Tuesday, July 19, 2016
Social media: All-access pass to power?
[ Mon, 18 Jul 2016 22:28:50 EDT ]
Turkish President Recep Tayyip ErdoÄŸan's response to the botched coup attempt this weekend revealed something important about the laws of power in social media. Like other turning points in the Middle East since 2011, the news was relayed first and foremost by smartphones. But unlike the events in Cairo's Tahrir Square, which many called the "Facebook Revolution," in Turkey the revolutionaries were not the ones pointing the cameras.
[ Mon, 18 Jul 2016 22:28:50 EDT ]
Turkish President Recep Tayyip ErdoÄŸan's response to the botched coup attempt this weekend revealed something important about the laws of power in social media. Like other turning points in the Middle East since 2011, the news was relayed first and foremost by smartphones. But unlike the events in Cairo's Tahrir Square, which many called the "Facebook Revolution," in Turkey the revolutionaries were not the ones pointing the cameras.
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