Social Media and Politics in Southeast Asia

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This Element studies the link between social media and Southeast Asian politics and its dual role in fostering grassroots activism and enabling algorithmic politics. It shows the platform's alignment with communicative capitalism, facilitating oppositional forces but susceptible to authoritarian capture and mutual algorithmic/political dynamics.

Contenu

1. Introduction; 2. Mapping the terrain: socio-political and technological dynamics of social media in Southeast Asia; 3. Revealing the tapestry: country highlights on social media and politics in Southeast Asia; 4. Dynamics of dissent: grassroots activism in the Social Media age; 5. Bytes and ballots: social media in/for political campaigns and elections; 6. Concluding remarks; References.