The Critical Periphery in the Growth of Social Protests

Social media have provided instrumental means of communication in many recent political protests. The efficiency of online networks in disseminating timely information has been praised by many commentators; at the same time, users are often derided as “slacktivists” because of the shallow commitment...

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Main Authors: Barberá, Pablo, Wang, Ning, Bonneau, Richard, Jost, John T., Nagler, Jonathan, Tucker, Joshua, González-Bailón, Sandra
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science 2015
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4664236/