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184 Zeynep Tufekci - Twitter and Tear Gas

Inquiring Minds

Inquiring Minds

Science, Society & Culture, Neuroscience, Female Host, Interview, Social Sciences, Critical Thinking

4.4848 Ratings

🗓️ 26 June 2017

⏱️ 43 minutes

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We talk to Zeynep Tufekci, writer and associate professor at the University of North Carolina School of Information and Library Science, about her book Twitter and Tear Gas: The Power and Fragility of Networked Protest.Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/inquiringminds

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It's Monday, June 26th, 2017, and you're listening to Inquiring Minds.

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I'm Indravis Gantus.

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And I'm Kishra Hari.

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Each week, we bring you a new in-depth exploration of the space where science, politics, and society collide.

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We endeavor to find out what's true, what's left to discover, and why it all matters.

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