Abstract
In the last decade, we have seen major protests occurring around the world. The frequency of these protests has increased dramatically since the so-called Arab Spring started in Tunisia in December 2010. Since then, there have been thousands of protests emerging in various places in the world.
This article is based on a public keynote lecture I delivered at the international conference on “Media and the Politics of Transformation in the Arab world and Asia” held at Freie Universität Berlin, 10 December 2015. Special thanks go to James for making my Berlin visit unforgettable and the writing process smoother.
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Lim, M. (2018). Sticks and Stones, Clicks and Phones: Contextualizing the Role of Digital Media in the Politics of Transformation. In: Richter, C., Antonakis, A., Harders, C. (eds) Digital Media and the Politics of Transformation in the Arab World and Asia. Studies in International, Transnational and Global Communications. Springer VS, Wiesbaden. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-20700-7_2
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