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How do autocratic governments exploit communication technology in their efforts to maintain power ? Can prodemocracy activists successfully use that same technology to support the overthrow of autocratic rulers ? The author addresses these two questions, exploring in detail how social media are both aiding and undermining autocratic regimes in the Middle East, North Africa, and the former Soviet republics.

INTERNET--POLITICAL ASPECTS--FORMER SOVIET REPUBLICS --- INTERNET--POLITICAL ASPECTS--RUSSIA (FEDERATION) --- INTERNET--POLITICAL ASPECTS--MIDDLE EAST --- SOCIAL MEDIA--POLITICAL ASPECTS--FORMER SOVIET REPUBLICS --- SOCIAL MEDIA--POLITICAL ASPECTS--RUSSIA (FEDERATION) --- SOCIAL MEDIA--POLITICAL ASPECTS--MIDDLE EAST --- AUTHORITARIANISM--FORMER SOVIET REPUBLICS --- AUTHORITARIANISM--RUSSIA (FEDERATION) --- AUTHORITARIANISM--MIDDLE EAST