Social uprisings clearly show that social media tools, especially Twitter, help news spread
more than the press does recently. In some cases Twitter substitutes traditional media if …

Over the last decade, social media platforms have become the leading communication tools
for activists and protesters all over the world. Understanding protesters' motivations and …

Research on alternative media indicates the blurring of boundaries between users and
producers, thereby increasing the capacity of the ordinary citizens and activists to participate …

Censorship, banning, and imprisonment are different methods used to suppress dissenting
voices in traditional media and have now evolved into a new form with bot and troll accounts …

Despite the fact that during political protests, Twitter usage has been substantially studied in
various contexts, there are still some significant gaps in our understanding of the ways that …

Developments in information and communication technologies were expected to facilitate
the democratization process in authoritarian regimes. However, certain authoritarian …

Twitter, as a free and 140-character microblogging service, is used for many purposes,
including political and administrative perspectives. While administrative use is mainly …

Online platforms now provide a valuable medium for political socialization and mobilization.
Recent events such as the Gezi Park protests, the Occupy Wall Street, or the anti …

Purpose Twitter usage during Gezi Park Protests, a significant large-scale connective action,
is analyzed to reveal meaningful findings on individual and group tweeting characteristics …

With increasing attention devoted to automated bot accounts, fake news, and echo
chambers, how much of the theory of a Habermassian public sphere is still applicable to …