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

Zeynep TufekciYale University Press • ISBN-13 978‑0300228175

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

Zeynep TufekciYale University Press

ISBN-10: 0300228171 · ISBN-13: 978‑0300228175 · 2017

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Zeynep Tufekci provides a rigorous examination of how digital platforms have transformed the mechanics of modern political protest. Drawing on extensive fieldwork, the author analyzes the structural advantages and inherent vulnerabilities that social media introduces to grassroots movements, challenging the assumption that digital connectivity alone guarantees sustained political change.

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Publisher: Yale University Press
2017-05-16
Pages: 360Language: en

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Author: Zeynep Tufekci

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Inferred: Digital ActivismInferred: Political ProtestInferred: Social MediaInferred: Techno-SociologyInferred: Activism

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