Tweeting to freedom, an encyclopedia of citizen protests and uprisings around the world, Jim Willis and Anthony R. Fellow
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Tweeting to freedom, an encyclopedia of citizen protests and uprisings around the world, Jim Willis and Anthony R. Fellow
Language
eng
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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illustrations
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index present
Literary form
non fiction
Main title
Tweeting to freedom
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electronic resource eBook
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bibliographydictionaries
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Jim Willis and Anthony R. Fellow
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Gale eBooks
Sub title
an encyclopedia of citizen protests and uprisings around the world
Summary
This book looks at the issues regarding the use of the Internet and social media by activists in more than 30 countries, and how governments in these countries are trying to blunt these efforts to promote freedom. It examines the use of social media for political activism: the media freedom practiced; the methods by which governments block access to information; and the ways in which activists use the media--especially social media--to advance their cause of greater freedoms
Table of contents
Afghanistan -- Armenia -- Bahrain -- Bangladesh -- Brazil -- Bulgaria -- Cambodia -- China -- Cuba -- Egypt -- India -- Iran -- Iraq -- Israel and Palestine -- Jordan -- Kazakhstan -- Mexico -- Nigeria -- North Korea -- Pakistan -- Russia -- Singapore -- South Korea -- Syria -- Thailand -- Turkey -- Syria -- Thailand -- Turkey -- United Arab Emirates -- United Kingdom -- United States -- Uzbekistan -- Vietnam -- Yemen
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