Expat-ing Democracy: Dissidents, Technology, and Democratic Discourse in the Middle East (Hardcover)

Contents: Media, Technology and the Quest for Democracy ? Communicating Democracy In The Middle East ? Media, New Media and Democracy ? Media and Open Society ? E-Challenge of Democratization and the Middle East ? Diasporas of Middle East Descent ? Syrian Opposition Groups ? Iranian opposition Groups ? Use of ICT by Pro-Democracy Expat Groups to Deliver Political Messages ? ICT and Civil Society? The Beginning of the Arab Spring ? Virtual Difference and the Meaning of New Media.