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

by Zeynep Tufekci

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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...Read more
  • ISBN10 0300234171
  • ISBN13 9780300234176
  • Publish Date 12 June 2018 (first published 16 May 2017)
  • Publish Status Active
  • Publish Country US
  • Imprint Yale University Press