In times of increasing mediatization and digitalization media play an important role in
political and societal transformation processes. The authors of this volume take an
actor-centered perspective to shed light on current cases in Arab and Asian countries. They
inquire into the ways processes of networking and mobilization evolve in the context of
restricted media systems and state-dominated public spheres. It features original research
about various social and political actors such as women's rights activists public
intellectuals anarchists and Islamists.
