Idea Primer - 2 - A Turkish Authoritarian's Guide to Social Media (Patreon)

Michael is joined by crew member Djene Rhys Bajalan (@djenebajalan), Assistant Professor of Middle East History at Missouri State, to discuss the recent history of social media in Turkey. 

The positive lessons from organizing on social media from the 2013 Gezi Park protests, and the subsequent crackdown by Erdogan. Erdogan's formation by Turkish security forces of social media troll armies and perpetuation of disinformation.