In Manuel Castells’ “Networks of Outrage and Hope. Social Movements in the digital Age”, we gain an in depth look at the nature and perspectives of networked social movements. What role does the online community play in propagating a revolution or social movement? Are movements born online, or simply assisted by the lightning-fast nature of […]

 “Governments of the Industrial World, you weary giants of flesh and steel, I come from Cyberspace, the new home of Mind. On behalf of the future, I ask you of the past to leave us alone. You are not welcome among us. You have no sovereignty where we gather.” This quote from John Perry’s manifesto […]

As we learned from MacKinnon, authoritarian states are power holders. They hold the potential to censor, build communication infrastructure, set up networks, and program those connections with the content of their choosing. This is straightforward, and as to be expected as a reflection of any authoritarian regime. The more complex beast is that of the […]

Who controls the information, controls the hearts. For nation states, there’s no dream sweeter than to have the media on their side. But even for governments as heavy-handed as China, there’s still no way to put fingers on foreign media. So it seems like a smart idea for national governments to invest into international broadcasting, […]