The Rise of Global Free Speech in the Digital Age: How Blogs, Forums, Facebook, Twitter, YouTube Boost Freedom of Expression Around the World, 2006 to

Social media, texting and the Internet have given oppressed people the power to organize, communicate dissent and help lead revolutions throughout the world. While the Arab Spring in 2011 brought attention to "Facebook revolutions" in Tunisia, Egypt and other nations, the rise of global free speech around the world was happening in many more places for many more years. This collection of PBS MediaShift stories from 2006 to 2013 goes from China to Burma to Russia to Southern Sudan and beyond, looking at how average people used technology and social media to discuss and organize in places where governments cracked down on free expression.

Binding Type: Paperback
Author: Authors, Various
Published: 11/27/2013
Publisher: Public Broadcasting Service
ISBN: 9781627640121
Pages: 148
Weight: 0.39lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.51w x 0.32d