Toward new possibilities for library and information science : the use of social media in the 2018 West Virginia teachers' strike

• Main Author: Sikes, Scott (Author)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Bingley, U.K. : Emerald Publishing Limited, 2023.
• Series: Advances in librarianship ; v. 51
• Subjects: Libraries and society.; Libraries > Technological innovations.; Social media and society.; Strikes and lockouts > Libraries > West Virginia.; Public libraries > West Virginia.; Libraries and community.; elektronické knihy; electronic books
• ISBN: 9781803823812
• DOI: 10.1108/S0065-2830202351
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (236 pages).

The 2018 West Virginia teachers' strike in the United States exemplifies the changing shape of dissent and protest in the digital age. The use of social media has changed the ways such events develop and unfold, offering new tools for organizing, strategizing, generating large numbers of partic...