Article ID: CBB124483893

Must Surprise Trump Information? (March 2019)

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Lav R. Varshney (Author)


IEEE Technology and Society Magazine
Volume: 38
Issue: 1
Pages: 81-87


Publication Date: March 2019
Edition Details: Special Issue on Technology for Governance, Politics and Democracy
Language: English

In a recent essay on the role of modern information technologies in democratic processes, Zeynep Tufekci described the actions of Egyptian leader Hosni Mubarak in cutting off Internet and cellular service during the 2011 Tahrir uprising as follows: "The move backfired: it restricted the flow of information coming out of Tahrir Square but caused international attention on Egypt to spike. He hadn't understood that in the 21st century it is the flow of attention, not information (which we already have too much of), that matters". [Peer reviewed]

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Authors & Contributors
Tom Kane
Coeckelbergh, Mark
Epaminondas Epaminonda
Agnieszka Rychwalska
Hillman, Gracia
Nicholas Sakellariou
Concepts
Elections
Technology and government
Technology and politics
Technology and society
Internet
social networking (online)
Time Periods
21st century
20th century, late
20th century
Places
United States
France
United Kingdom
Europe
European Union
Canada
Institutions
Facebook (firm)
Twitter (firm)
Google (firm)
LinkedIn (firm)
YouTube (firm)
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