TWITTER AND TEAR GAS

A firsthand account and incisive analysis of modern protest, revealing internet-fueled social movements greatest strengths and freq uent challengesTo understand a thwarted Turkish coup, an antiWall Street encampment, and a packed Tahrir Square, we must first comp rehend the power and the weaknesses of using new technologies to mobilize large numbers of people. An incisive observer, writer, and participant in todays social movements, Zeynep Tufekci explains in this accessible and compelling book the nuanced trajectories of modern pro...[Llegir més]