impact of icts on repressive regimes
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Presentation given at ISA 2009 conference in New York on my dissertation research. Blog post and paper are available at: http://irevolution.wordpress.com/2009/02/13/impact-of-icts-on-repressive-regimes-findings/TRANSCRIPT
Role of ICT in Human Rights, Activism and
Resistance
International Studies AssociationNew York, February 17, 2009
Chair: Patrick Meier
Indra de Soysa:
Panelists and Papers
Fabien Miard:
Patrick Meier:
Joshua Goldstein:
ICT & Human Rights, 1980-2005
Mobile Phones & Activism, 1991-2005
ICT & Resistance, 1990-2007
ICT & Kenya, 2007-2008
Patrick Meier
PhD CandidateFletcher/Tufts
Impact of ICTs on Protest Frequency
Protests…
Protests…
Philippines ‘01 - “Coup de Text”
Protests…
Spain ‘04 - “The Night of SMS”
Protests…
Pakistan ‘07 - “Flash Protests”
Tibet ’08 - “Media Blackout?”
Protests…
Is ICT a statistically
significant predictor?
Question…
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10111010100101010?
…DataProtests
…Data
ICTs
Controls
…Data
…Data
Protests
…Methodolog
yClustering – High & Low
…Data
Protests
…Methodolog
yClustering – High & Low
Correlations & Regressions
…Data
Protests
Findings…Findings…
…Data
Protests
Findings…Findings…
Internet
…Data
Protests
Findings…Findings…
Mobiles
…Data
Protests
Findings…Findings…
Problems&
Next
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