Includes bibliographical references.

Introduction: digital media and the politics of transformation - a dilectical and multi-scalar reading -- Sticks and stones, clicks and phones: contextualizing the role of digital media in the politics of transformation -- Self-mediation practices of Arab anarchists -- Power dynamics in online communities: the Palestinian case -- Political communication Chinese style: the elite network in state-regulated Sina Weibo -- Internet-mediated communication in activists' internal networks: the case of Iranian women's rights activism -- Feminist networks in times of multi-layered transformations: perspectives from Tunisia.

In times of increasing mediatization and digitalization media play an important role in political and societal transformation processes. The authors of this volume take an actor-centered perspective to shed light on current cases in Arab and Asian countries. They inquire into the ways processes of networking and mobilization evolve in the context of restricted media systems and state-dominated public spheres. It features original research about various social and political actors such as women?s rights activists, public intellectuals, anarchists and Islamists.