Donatella Della Ratta

ISIL’s al­leged in­flu­ence on so­cial net­work­ing sites might be the re­sult of west­ern hype.

Syr­i­an me­dia en­tre­pre­neurs have bro­ken the gov­ern­ment’s mo­nop­oly over in­for­ma­tion.

A new wave of oc­cu­pa­tions re­de­fines cit­i­zen­ship and po­lit­i­cal par­tic­i­pa­tion in Italy, as elec­tions fast ap­proach.

Taboo-break­ing TV show once seen as har­bin­ger of po­lit­i­cal re­form looks old-fash­ioned to­day in light of the up­ris­ing.

Civ­il dis­obe­di­ence is the only way to mo­bilise peo­ple in big cities that are deemed to be regime strong­holds in Syr­ia.

Ac­tivists on­line TV pro­grammes, pup­pet shows and pa­per news­pa­pers to spread in­for­ma­tion and mock the elite.

As a re­sult of pri­vati­sa­tion and down­siz­ing, Ital­ian com­mu­ni­ties have tak­en cul­ture into their own hands.