Social Media and Social Movements
Subtitle: The Transformation of Communication Patterns
Publisher: Lexington Books/Fortress Academic; Lexington Books
Published: 2015
Language: eng
Number of pages: 272
ISBN-13: 9781498529303
Subjects: Social movements; Social media
Description: Examines the increased utilization of social media in daily life and its impact on social movements. The contributors analyze “social media revolutions” such as the Arab Spring, the 15-M movement in Spain, the Occupy Nigeria movement, and the Occupy Gezi movement in Turkey. The contributors to this collection implement diverse methodological approaches, both descriptive and quantitative, to cut across various disciplines, including communication and media studies, cultural studies, politics, sociology, and education. --From publisher description.