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On Media, Social Movements, and Uprisings: Lessons from
Afghanistan, Its Neighbors, and Beyond
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fter nearly a decade of a strict ban on media imposed by the Taliban,
post-9/11 Afghanistan experienced a surge in new media outlets. Doz-
ens of new television and radio stations, hundreds of publications, and
I would like to thank the guest editor of this symposium, Christina Dunbar-Hester, as
well as Miranda Outman-Kramer and Andrew Mazzaschi at Signs for their thoughtful
editing, patience, attention to detail, and professionalism. This research was assisted by a
Social Science Research Council Postdoctoral Fellowship for Transregional Research with
funds provided by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
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