Book Review: Joseph G. Bocks 'The Technology of Nonviolence: Social Media and Violence Prevention'

Book Review: Joseph G. Bocks 'The Technology of Nonviolence: Social Media and Violence Prevention'

In the wake of the 2009-2012 Arab Spring proteststhe first large- scale wave of Arab demonstrations in the Internet agemany pondered the significance of the use of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in the movement. While the actual impact of technology in the Arab Spring is contested (M...

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Main Author: Tyler Branson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Gonzaga Library Publishing 2013-01-01
Series:Journal of Hate Studies
Online Access:https://jhs.press.gonzaga.edu/articles/99
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description In the wake of the 2009-2012 Arab Spring proteststhe first large- scale wave of Arab demonstrations in the Internet agemany pondered the significance of the use of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in the movement. While the actual impact of technology in the Arab Spring is contested (Morozov, 2012), we can nevertheless tentatively note that the examples of technology being used throughout the Arab Spring are at the very least compelling for the field of peacebuilding, including vio- lence prevention. In this unique cultural and technological contemporary moment, scholars who study violence should be asking themselves: in socially and politically tumultuous places, can technology predict or even be used to prevent violence? [Cambridge, MA: MIT Press., 2012. 304 pp. $32.00]
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