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After the collapse of the Soviet Union, Kazakhstan allowed the Kazakh language to become a state language. However, the media space in Kazakhstan is divided into two major language groups: Kazakh speaking and Russian speaking journalists. While the Kazakhstan government tries to…

This dissertation explores the rhetorical imaginary of internetworked societies by examining three cases where actors in the blogosphere shaped public deliberation. In each case, I analyze a trope that emerged organically as bloggers theorized their own rhetorical interventions,…

This dissertation work seeks to assess the implications of the internet (blogging) in non-democratic Kyrgyz Republic for engaging civically and politically. Existing literature offers contradictory findings about the role of internet in non-democratic countries and Kyrgyz Republ…

This dissertation explores the ways Muslim bloggers writing in English use social media site Tumblr. Muslims have historically been framed as scary others who threaten the ideals which are said to structure life in the western world. This framing dates back to Europe's colonial …

This thesis discusses the public sphere in the Middle East and North Africa from the perspective of women's uses of information and communication technologies. I argue that the sociopolitical transformations unfolding in many countries in the Middle East and North Africa are not…