Affordance folklore: Truth, community and visibility during Sri Lanka’s Internet shutdowns
Published online on April 11, 2026
Abstract
New Media & Society, Volume 28, Issue 4, Page 1504-1523, April 2026.
To governments worldwide, Internet shutdowns are the trip-switch solution to civic unrest, and they occur with surprising regularity. In Sri Lanka, Internet shutdowns have been tactically deployed to geo-specific regions and specific platforms on three ...
To governments worldwide, Internet shutdowns are the trip-switch solution to civic unrest, and they occur with surprising regularity. In Sri Lanka, Internet shutdowns have been tactically deployed to geo-specific regions and specific platforms on three ...