Social Media, Youth Organization, and Public Order in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq
Social Media, Youth Organization, and Public Order in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq
Author(s): Megan Connelly
Subject(s): Media studies, Civil Society, Government/Political systems
Published by: Transnational Press London
Keywords: Social Media; Youth Organization; Public Order; the Kurdistan Region of Iraq; Iraq; Kurdistan;
Summary/Abstract: The advent of social media opened new spaces for the Kurdistan Region of Iraq (KRI)’s youth to mobilize politically in a region where civil society organizations are otherwise controlled by and contained within the political bureaus of the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) and the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK).
Book: Youth Identity, Politics and Change in Contemporary Kurdistan
- Page Range: 47-73
- Page Count: 27
- Publication Year: 2021
- Language: English
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