How weak ties can lead to real revolutions (Tunisia and social media)
Beckett, Charlie
(2011)
How weak ties can lead to real revolutions (Tunisia and social media).
[Online resource]
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 |
|---|---|
| Departments | Media and Communications |
| Date Deposited | 18 May 2017 08:08 |
| URI | https://researchonline.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/77535 |