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<H1><FONT size=3>Mobilization for Change</FONT></H1></DIV>

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<H2 class="field field-name-field-subtitle field-type-text-long field-label-hidden"><FONT size=3>The role of the networked public sphere in advancing civic participation and collective action in the Arab region</FONT> </H2></DIV>

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<H3 class="field field-name-field-publication-date field-type-date field-label-hidden"><FONT size=2><SPAN class=date-display-single>March 9, 2016</SPAN> </FONT></H3></DIV>

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<H2 class=pane-title><FONT size=2>“Mobilization for Change” is a series of reports examining the role of the networked public sphere in advancing civic participation and collective action in the Arab region. The online space in Egypt, Tunisia, and Bahrain reflects a growingly polarized and contentious off line political environment, with less consensus than existed five years ago. Fieldwork corroborates insights from social network mapping in this regard and confirms the continued importance of traditional political powerhouses as well as off line networks in mobilization. Yet digital media still offer a comparatively open venue for competing perspectives, providing more freedom for individual expression than traditional media in these countries.</FONT></H2></DIV>

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<DIV class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden">-“Structure and Discourse: Mapping the Networked Public Sphere in the Arab Region,” authored by Robert Faris, John Kelly, Helmi Noman, and Dalia Othman</DIV></LI>

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<DIV class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden">“The Networked Public Sphere and Civic Engagement in Post-2011 Egypt: A Local Perspective,” authored by Nagla Rizk with Lina Attalah and Nadine Weheba</DIV></LI>

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<DIV class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden">“An Accelerated Story of the Emergence and Transformation of the Networked Public Sphere: The Case of Tunisia,” authored by Escander Nagazi, Jazem Halioui, and Fares Mabrouk</DIV></LI></UL>

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<DIV class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><A href="http://www.arabnps.org/"><FONT size=3>Arab Networked Public Sphere (all papers)</FONT></A><FONT size=3> </FONT><A href="http://www.arabnps.org/"><FONT size=3>http://www.arabnps.org/</FONT></A></DIV>

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