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Opening Closed Regimes: What Was the Role of Social Media During the Arab Spring?
- P. Howard, A. Duffy, Deen Freelon, M. Hussain, Will Mari, Marwa Maziad
- Political Science
- 2011
Social media played a central role in shaping political debates in the Arab Spring. A spike in online revolutionary conversations often preceded major events on the ground. Social media helped spread…
Democracy's Fourth Wave?: Digital Media and the Arab Spring
- M. Hussain, P. Howard
- Art
- 29 March 2013
List of Tables List of Figures Acknowledgements Dedication Introduction Chapter 1: Digital Media and the Arab Spring Chapter 2: The Recent History of Digital Media and Dissent Chapter 3: Information…
Bots, #StrongerIn, and #Brexit: Computational Propaganda during the UK-EU Referendum
- P. Howard, Bence Kollanyi
- Computer ScienceArXiv
- 20 June 2016
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Days and Nights on the Internet
- P. Howard, Lee Rainie, Steve Jones
- Education
- 1 November 2001
For a growing cohort of Americans, Internet tools have become a significant conduit of social life and work life. The surveys of the Pew Internet & American Life Project in 2000 show that more than…
Reply to Evgeny Morozov's review of The Digital Origins of Dictatorship and Democracy: Information Technology and Political Islam
- P. Howard
- Political SciencePerspectives on Politics
- 21 September 2010
Morozov is absolutely right to point out that other countries—not in the set analyzed in Digital Origins—might reveal different paths toward or away from democratic government. But a quick look at…
Troops, Trolls and Troublemakers: A Global Inventory of Organized Social Media Manipulation
- S. Bradshaw, P. Howard
- Political Science
- 2017
Cyber troops are government, military or political party teams committed to manipulating public opinion over social media. In this working paper, we report on specific organizations created, often…
The Digital Origins of Dictatorship and Democracy
- P. Howard
- Political Science
- 10 September 2010
The IRA, Social Media and Political Polarization in the United States, 2012-2018
- P. Howard, B. Ganesh, Dimitra Liotsiou, John Kelly, Camille François
- Political Science, Economics
- 17 December 2018
Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/senatedocs Part of the Defense and Security Studies Commons, Other Public Affairs, Public Policy and Public Administration Commons,…
Deep Democracy, Thin Citizenship: The Impact of Digital Media in Political Campaign Strategy
- P. Howard
- Political Science, Sociology
- 1 January 2005
Digital media strategies are a crucial component of contemporary political campaigns. Established political elites use database and Internet technologies to raise money, organize volunteers, gather…
The Upheavals in Egypt and Tunisia: The Role of Digital Media
- P. Howard, M. Hussain
- Sociology
- 9 July 2011
Abstract:During the "Arab Spring," young tech savvy activists led uprisings in a dozen countries across North Africa and the Middle East. At first, digital media allowed democratization movements to…
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