Tag: Social Media
Political Unrest in the Age of Social Media
March 15, 2014
Calvin Ayre – A protest movement has been underway in Venezuela since early last week over economic destabilization caused by President Nicolas Maduro’s currency and price controls. The government issued a ban on all protests after they turned violent, killing three students and leaving dozens more injured – a turn of events the opposition leader, a Harvard-educated former mayor from the country’s east named Leopoldo Lopez, blames on pro-government militias. (No points for guessing who the government blames the violence on.) Despite the protest ban, the anti-government protests have continued. And despite a media blackout – all the local media…