Twitter and Tear Gas: The Power and Fragility of Networked Protest – Book Review

Authors

  • Nahla Bendefaa Kent State University

Keywords:

Social movements, Twitter, Online activism, Activism, Social Networks

Abstract

This review critiques Zeynep Tufekci's Twitter and Tear Gas: The power and fragility of networked protest. Tufekci offers a volume that explores the different ways in which protests and social movements function in the 21st century. With the advent of social media and social networks, Tufekci builds her analysis on her expertise as a social scientist, an activist, and a computer programmer, thus producing a book that is accessible for academics, researchers, organizers, and activists alike.

Author Biography

Nahla Bendefaa, Kent State University

Graduate Teaching Assistant at Kent State University's School of Communication Studies

References

Meek, D. (2012). YouTube and social movements: A phenomenological analysis of participation events. Antipode, 44, 1429-1448.

Wojcieszak, M. & Smith, B. (2014). Will politics be tweeted? New media use by Iranian youth in 2011. New Media & Society, 16(1), 91 – 109. DOI: 10.1177/1461444813479594

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Published

2019-05-31

Issue

Vol. 8 No. 1 (2019): The Journal of Social Media in Society

Section

Book Reviews

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