Zeynep Tufekci appears in the following:
On 'Breakthrough' Cases and More COVID News
Friday, May 21, 2021
Zeynep Tufekci, joins to talk the latest covid news.
The Perils of Pandemic Doomsaying (and Other Covid Messaging Mix-Ups)
Friday, January 29, 2021
Why public health experts need to tell the whole truth — and admit what they don't know.
The Forecasts Didn't Help Us
Friday, November 06, 2020
An argument for abolishing election forecast models.
The Power of a Protest
Friday, January 26, 2018
How strong is the women's resistance movement? To find out, look beyond headcounts at protests.
How Tech Shifts the Political Protest
Friday, June 09, 2017
A look at the challenge of building social movements in an age when activating is easier, but sustaining a movement is harder.
Facebook's Fake News Crisis: What You Need to Know
Wednesday, November 16, 2016
Facebook is under fire for allowing false news stories to spread through its site in the months and weeks leading up to Election Day.
Turkey's Elections & A Prime Minister's Future
Monday, March 31, 2014
Voters in Turkey went to the polls to decide on more than their next mayors—the election could very likely be a direct referendum on Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
Protests, Technology and Crackdowns
Tuesday, August 16, 2011
During the UK riots, the British government asked Blackberry to block messages sent between protesters. Recently in San Fransciso, Bay Area Rapid Transit officials shut down cell service to curb a planned protest. Zeynep Tufekci, assistant professor of sociology at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill and author of the popular blog technosociology.org, discusses whether blocking social media is a legitimate law enforcement tool in a time of social unrest.