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A New Era of Democracy Ep. 3 | Zizi Papacharissi

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Is Twitter Making the Revolution or Is Twitter Making a Different Medium?

I was following the Arab Spring developments as they were moving from Tunisia to Egypt. I think these movements have transformed Twitter into completely different vehicle and connective conduit that supports all kinds of publics. We see it being infiltrated with a variety of content that revolves around hashtag hijacking, infusing movements with false content,. trolling, sort of staffing movements with bots to create, you know, a false sense of engagement.

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