How weak ties can lead to real revolutions (Tunisia and social media)
Beckett, C.
(2011).
How weak ties can lead to real revolutions (Tunisia and social media).
The uprising in Tunisia shows us something that POLIS/LSE research has been describing for years: social trends drive media trends and together they have political impact – and the flow is multi-directional – politics or media trends can help shape social realities, too. It’s what my colleague Sonia Livingstone calls ‘co-evolution’.
| Item Type | Online resource |
|---|---|
| Copyright holders | © 2011 The Author(s) |
| Departments | LSE > Academic Departments > Media and Communications |
| Date Deposited | 18 May 2017 |
| URI | https://researchonline.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/77535 |