Social media, online activism and government control in Kazakhstan

Beisembayeva, Dila; Papoutsaki, Evangelia; Kolesova, Elena; Kulikova, Svetlana

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2013
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Beisembayeva, D., Papoutsaki, E., Kolesova, E., and Kulikova, K. (2013). Social media, online activism and government control in Kazakhstan. Paper presented at Proceedings in the International Association for Media and Communication Research Conference, June 25-29, Dublin, Ireland
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Abstract
This paper presents preliminary findings from an ongoing research project on the role of online social media and activism in political processes and political participation in Kazakhstan that uses as a case study the civic conflict in the town of Zhanaozen in 2011 and the engagment of netizens as bloggers in the subsequent events.
Keywords:
Kazakhstan, Zhanaozen massacre (Kazakhstan, 2011), 2011, social media, activism, netizens, internet censorship
ANZSRC Field of Research:
200101 Communication Studies
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International Association for Media and Communication Research Conference
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