Politische Beteiligung
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Zivilgesellschaft
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Iran
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Weblog
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Politisches Engagement
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Geschichte 2000-2008
Abstract:
In the early 2000s, mainstream international news outlets celebrated the growth of Weblogistan-the online and real-life transnational network of Iranian bloggers-and depicted it as a liberatory site that gave voice to Iranians. As Sima Shakhsari argues in Politics of Rightful Killing, the common assumptions of Weblogistan as a site of civil society consensus and resistance to state oppression belie its deep internal conflicts. While Weblogistan was an effective venue for some Iranians to "practice democracy," it served as a valuable site for the United States to surveil bloggers and express anti-Iranian sentiment and policies. At the same time, bloggers used the network to self-police and enforce gender and sexuality norms based on Western liberal values in ways that unwittingly undermined Weblogistan's claims of democratic participation. In this way, Weblogistan became a site of cybergovernmentality, where biopolitical security regimes disciplined and regulated populations. Analyzing online and off-line ethnography, Shakhsari provides an account of digital citizenship that raises questions about the internet's relationship to political engagement, militarism, and democracy
DOI:
10.1515/9781478007333
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URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1215/9781478007333?locatt=mode:legacy
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https://doi.org/10.1515/9781478007333?locatt=mode:legacy
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https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781478007333
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