Established democracies, internet censorship, and the social media test

Dick, Archie L.2013-06-212013-11-302012Dick, AL 2012, 'Established democracies, internet censorship, and the social media test', Information Development, vol. 28, no. 4, pp. 259-260.0266-6669 (print)1741-6469 (online)10.1177/0266666912461600http://hdl.handle.net/2263/21682Social media can test how firmly entrenched Internet freedom is in established democracies through a comparison with countries with an authoritarian track record. The method is to evaluate the use of social media in recent protests in a sample of established democracies and authoritarian regimes, and to compare differences and similarities in government responses.enª The Author(s) 2012 Reprints and permission: sagepub.co.uk/journalsPermissions.nav DOI: 10.1177/0266666912461600 idv.sagepub.comInternet censorshipIntellectual freedomSocial mediaEstablished democraciesAuthoritarian regimesEstablished democracies, internet censorship, and the social media testPostprint Article