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A review by schwarmgiven
Twitter and Tear Gas: The Power and Fragility of Networked Protest by Zeynep Tufekci
2.0
Picked this up mostly because of the title which is great. very punk rock.
The book is a boring sociological review of recent political actions--the author fails to bring any meaningful technical discussion to the table--it is like listening to your grandmother read Reddit.
there is lots of stuff on turkey, which I had not heard, and some cleaver middle east reflection, but that is mostly overshadowed by the Tufekci sense of self importance...For example, the author honestly believes and mentions many times that the catholic church invented the printing press to publish indulgences, reviews the Facebook vs. twitter real name issue for 50 pages, and in general provides TED Talk ready commentary on current events...it is hard to read.
the book is most interesting when trying to criticize stuff like the tea party because the author's pretense of objectivity fails away in surprising ways...
The book is a boring sociological review of recent political actions--the author fails to bring any meaningful technical discussion to the table--it is like listening to your grandmother read Reddit.
there is lots of stuff on turkey, which I had not heard, and some cleaver middle east reflection, but that is mostly overshadowed by the Tufekci sense of self importance...For example, the author honestly believes and mentions many times that the catholic church invented the printing press to publish indulgences, reviews the Facebook vs. twitter real name issue for 50 pages, and in general provides TED Talk ready commentary on current events...it is hard to read.
the book is most interesting when trying to criticize stuff like the tea party because the author's pretense of objectivity fails away in surprising ways...