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- Dec 2018
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www.twitterandteargas.org www.twitterandteargas.org
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Two key constituencies for social movements are also early adopters: activists and journalists
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movements, among other things, are attempts to intervene in the public sphere through collective, coordinated action. A social movement is both a type of (counter)public itself and a claim made to a public that a wrong should be righted or a change should be made.13 Regardless of whether movements are attempt-ing to change people’s minds, a set of policies, or even a government, they strive to reach and intervene in public life, which is centered on the public sphere of their time.
a solid definition of what a movement is
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- Nov 2018
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www.twitterandteargas.org www.twitterandteargas.org
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Digital connectivity reshapes how movements connect, organize, and evolve during their lifespan.
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My goal in this book was above all to develop theories and to present a conceptual analysis of what digital technologies mean for how social move-ments, power and society interact, rather than provide a complete empirical descriptive account of any one movement.
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