How Information Warfare Shaped the Arab Spring

Nathaniel Greenberg is the author of 'The Aesthetic of Revolution in the Film and Literature of Naguib Mahfouz (1952-1967)' and 'Islamists of the Maghreb' with Jeffry R. Halverson. He lives in Northern Virginia where he works as an Assistant Professor and Head of the Arabic programme at George Mason University.

[breaks] valuable ground by offering a detailed exploration of activism, media, and information warfare in relation to the “Arab Spring.” He complicates straightforward accounts of the Internet empowering revolutionaries across the Middle East and bridgesmultiple lines of intellectual inquiry, including narratives and counter-narratives, digital dissent and surveillance, revolutionary and counter-revolutionary currents. Greenberg’s writing, moreover, is engaging.[...] the book is well written and would make an excellent addition to courses on journalism, media, and the “ArabSpring.”

• Introduction: The Hurricane and the ButterflyChapter One: Information Warfare 2.0: A Methodological CritiqueChapter Two: News of a RevolutionChapter Three: Abu Ayadh: l’homme revoltéChapter Four: Media Wars part I: EgyptChapter Five: Media Wars part II: TunisiaChapter Six: Philosophy and RevolutionChapter Seven: Jihad and RevolutionChapter Eight: The Speculative Fiction of NowEndnotesBibliography