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Book SynopsisAs people spend increasing proportions of their daily lives using social media, such as Twitter and Facebook, they are being invited to support myriad political causes by sharing, liking, endorsing, or downloading. Chain reactions caused by these tiny acts of participation form a growing part of collective action today, from neighborhood campaigns
Trade ReviewOne of The Guardian's Best Politics Books of 2016, chosen by Gaby Hinsliff "[C]ontributes an important series of creatively and rigorously researched insights into the social mechanics of Internet-based collective action, handing researchers a new toolbox of methods and techniques in the process."--Science "A comprehensive study."--Ivor Gaber, Times Higher Education "A revelatory study."--Stuart Weir, Open Democracy UK "Sheds interesting light on the year's great upheavals."--Gaby Hinsliff, Guardian Best Politics Books of 2016
Table of ContentsList of Illustrations ix List of Tables xi Acknowledgements xiii Chapter 1 Collective Action Goes Digital 1 Chapter 2 Tiny Acts of Political Participation 34 Chapter 3 Turbulence 74 Chapter 4 How Social Information Changes the World 111 Chapter 5 Visibility Versus Social Information 136 Chapter 6 Personality Matters 153 Chapter 7 How It All Kicks Off 175 Chapter 8 From Political Turbulence to Chaotic Pluralism 196 Appendix 229 Notes 239 References 251 Index 271
