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Nov 10, 2020 · This chapter aims to re-examine the complex relationship between social media and contentious politics following the 2011 uprisings in Egypt and Syria. The chapter explores the contingent, differentiated, and contradictory roles that social media played in each of these cases.
Sep 1, 2010 · New media, such as blogs, Twitter, Facebook, and YouTube, have played a major role in episodes of contentious political action. They are often described as important tools for activists seeking to replace authoritarian regimes and to promote freedom and democracy, and they have been lauded for their democratizing potential.
Apr 10, 2012 · In the former, introducing digital media do not change the core dynamics of the action. In the case of the latter, they do. Building on these distinctions, the article presents three ideal types of large-scale action networks that are becoming prominent in the contentious politics of the contemporary era.
Apr 1, 2021 · This chapter aims to re-examine the complex relationship between social media and contentious politics following the 2011 uprisings in Egypt and Syria.
KEY QUESTIONS. How and why are people mobilized to participate in contentious politics? How do social movements and other forms of contentious politics function? What effects do contentious politics have on governments and policies?
By highlighting how social media content curating and choreographing may work together to encourage engagement and collaboration at large-scale protests, we can better understand how emerging SNS-enabled affordances can be translated into concrete contentious activities, as well as the discursive aspects and cultural expressions of using new ...
As I have shown in previous chapters, with the rise of a contentious public sphere, Chinese people now have greater access to, and ability to discuss, information the state would prefer to keep out of public discussion. What is more, the Chinese public has even begun to ridicule and bargain with the Chinese state.
