Jaclyn Kerr: Internet Penetration and Political Unrest
Channel: Center for the Study of New Media and Society
Date: 08/05/2014

On September 18, 2013, our research fellow, Jaclyn Kerr, delivered a presentation "Internet Penetration and Political Unrest: The Global and Regional Politics of Internet Use and Regulation" (in English). This video has been previously published at NES channel http://youtu.be/1EXTl_G1BGg, we duplicate it here for CSNMS subscribers.

How does growing Internet penetration influence state-society relations? This talk examined effects of ICT use on the dynamics and effectiveness of protest movements and activism. We also discussed global approaches to Internet regulation and their consequences.

Jackie's home university is Georgetown University in Washington, DC, where she is a doctoral candidate in the Department of Government. Jackie is writing her dissertation on global trends in the development of Internet policy, the reasons that particular regimes choose different approaches to internet regulation, and the interplay between these choices and domestic protest movements. She focuses on the former Soviet region, with case studies of Kazakhstan and Russia.