TY  - BOOK
AU  - Juliet Dee
PY  - 2018
CY  - New York, United States of America
PB  - Peter Lang Verlag
SN  - 2153-1390
SN  - 9781453917572
TI  - From Tahrir Square to Ferguson
T2  - Social Networks as Facilitators of Social Movements
DO  - 10.3726/978-1-4539-1757-2
UR  - https://www.peterlang.com/document/1051669
N2  - The last several years have seen mass uprisings and dynamic social movements across the globe, from the onset of the Arab Spring in 2011, to the Black Lives Matter movement following Michael Brown’s death in Ferguson, Missouri in 2014. There is no doubt that social media platforms such as Facebook and Twitter accelerated and facilitated these uprisings, providing a way for people to organize and express themselves despite government repression.  From Tahrir Square to Ferguson: Social Networks as Facilitators of Social Movements attempts to answer the question of whether these movements could have succeeded before the advent of the Internet age. From political protest to regime change, social movements have become increasingly digital. Taking on the current political climate from an international perspective, From Tahrir Square to Ferguson: Social Networks as Facilitators of Social Movements attempts to address the issues of a growing social media audience facing a wide variety of social and political issues.
LA  - English
ER  -