Twitter and tear gas
Subtitle: the power and fragility of networked protest
By: Zeynep Tufekci
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: 2017
Language: eng
Number of pages: 326
ISBN-13: 9780300215120
Subjects: Social media; Protest movements; Political aspects; Online social networks; Social movements
Description: 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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 279-307) and index.
Table of contents: label: Preface
title: ix; label: Introduction
title: xxi; title: Part One: Making a Movement; label: 1
title: A Networked Public
pagenum: 3; label: 2
title: Censorship and Attention
pagenum: 28; label: 3
title: Leading the Leaderless
pagenum: 49; label: 4
title: Movement Cultures
pagenum: 83; title: Part Two: A Protester’s Tools; label: 5
title: Technology and People
pagenum: 115; label: 6
title: Platforms and Algorithms
pagenum: 132; label: 7
title: Names and Connections
pagenum: 164; title: Part Three: After the Protests; label: 8
title: Signaling Power and Signaling to Power
pagenum: 189; label: 9
title: Governments Strike Back
pagenum: 223; label: Epilogue: The Uncertain Climb
title: 261; label: Notes
title: 279; label: Acknowledgments
title: 309; label: Index
title: 313