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A firsthand bill and incisive evaluation of modern protest, disclosing Internet-fueled social actions' greatest strengths and frequent troubles. To understand a thwarted Turkish coup, an anti-Wall Streets encampment, and a filled Tahrir Square, we must first comprehend the energy and the weaknesses of using new solutions to mobilize many people. An incisive observer, copy writer, and participant in today's social actions, Zeynep Tufekci points out in this accessible and compelling publication the nuanced trajectories of modern protests - that they form, that they operate in a different way from past protests, and why they have difficulty persisting in their long-term quests for change. Tufekci speaks from direct experience, incorporating on-the-ground interviews with insightful evaluation. She describes the way the Internet helped the Zapatista uprisings in Mexico, the need of remote Twitter users to organize medical products during Arab Springtime, the refusal to use bullhorns in the Occupy Motion that were only available in NY, and the empowering aftereffect of tear gas in Istanbul's Gezi Park. These details from life inside communal actions complete a moving research of expert, technology, and culture - and offer essential insights in to the future of governance.
