Dissertations and Theses
Date of Award
2012
Document Type
Thesis
Department
International Relations
Keywords
Democratization, Technology, International
Abstract
"Within the past decade people around the world have become progressively more aware and interested in the new uses of digital technologies in movements for political change. The technologies have given more people and groups access to information and the tools needed to increase productivity and communication than in the past. As a result of these new digital technologies, the number of people contributing to their civil societies has radically increased. My thesis questions: What is the value of digital activism in the process of democratization around the world? How did those that succeed successfully use these new technologies as opposed to the several others that have failed? Are the successful practices replicable in other scenarios with a similar context? In studying, analyzing, and evaluating digital activism, I attempt to determine how citizens can use digital technologies more efficiently in order to exercise their political power in a more effective manner."
Recommended Citation
Spinner, Melissa, "The Effects of Social Media on Democratization" (2012). CUNY Academic Works.
https://academicworks.cuny.edu/cc_etds_theses/110