Twitter and tear gas : the power and fragility of networked protest / Zeynep Tufekci.
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TextPublication details: New Haven : Yale University Press, 2021Description: xxxi, 326 pages ; 24 cmContent type: - text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9780300234176
- 302.231 TUF 23
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| Standard Loan | Moylish Library Main Collection | 302.231 TUF (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 39002100649327 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
From New York Times opinion columnist Zeynep Tufekci, an firsthand account and incisive analysis of the role of social media in modern protest
"[Tufekci's] personal experience in the squares and streets, melded with her scholarly insights on technology and communication platforms, makes [this] such an unusual and illuminating work."--Carlos Lozada, Washington Post
" Twitter and Tear Gas is packed with evidence on how social media has changed social movements, based on rigorous research and placed in historical context."--Hannah Kuchler, Financial Times
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.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents provided by Syndetics
- Preface (p. ix)
- Introduction (p. xxi)
- Part 1 Making a Movement
- 1 A Networked Public (p. 3)
- 2 Censorship and Attention (p. 28)
- 3 Leading the Leaderless (p. 49)
- 4 Movement Cultures (p. 83)
- Part 2 A Protester's Tools
- 5 Technology and People (p. 115)
- 6 Platforms and Algorithms (p. 132)
- 7 Names and Connections (p. 164)
- Part 3 After the Protests
- 8 Signaling Power and Signaling to Power (p. 189)
- 9 Governments Strike Back (p. 223)
- Epilogue: The Uncertain Climb (p. 261)
- Notes (p. 279)
- Acknowledgments (p. 309)
- Index (p. 313)