Established Democracies, Internet Censorship and the Social Media Test

Dick, Archie L. "Established Democracies, Internet Censorship and the Social Media Test." Information Development 28 (2012): 459-260.

From the report: "Social 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." Read more