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Twitter and tear gas : the power and fragility of networked protest / Zeynep Tufekci.
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- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Tufekci, Zeynep, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Social media--Political aspects.
- Social media.
- Online social networks--Political aspects.
- Online social networks.
- Social movements.
- Protest movements.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xxxi, 326 pages) : illustration
- Place of Publication:
- New Haven ; London : Yale University Press, [2017]
- System Details:
- text file
- Summary:
- Thanks to social media, protests grow rapidly-but they often face steep hurdles when attempting to achieve lasting change. Zeynep Tufekci, a global protest observer and participant, offers essential insights into the future of governance and social change. Book jacket.
- 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.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 279-307) and index.
- Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9780300228175
- 0300228171
- Publisher Number:
- 99979228673
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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