Democracy· 2016· Book chapter
75. Networks of Outrage and Hope: Social Movements in the Internet Age
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Short summary
This book explores how contemporary social movements, from the Arab revolutions to Occupy Wall Street, share a common reliance on Internet and social media-based communication networks.
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Key points
- Identifies new forms of social movements and protests in the internet age.
- Highlights the Arab revolutions, Spanish 'Indignados', and 'Occupy Wall Street' as key examples.
- Asserts that a common feature across these diverse movements is their reliance on Internet and social media networks for communication.
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Abstract
Cet ouvrage est une decouverte des nouvelles formes de mouvements sociaux et de protestations qui emergent dans le monde actuel, des revolutions arabes au mouvement des indignes en Espagne, en passant par le mouvement d'«Occupy Wall Street» aux Etats-Unis. Meme si ces mouvements sociaux comprennent de grandes differences, ils ont une chose en commun : ils reposent tous sur la creation de reseaux de communication bases sur Internet et les reseaux sociaux.
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