Download or read book How the Internet Shapes Collective Actions written by S. Schumann and published by Springer. This book was released on 2014-12-02 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After a Facebook rebellion in Egypt and Twitter protests in Turkey, the internet has been proclaimed as a globe-shifting, revolutionizing force that can incite complex social phenomena such as collective actions. This book critically assesses this claim and highlights how internet use can shape mobilizing processes to foster collective actions.