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The Resource Twitter and tear gas : the power and fragility of networked protest, Zeynep Tufekci

Twitter and tear gas : the power and fragility of networked protest, Zeynep Tufekci

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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. Tufekci explains 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 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
Language
eng
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Publication
Extent
xxxi, 326 pages
Contents
  • Making a movement
  • A networked public
  • Censorship and attention
  • Leading the leaderless
  • Movement cultures
  • A protester's tools
  • Technology and people
  • Platforms and algorithms
  • Names and connections
  • After the protests
  • Signaling power and signaling to power
  • Governments strike back
  • Epilogue: The uncertain climb
Isbn
9780300215120
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Twitter and tear gas : the power and fragility of networked protest
Title
Twitter and tear gas
Title remainder
the power and fragility of networked protest
Statement of responsibility
Zeynep Tufekci
Creator
Author
Subject
Language
eng
Summary
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. Tufekci explains 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 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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YDX
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Tufekci, Zeynep
Dewey number
302.30285
Index
index present
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
bibliography
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  • Social media
  • Online social networks
  • Social movements
  • Protest movements
  • Protest movements
  • Social media
  • Social movements
Label
Twitter and tear gas : the power and fragility of networked protest, Zeynep Tufekci
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Publication
Copyright
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 279-307) and index
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  • txt
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Contents
Making a movement -- A networked public -- Censorship and attention -- Leading the leaderless -- Movement cultures -- A protester's tools -- Technology and people -- Platforms and algorithms -- Names and connections -- After the protests -- Signaling power and signaling to power -- Governments strike back -- Epilogue: The uncertain climb
Control code
ocn961312425
Dimensions
24 cm
Extent
xxxi, 326 pages
Isbn
9780300215120
Lccn
2016963570
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Label
Twitter and tear gas : the power and fragility of networked protest, Zeynep Tufekci
Publication
Copyright
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 279-307) and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
Making a movement -- A networked public -- Censorship and attention -- Leading the leaderless -- Movement cultures -- A protester's tools -- Technology and people -- Platforms and algorithms -- Names and connections -- After the protests -- Signaling power and signaling to power -- Governments strike back -- Epilogue: The uncertain climb
Control code
ocn961312425
Dimensions
24 cm
Extent
xxxi, 326 pages
Isbn
9780300215120
Lccn
2016963570
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n

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