Leading Protests in the Digital Age

Download or read book Leading Protests in the Digital Age written by Billur Aslan Ozgul and published by Palgrave Macmillan. This book was released on 2020-10-02 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores in detail new protest organisation and mobilisation strategies of young activists in the digital age with the aim to identify the tactics that worked well against those creating high risks in the context of digitally supported protests. Focusing on Egyptian protests as well as peaceful protests in Syria, the book offers rich and unique data as it brings together the experiences and voices of the key figures involved in the protests, both on the ground and online. It challenges perspectives that defined the Arab uprisings as leaderless movements formed through the non-hierarchical communication of digital technologies. The author presents three kinds of leaders that shape the political communication environment in digitally supported protests and highlights the significance of their leadership skills to the movements’ capacities.