Tweets and the Streets: Social Media and Contemporary Activism

by Paolo Gerbaudo

Book Overview

Very timely, not just in terms of addressing the impact of Web 2.0 on social movements and activism, but also in that it addresses and soberly assesses the use of technology from recent protests in North Africa and elsewhere' - Stephen Duncombe, Associate Professor at the Gallatin School and the Department of Media, Culture and Communications of New York University and author of Dream: Re-Imagining Progressive Politics in an Age of Fantasy. 'Offers...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 074533248X
• ISBN13: 9780745332482
• Release Date: October 2012
• Publisher: Pluto Press (UK)
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.2" x 8.3"