Social media’s role in revolt : a technological or social phenomenon?
The civil unrest in the Middle East underscores the unprecedented role that social media plays in facilitating mass revolts. Social media-facilitated uprisings have to be understood as both a technology-backed as well as a social phenomenon.
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| author | Ng, Sue Chia |
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| description | The civil unrest in the Middle East underscores the unprecedented role that social media plays in facilitating
mass revolts. Social media-facilitated uprisings have to be understood as both a technology-backed as well as a social phenomenon. |
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| spelling | ntu-10356/946812020-11-01T07:15:22Z Social media’s role in revolt : a technological or social phenomenon? Ng, Sue Chia S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies DRNTU::Social sciences::Political science The civil unrest in the Middle East underscores the unprecedented role that social media plays in facilitating mass revolts. Social media-facilitated uprisings have to be understood as both a technology-backed as well as a social phenomenon. 2012-05-15T07:24:54Z 2019-12-06T19:00:14Z 2012-05-15T07:24:54Z 2019-12-06T19:00:14Z 2011 2011 Commentary Ng, S. C. (2011). Social media’s role in revolt : a technological or social phenomenon? (RSIS Commentaries, No. 044). RSIS Commentaries. Singapore: Nanyang Technological University. https://hdl.handle.net/10356/94681 http://hdl.handle.net/10220/7960 en RSIS Commentaries ; 044-11 2 p. application/pdf |
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| title | Social media’s role in revolt : a technological or social phenomenon? |
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| title_short | Social media’s role in revolt : a technological or social phenomenon? |
| title_sort | social media s role in revolt a technological or social phenomenon |
| topic | DRNTU::Social sciences::Political science |
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