Academic Freedom Media Review-June 11-17, 2011

The Scholars at Risk media review seeks to raise awareness about academic freedom issues in the news. Subscription information and archived media reviews are available at http://scholarsatrisk.nyu.edu/Events-News/Academic-Freedom-News.php. The views and opinions expressed in these articles are not necessarily those of Scholars at Risk.
Possible Setback for Program Integrity Rules
Libby A. Nelson, Inside Higher Ed, 6/16
When Presidents Exit the Public Square
Jeffrey Selingo, The Chronicle of Higher Education, 6/16
Student Freedom of Speech and Dissent Under Siege: The Irvine 11
John L. Esposito, The Huffington Post, 6/16
News in Brief
Times Higher Education, 6/16
UAE: End Trial of Democracy Petitioners
Human Rights Watch, 6/15
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Mapping the Arabic Blogosphere: Politics, Culture and Dissent

The Arabic BlogosphereThe Berkman Center for Internet and Society has released the most recent of its landmark studies mapping the ideology of the global blogosphere with the study Mapping the Arabic Blogosphere: Politics, Culture, and Dissent.

This case study is part of a series of studies produced by the Internet & Democracy project. The project’s initial case studies investigated three frequently cited examples of the Internet’s influence on democracy. The first case looked at the user-generated news site OhmyNews and its impact on the 2002 elections in South Korea. The second documented the role of technology in Ukraine’s Orange Revolution. The third analyzed the network composition and content of the Iranian blogosphere. Fall 2008 saw the release of a new series of case studies, which broadened the scope of our research and examined some less well-known parts of the research landscape. In a pair of studies, we reviewed the role of networked technologies in the 2007 civic crises of Burma’s Saffron Revolution and Kenya’s post-election turmoil. In April 2009, Urs Gasser’s three-part case study examined the role of technology in Switzerland’s semi-direct democracy. This case expands on our study of foreign blogospheres with an analysis of the Arabic language blogosphere.

A summary of the report can be found at this link.
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