For two whole days after the shooting of Michael Brown, major protests and rallies were taking place in Ferguson, Missouri, with hardly a mention in the mainstream news media, or even on Facebook. Yet a major portion of the country knew about the protests, the major influencers, and the emerging movement known as Black Lives Matter. Through Twitter, protesters were able to coordinate their activities, avoid tear gas and LRADs (long-range acoustic devices) , even get phone charging battery packs to movement leaders. That activity on Twitter ...
4. Domestic Disturbance
Ferguson, GamerGate, and the Rise of the American Alt-Right
Kris Shaffer1
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Colorado, USA
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