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

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

Title remainder

the power and fragility of networked protest

Statement of responsibility

Zeynep Tufekci

Creator

• Tufekci, Zeynep

Author

• Tufekci, Zeynep

Subject

• Protest movements
• Social media -- Political aspects
• Online social networks -- Political aspects
• Social movements
• Social movements
• Social media -- Political aspects
• Protest movements

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

Dewey number

302.30285

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index present

Literary form

non fiction

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bibliography