NATS 1700 Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: Community Theatre, Authoritarianism, E-Government
26 Sep 2016
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The internet and authoritarianism: the optimistic view. The internet and authoritarianism : the pessimistic view. Authoritarian regimes cannot counter the internet threat effectively because the internet is to too anarchic to be controlled by anyone. The public is exposed to outside ideas and images of transition to democracy in other countries. The emergence of a domestic business elite is encourages. The net is the worlds only functioning political anarchy but it could soon become a major tool for democracy by allowing anyone anywhere access to information and opinions of anyone else, anywhere else . Cairo: tahrir square - february 2011 in egypt people communicated through twitter, social networks etc to communicate in a huge number and revolt against president and toppled over the government: huge demonstration of powerful internet. Social media is not an instrument for deep changes because it does not require deep commitment from participants.
