The Potential and Limitations 
of Twitter Activism: Mapping the 2011 Libyan Uprising

The Potential and Limitations 
of Twitter Activism: Mapping the 2011 Libyan Uprising

This article aims to shed more light on the potentials and limitations of social media as a tool for activists. It does this by focusing on the use of one particular social media platform —  Twitter — during one specific period of a certain uprising: the first 24 hours of protests in Libya during th...

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Main Author: Simon Lindgren
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Paderborn University: Media Systems and Media Organisation Research Group 2013-03-01
Series:tripleC: Communication, Capitalism & Critique
Subjects:
activism
social media
networks
discourse
Online Access:https://www.triple-c.at/index.php/tripleC/article/view/475

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