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

by Tufekci, Zeynep.

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Yale University Press, c2017.

302.30285 T914t

Social media -- Political aspects.

Online social networks -- Political aspects.

Social movements.

Protest movements.

9780300215120 (hc)

0300215126 (hc)

Alternate title:

Power and fragility of networked protest

xxxi, 326 p. ; 25 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 279-307) and index.

Part one: Making a movement -- A networked public -- Censorship and attention -- Leading the leaderless -- Movement cultures -- Part two: A protester's tools -- Technology and people -- Platforms and algorithms -- Names and connections -- Part three: After the protests -- Signaling power and signaling to power --Governments strike back -- Epilogue: The uncertain climb.

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. 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 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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