Social network site users and political participation in Kyrgyzstan
There are a few key studies around the social impact of information technologies and Internet access within Central Asia. Kyrgyzstan, with a high level of political participation and an avant-garde position regarding internet access in Central Asia, broadband and social media penetration in the population, is a critical case for studying social media in relation to political participation. New media combined with a high level of internet freedom in Kyrgyzstan is a powerful tool that has the possibility to channel citizen opinion, offer an alternative to traditional print, TV and radio outlets, and craft new methods by which the citizen or collective interacts with the political and social environment (Robbins, 2012).According to some authors, the Tulip Revolution in 2005 in Kyrgyzstan was the
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2014-05
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Authors: | Turdubaeva, Elira |
Institutions: | International Institute of Social and Economic Sciences |
Subject: | Kyrgyzstan | Central Asia | political participation | new media | interaction | social media | Tulip Revolution |
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Series: | Proceedings of International Academic Conferences. - ISSN 2336-5617. |
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Type of publication: | Book / Working Paper |
Notes: | Published in Proceedings of the Proceedings of the 9th International Academic Conference, May 2014, pages 871-871 Number 0100911 1 pages longpage |
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