Tweets and the Streets: Social Media and Contemporary Activism POETRY / Women Authors As Jonathan Lethem remarks in

As Jonathan Lethem remarks in his Introduction

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Tweets and the Streets: Social Media and Contemporary Activism POETRY / Women Authors As Jonathan Lethem remarks inAuthor Contributor(s): Gerbaudo, Paolo Publisher: Pluto Press Date: 10 5 2012 Binding: Paperback Condition: NEW What should we make of the culture of the protest movements of the 21st century? From the Arab Spring to the 'indignados' protests in Spain and the Occupy movement, Paolo Gerbaudo examines the relationship between the rise of social media and the emergence of new forms of protest. Gerbaudo argues that activists' use of Twitter and Facebook