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A firsthand account and incisive analysis of modern protest, revealing internet-fueled social movements' greatest strengths and frequent challengesTo 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...ISBN : 9780300215120

Who reads Twitter and Tear Gas : The Power and Fragility of Networked Protest?

Author

Tufekci, Zeynep

Publisher

Yale University Press

Published

2017

Language

EN

ISBN

9780300228175

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Computer Science, Science, Political Science

Rating

4.31 / 5 (157 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14