Twitter and Tear Gas

Condition: BRAND NEW ISBN: 9780300234176 Author(s): Zeynep Tufekci Format: Paperback Language: English Year: 2018 Publisher: Yale University Press Pages: 360

Description: From New York Times opinion columnist Zeynep Tufekci, an firsthand account and incisive analysis of the role of social media in modern protestâ[Tufekciâs] 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.ââCarlos Lozada, Washington Post  âTwitter and Tear Gas is packed with evidence on how social media has changed social movements, based on rigorous research and placed in historical context.ââHannah Kuchler, Financial Times   To understand a thwarted Turkish coup, an antiâWall 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 todayâs social movements, Zeynep Tufekci explains in this accessible and compelling book the nuanced trajectories of modern protestsâhow 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 Istanbulâs Gezi Park. These details from life inside social movements complete a moving investigation of authority, technology, and cultureâand offer essential insights into the future of governance.

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