Hi Bahtiyar Katy Pearce has done extensive work in Armenia which may be useful. I recommend this article where she discusses how people circulate satirical political pictures or 'memes' via MMS and she speculates that this may not only be for technical reasons, but also political, as such MMSes are much more difficult to attribute to an originator than a online profile. Pearce, K. (2011) Convergence Through Mobile Peer-to-Peer File Sharing in the Republic of Armenia, International Journal of Communication: 5 Downloaded from http://ijoc.org/index.php/ijoc/article/view/800 The study was conducted in 2008, so it may be slightly dated, but still useful I am sure. It may also be useful to find more recent articles by prof Pearce, who has spent several years doing research on digital media in Armenia. Best Alette Schoon PhD candidate 'Backyard digital media production of South African black township hip hop artists' South Africa Quoting Bahtiyar Kurambaev <bahtiyar.kurambaev@gmail.com>:
Hello All,
I was wondering if fellows here would be able to suggest me some current/recent literature about self-censorship in the context of social media. I am designing a study to examine self-censorship among social media users in the context of Central Asia (Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan).
As noted by Dr. Eric Freedman (Michigan State University) that scholars barely scratched the surface of studying the former Soviet Union Central Asian countries.
I have located some publications only. Would greatly appreciate for any help!
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