The digital double bind change and stasis in the Middle East / Mohamed Zayani and Joe F. Khalil.

Author/creator Zayani, Mohamed, 1965-
Other author Khalil, Joe F.
Other author Oxford University Press.
Format Electronic
Publication InfoNew York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2024]
Descriptionxii, 304 pages ; 24 cm.
Supplemental ContentFull text available from Oxford Scholarship Online
Subjects

SeriesOxford studies digital politics series
Contents The digital Middle East -- Reckoning with change -- The digital as infrastructure -- Technologies of center and periphery -- The digital as digitality -- The enticement of digital citizenship -- Collective voices and digital contention -- Digital adaptations and disruptive power -- In pursuit of the knowledge economy -- Cultural and creative industries -- Emerging digital economies -- Virtual lives and digital spaces -- The demographics of a connected culture -- Collectivity, identity and multivocality.
Abstract "The Middle East's digital turn has renewed hopes of socio-economic development and political change across the region. It has also engendered stark contradictions and accentuated long-time tensions. The resulting disjunctures ensnare the region in a digital double bind: The same conditions that fuel the state, market, and public's growing preoccupation with the digital also inhibit the drivers of change. Using locally-grounded research and rich case studies, this book critically engages with the question of technology and change beyond familiar trajectories of the network society. The Digital Double Bind offers a path-breaking analysis of how the Middle East region negotiates its relation to the digital"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
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Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2023040393
ISBN9780197508626 (hardback)
ISBN9780197508633 (paperback)
ISBN(epub)

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