Twitter and tear gas: the power and fragility of networked protest

A firsthand account and incisive analysis of modern protest, revealing internet-fueled social movements’ greatest strengths and frequent challenges. To understand a thwarted Turkish coup, an anti–Wall Street encampment, and a packed Tahrir Square, we must first comprehend the power and the weaknesse...

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Autor principal: Tufekci, Zeynep (Autor)
Autor Corporativo: Yale University Press
Tipo de documento: Print Libro
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: New Haven London Yale University Press [2017]
En:Año: 2017
Acceso en línea: Portada
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UB: 59 A 1993
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Palabras clave:
Social Media > Political aspects
Online social networks > Political aspects
Social Movements
Protest movements
Protestbewegung
Politischer Protest
Politische Mobilisierung
Soziales Netzwerk
Social Media
Massenmedien
Gegenmaßnahme
Macht
Erde
Protestbewegung > Social Media
Internet > Social Media > Protestbewegung
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Sumario:A firsthand account and incisive analysis of modern protest, revealing internet-fueled social movements’ greatest strengths and frequent challenges. To understand a thwarted Turkish coup, an anti–Wall Street encampment, and a packed Tahrir Square, we must first comprehend the power and the weaknesses of using new technologies to mobilize large numbers of people. An incisive observer, writer, and participant in today’s social movements, Zeynep Tufekci explains in this accessible and compelling book the nuanced trajectories of modern protests—how they form, how they operate differently from past protests, and why they have difficulty persisting in their long-term quests for change. Tufekci speaks from direct experience, combining on-the-ground interviews with insightful analysis. She describes how the internet helped the Zapatista uprisings in Mexico, the necessity of remote Twitter users to organize medical supplies during Arab Spring, the refusal to use bullhorns in the Occupy Movement that started in New York, and the empowering effect of tear gas in Istanbul’s Gezi Park. These details from life inside social movements complete a moving investigation of authority, technology, and culture—and offer essential insights into the future of governance.
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Descripción Física:xxxi, 326 Seiten, 164 x 241 x 36
ISBN:9780300234176