The symbol of social media in contemporary protest: Twitter and the Gezi Park movement

This article explores how Twitter has emerged as a signifier of contemporary protest. Using the concept of ‘social media imaginaries’, a derivative of the broader field of ‘media imaginaries’, our analysis seeks to offer new insights into activists’ relation to and conceptualisation of social media...

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Main Authors:	Olu Jenzen, Itir Erhart, Hande Eslen-Ziya, Umut Korkut, Aidan McGarry
Format:	Default Article
Published:	2020
Subjects:	aesthetics of protest Gezi Park online activism protest social media social media imaginaries Twitter visual communication
Online Access:	https://hdl.handle.net/2134/12973082.v1
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