Reporters Without Borders: Internet Enemies (2011)

The year 2010 firmly established the role of social networks and the Internet as mobilisation and news transmission tools, especially during the Arab spring. New and traditional media have proven to be increasingly complementary. Meanwhile, repressive regimes have intensified censorship, propaganda and repression, keeping 119 netizens in jail. Issues such as national security – linked to the WikiLeaks publications – and intellectual property – are challenging democratic countries’ support to online free speech.

Publisher Reporters Without Borders, March 2011
103 pages

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Christopher Kullenberg: Det nätpolitiska manifestet (2010) [Swedish]

Mikroskopiska händelser förändrar internets karaktär. En enda tunnel eller en enda koppling kan förändra ett händelseförlopp radikalt. En bild inifrån en diktatur, ett läckt handelsavtal från en korrupt regim, ett stycke programkod eller en vittnesbörd kan smitta och spridas som en löpeld mellan internets noder. Det främsta kännetecknet för det öppna nätet är att vi inte kan veta vad som kommer att hända imorgon.

Det nätpolitiska manifestet är den tredje boken i serien Ink manifest. Den tar dig från Teherans gator till nätets djupaste darknets, från tingsrätten i Stockholm till de surrande datorhallar där varje steg du tar på nätet registreras. Det är en svindlande text som visar hur internet kastat omkull vår politiska tillvaro och bundit oss vid en teknologi som inte går att skilja från våra liv. Nätet är en möjlighet till politisk kamp och frigörelse, men det kan också utgöra ett verktyg för övervakning och repression. Genom en analys av de senaste årens konflikter kring The Pirate Bay-rättegången och genomdrivandet av FRA-lagen, men även globala nätrelaterade händelser som demonstrationerna i Iran och hjälpkonvojen till Gaza, visar Christopher Kullenberg vägen till ett kompromisslöst nätpolitiskt motstånd med räckvidd långt utanför fiberkanalerna.

Publisher Ink bokförlag, 2010
ISBN 9789197846912
80 pages

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The New Face of Digital Populism (2011)

Populist parties and movements are now a force to be reckoned with in many Western European countries. These groups are known for their opposition to immigration, their ‘anti-establishment’ views and their concern for protecting national culture. Their rise in popularity has gone hand-in-hand with the advent of social media, and they are adept at using new technology to amplify their message, recruit and organise.

The online social media following for many of these parties dwarfs the formal membership, consisting of tens of thousands of sympathisers and supporters. This mélange of virtual and real political activity is the way millions of people — especially young people — relate to politics in the 21st century.

This is the first quantitative investigation into these digital populists, based on over 10,000 survey responses from 12 countries. It includes data on who they are, what they think and what motivates them to shift from virtual to real-world activism. It also provides new insight into how populism — and politics and political engagement more generally — is changing as a result of social media.

The New Face of Digital Populism calls on mainstream politicians to respond and address concerns over immigration and cultural identity without succumbing to xenophobic solutions. People must be encouraged to become actively involved in political and civic life, whatever their political persuasion — it is important to engage and debate forcefully with these parties and their supporters, not shut them out as beyond the pale.

Authors: Jamie Bartlett, Jonathan Birdwell, Mark Littler
Published by Demos, London, 7 November 2011
Demos licence (Open Access. Some rights reserved)
ISBN 978-1-906693-86-2
148 pages

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