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Social media in authoritarian states: A platform to voice dissidence and influence social change
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ezra.kaye
Abstract: Traditionally, the role of the media in a democratic country is to serve as the fourth estate, where it acts as a watchdog on the government’s power and as a spotlight on matters of public interest, (Butler, 2018). Yet, in authoritarian countries the mainstream media is often controlled by the state or dominated by…
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