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Digital Affordances, Authoritarian Governments: Applying the Leveraged Affordances Model to High Risk Contention

Description:

Previous studies of the "leveraged affordances" approach to collective action have only studied the communicative costs of collective action. This thesis takes the next step by applying affordances literature to high-risk contention. By utilizing illustrative case studies, the thesis analyzes the...

Author:

Holden, Stephen

Keyword:

Affordances, Risk, Arab Spring, Digital Media, Contention, and Collective Action

GW Unit:

Media and Public Affairs

Degree:

M.A.

Advisor:

Aday, Sean and Livingston, Steven

Committee Member(s):

Bailard, Catie S

Resource Type:

Thesis or Dissertation