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Twitter and Tear Gas. The Power and Fragility of Networked Protest

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dc.creatorTufekci, Zeynep
dc.date.accessioned2020-09-22T13:38:03Z
dc.date.available2020-09-22T13:38:03Z
dc.date.issued2017
dc.description.abstractA 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.en
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.25969/mediarep/14848
dc.identifier.isbnisbn:978-0-300-21512-0
dc.identifier.urihttps://www.twitterandteargas.org/downloads/twitter-and-tear-gas-by-zeynep-tufekci.pdf
dc.identifier.urihttps://mediarep.org/handle/doc/15835
dc.languageeng
dc.publisherYale University Press
dc.publisher.placeNew Haven
dc.publisher.placeLondon
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0
dc.subjectSoziale Bewegungde
dc.subjectProtestde
dc.subjectPolitikde
dc.subjectSoziale Mediende
dc.subjectTwitteren
dc.subjectSocial Mediaen
dc.subjectProtesten
dc.subjectSocial Movementen
dc.subject.ddcddc:300
dc.subject.ddcddc:302.23
dc.titleTwitter and Tear Gas. The Power and Fragility of Networked Protesten
dc.typebook
dc.type.statuspublishedVersion
dspace.entity.typeBooken
local.coverpage2021-05-29T01:30:20
local.identifier.firstpublishedhttps://www.twitterandteargas.org/downloads/twitter-and-tear-gas-by-zeynep-tufekci.pdf

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