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Twitter and Tear Gas: concluding our book club’s reading

Posted on December 25, 2018 by Bryan Alexander

For two months our online bookclub has been reading Zeynep Tufekci’s Twitter and Tear Gas: The Power and Fragility of Networked Protest.  With this post we conclude by discussing its epilogue, “The Uncertain Climb,” and reflecting on the book as a whole. … Continue reading →

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Twitter and Tear Gas: part five of our book club’s reading

Posted on December 17, 2018 by Bryan Alexander

Our online bookclub is reading Zeynep Tufekci’s Twitter and Tear Gas: The Power and Fragility of Networked Protest (our store via Amazon).  With this post we approach the end by discussing Chapters 8, “Signaling Power and Signaling to Power” and 9, “Governments … Continue reading →

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Twitter and Tear Gas: part four of our book club’s reading

Posted on December 10, 2018 by Bryan Alexander

Our online bookclub is reading Zeynep Tufekci’s Twitter and Tear Gas: The Power and Fragility of Networked Protest.  With this post we discuss Chapters 6: “Platforms and Algorithms” and 7: “Names and Connections.” In this post I’ll briefly summarize the text, then add … Continue reading →

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Twitter and Tear Gas: part three of our book club’s reading

Posted on December 3, 2018 by Bryan Alexander

Our online bookclub is reading Zeynep Tufekci’s Twitter and Tear Gas: The Power and Fragility of Networked Protest.  With this post we discuss chapters 4: “Movement Cultures” and 5: “Technology and People.” In this post I’ll briefly summarize the text, then add … Continue reading →

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Twitter and Tear Gas: part two of our book club’s reading

Posted on November 26, 2018 by Bryan Alexander

Our online bookclub is reading Zeynep Tufekci’s Twitter and Tear Gas: The Power and Fragility of Networked Protest.  With this post we discuss Chapters 2: “Censorship and Attention” and 3: “Leading the Leaderless”. In this post I’ll briefly summarize the text, … Continue reading →

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Twitter and Tear Gas: part one of our book club’s reading

Posted on November 20, 2018 by Bryan Alexander

Our online bookclub is reading Zeynep Tufekci’s Twitter and Tear Gas: The Power and Fragility of Networked Protest.  With this post we discuss the Preface, Introduction, and chapter 1, “A Networked Public. buy fildena online buy fildena no prescription generic ” … Continue reading →

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Our Twitter and Teargas book club reading schedule

Posted on November 9, 2018 by Bryan Alexander

Our online bookclub is reading Zeynep Tufekci’s Twitter and Tear Gas: The Power and Fragility of Networked Protest.  Here’s the plan. I’ll blog about sections of the book starting November 19th, every Monday for the next five weeks.  These posts will … Continue reading →

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Our next book club reading is Zeynep Tufekci’s Twitter and Tear Gas: The Power and Fragility of Networked Protest

Posted on October 11, 2018 by Bryan Alexander

Our next book club reading has been decided!  After a furious polling, the winner is… …Zeynep Tufekci, Twitter and Tear Gas: The Power and Fragility of Networked Protest.  This 2017 book is a thoughtful account of how we now use … Continue reading →

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