Nov 04 2020 31 mins 11
Walking through Zeynep Tüfekçi’s masterful explanation of the relationship between social media and protest movements.
Show Notes
Things we mentioned on the show, in the order we mentioned them:
- Zeynep Tüfekçi
- her recently-launched newsletter Insight
- modern Turkey
- Zapatistas
- Occupy Wall Street
- 1999 World Trade Organization protests
- Arab Spring
- Tea Party
- China’s treatment of the Uyghurs
- Capacities/capabilities
- The Capability Approach, Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
- Amartya Sen
- American Civil Rights Movement
- The Internet Archive
Upcoming Book
- December (8.22 and 8.23): Mr. Penumbra’s 24-Hour Bookstore, Robin Sloan.
Credits
Music
- “Ode to Youth”, by Liam Mour Used by permission, please don’t use without permission.
- “Winning Slowly Theme” by Chris Krycho. Licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0, meaning you can do whatever you want with this music… as long as you share it for others to likewise do what they want.
Sponsors
Many thanks to the people who help us make this show possible by their financial support! This month’s sponsors:
- Daniel Ellcey
- Douglas Campos
- Jake Grant
- Marnix Klooster
- Spencer Smith
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