Tweets and the streets social media and contemporary activism
"From the Arab Spring to the 'indignados' protests in Spain and the Occupy movement, Paolo Gerbaudo examines the relationship between the rise of social media and the emergence of a new protest culture. Gerbaudo argues that activists' use of Twitter and Facebook does not fit with...
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| Language: | English |
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London
Pluto Press
2012©2012, 2012
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| Collection: | JSTOR Open Access Books - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 179-187) and index
- 'Friendly' reunions : social media and the choreography of assembly
- 'We are not guys of comment and like' : the revolutionary coalescence of Shabab-al-Facebook
- 'We are not on Facebook, we are on the streets!' : the harvesting of indignation
- 'The hashtag which did (not) start a revolution' : the laborious adding up to the 99%
- 'Follow me, but don't ask me to lead you!' : liquid organising and choreographic leadership