What can Twitter tell us about social movements' network topology and centrality? Analysing the case of the 2011-2013 Chilean student movement

Juventud y polí­tica en sociedades en cambio

“…De este modo, se realizan investigaciones con el foco puesto en internet y particularmente en las plataformas online como Facebook y Twitter. Por ejemplo, publicaciones que realizan análisis comparados entre distintos casos respecto de los usos de internet y la generación de redes (Galindo, 2016), o análisis específicos de Twitter que revelan su institucionalización como medio de comunicación (García et al, 2014), por nombrar algunos.…”

Youth and Politics in Changing Societies

“…In this sense, research on these movements focuses on the internet and especially online platforms like Facebook and Twitter. For example, we can see publications that perform comparative analyses between the different cases with respect to the use of internet and social networking (Galindo, 2016), or specific analyses of Twitter that reveal its institutionalization as a type of communications media (García et al, 2014), to name a few.…”

“…Using a qualitative methodology based on interviews, the author proposes a reading of the social demobilization generated from the State through different devices, such as repression, vigilance and violence. This is followed by the paper, "Continuidades y rupturas de la protesta universitaria en el Chile de la posdictadura (1990-2014)" [in English, "Continuities and ruptures of university protest in Chilean post-dictatorship (1990-2014)"], developed by Cristóbal Villalobos and Camila Ortiz. This descriptive and quantitative research study looks to analyze protest events in order to understand the cycles and trends in student movements in post-dictatorship Chile, between 1990 and 2014.…”

Let There Be Clamor: Exploring the Emergence of a New Public Sphere in India and Use of Social Media as an Instrument of Activism

“…This study critically analyzes the role of Twitter as a public sphere in the Indian sociocultural context, where public discussion about sexual violence has mostly been rendered invisible by cultural prohibitions. Studies on the effect of Twitter in student movements in various cultural contexts indicate that it is an effective tool for network building, mobilizing the masses, creating counternarratives, and impacting the political discourse through collective action (Bosch, 2017; Bosch & Mutsvairo, 2017; García, Chauveau, Ledezma, & Pinto, 2013; Yan, Pegoraro, & Watanabe, 2018). Investigating the Twitter-based communication on the student-led protest movement in India, this qualitative study seeks to highlight how the digital platforms are emerging as a new discursive space.…”