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Information Communication Technologies and Identity in Post-Dayton Bosnia: Mending or Deepening the Ethnic Divide

McIntire, William David
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=wright1401978761

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2014, Master of Arts (MA), Wright State University, International and Comparative Politics.
In the new digital world connected by ICT the methods and availability of communication have not only transformed the way people interact, learn, and do business, it also has political implications. ICT, specifically Web2.0 social media, increase the reach of campaigns and assist in organizing and executing reform movements. The state of Bosnia-Herzegovina presents a unique test case as it is a post-conflict state moving toward democratic consolidation that emerged in 1995, when the World Wide Web was making inroads into daily life. The state is divided, politically and socially, into ethnic cleavages. ICT in BiH has not been a vector for major political reform like what was seen in the Arab Spring. It does however contribute to the long term mending of cleavages and building of civil society through its use by nongovernmental organizations. It also allows, through principles of the contact theory, for citizens to build inter-ethnic relationships.
Laura Luehrmann, Ph.D. (Committee Chair)
Donna Schlagheck, Ph.D. (Committee Member)
Vaughn Shannon, Ph.D. (Committee Member)
167 p.
East European Studies; History; Information Technology; International Relations; Political Science; Slavic Studies; Sociology
Contact Hypothesis; Bosnia and Herzegovina; Dayton Peace Accords; Diffusion of Innovations Theory; Information and Communication Technology; Internet; Balkans; Bosnian War; Constructivism; Ethnic Conflict; Consociationalism; NGO; OHR; Interethnic conflict

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  • McIntire, W. D. (2014). Information Communication Technologies and Identity in Post-Dayton Bosnia: Mending or Deepening the Ethnic Divide [Master's thesis, Wright State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=wright1401978761

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • McIntire, William. Information Communication Technologies and Identity in Post-Dayton Bosnia: Mending or Deepening the Ethnic Divide. 2014. Wright State University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=wright1401978761.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • McIntire, William. "Information Communication Technologies and Identity in Post-Dayton Bosnia: Mending or Deepening the Ethnic Divide." Master's thesis, Wright State University, 2014. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=wright1401978761

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