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Internet Usage Under Authoritarian Regimes: Conviviality, Community, Blogging and Online Campaigning in Iran

This research explores how the Internet fosters conviviality in Iran through virtual ethnography and interviews with bloggers engaged in campaigns such as "Stop Stoning" and the "Million Signature Feminist Campaign." The study also examines the impact of state mediation on the transferability of conviviality between virtual and real social spaces.

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Internet Usage Under Authoritarian Regimes: Conviviality, Community, Blogging and Online Campaigning in Iran

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  1. Internet Usage Under Authoritarian Regimes: Conviviality, Community, Blogging and Online Campaigning in Iran Aghil Ameripour, Mike Newman, Brian Nicholson Centre for Development Informatics University of Manchester, UK http://www.manchester.ac.uk/cdi Centre for Development Informatics

  2. Research Overview Ivan Illich “Tools for Conviviality” How does the Internet contribute to the accomplishment of conviviality in Iran? Virtual ethnography / interviews with bloggers: 2 campaigns (stop stoning, million signature feminist campaign)

  3. Research Findings The state – by mediating the relation between virtual and real social spaces – will significantly determine the transferability of convivialitybetween the two

  4. Further Information Papers in progress: CDI working paper, ICIS Cross Culture Special Interest group, ESRC bid, JIT paper in progress brian.nicholson@manchester.ac.uk

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