Digital Authoritarianism and Religion in Democratic Polities of the Global South

Yilmaz, Ihsan

doi:10.1007/978-981-99-3600-7_1

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“…Meanwhile, before the pandemic itself, the prerequisites for the transformation of traditional political processes and institutions had already been created. The reason for this was the emergence of new economic players and global digital companies (Google, IBM, Apple, Microsoft, Alibaba and others), which gave rise to digital platforms, algorithms and various network effects that subjugate the very communication channels of citizens and force, in turn, to reconsider the traditional concept sovereignty (Gosztonyi 2023;Yilmaz 2023).…”

Section: Information Hegemony and Digital Sovereigntymentioning

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Digital Authoritarianism as a Modern Threat to Democratic Stability: Restriction of Freedom or Network Politicization?

Mirzoyan

2023

J. Pol. Sci.

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This article is dedicated to the identification of contemporary instances of digital authoritarianism, exploring its definitions, characteristics, methodologies, and the tools employed by authoritarian governments to manipulate the social and political conduct of their citizens and control the flow of information. It aimed to consolidate power, control and manipulate information, and suppress dissent. The article delves into the various interpretations of digital authoritarianism by analyzing its fundamental elements and evident expressions. Through a comprehensive review of scholarly literature, reports, news publications and case studies, the article aims to unravel the dynamic nature of digital authoritarianism, shedding light on how it adjusts to technological progress and confronts conventional notions of liberty within the digital era. Digital authoritarianism materializes through mass surveillance, cyber attacks, information censorship, and the targeted utilization of citizen data. A thorough exploration of digital authoritarianism can empower democratic societies to preclude potential infiltration of such manifestations, uphold democratic principles, and arrange the landscape based on these principles while ensuring unfettered access to information.

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Section: Information Hegemony and Digital Sovereigntymentioning

confidence: 99%

Digital Authoritarianism as a Modern Threat to Democratic Stability: Restriction of Freedom or Network Politicization?

Mirzoyan

2023

J. Pol. Sci.

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Heaven Holds a Place for Those Who Pray: Instrumentalizing Religion and Disinformation the 2022 Brazilian and 2023 Turkish Presidential Campaigns

Fitzgerald,

Lokmanoglu,

Salles

et al. 2024

The International Journal of Press/Politics

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This comparative study examines the interplay of religious messaging and disinformation in the election campaign material of Jair Bolsonaro and Recep Tayyip Erdogan for the 2022 Brazilian and 2023 Turkish presidential elections. We employ a mixed-methods approach, combining computational keyword filtering and content analysis with qualitative discourse analysis and applied to a corpus of 10,519 posts across seven social media platforms. The analysis informs two key findings. First, in both Bolsonaro and Erdogan’s presidential campaigns, religious rhetoric and symbolism is used to bolster personal authority and in-group support to consolidate the idea of (presiding over) a majority bloc. Second, while disinformation interfaces with religious messaging in both presidential campaigns, we find that religion is overwhelmingly instrumentalized as a vector for political disinformation—thus, we did not identify any significant presence of “religious disinformation,” classically understood. Ultimately, our article creates space for further comparative and region-specific scholarship to explore how religion, politics, and disinformation intersect with authoritarian populism in modern elections and beyond, while also contributing to the conceptual refinement of “religious disinformation.”

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Digital Authoritarianism and Religion in Democratic Polities of the Global South

Cited by 2 publications

References 13 publications

Digital Authoritarianism as a Modern Threat to Democratic Stability: Restriction of Freedom or Network Politicization?

Digital Authoritarianism as a Modern Threat to Democratic Stability: Restriction of Freedom or Network Politicization?

Heaven Holds a Place for Those Who Pray: Instrumentalizing Religion and Disinformation the 2022 Brazilian and 2023 Turkish Presidential Campaigns

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