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050 00 HM743.T95|bS78 2022 
082 00 302.23/10973|223/eng/20220604 
100 1  Sturgill, Amanda,|d1968-|eauthor. 
245 10 We are #ALTGOV :|bsocial media resistance from the inside 
       /|cAmanda Sturgill. 
264  1 Lanham :|bRowman & Littlefield,|c[2022] 
264  4 |c©2022 
300    xv, 213 pages ;|c24 cm 
336    text|btxt|2rdacontent 
337    unmediated|bn|2rdamedia 
338    volume|bnc|2rdacarrier 
504    Includes bibliographical references (pages 189-207) and 
       index. 
505 0  1. Transitions -- 2. First day promises -- 3. Let's talk -
       - 4. Threats -- 5. Strategy -- 6. Storms -- 7. Where are 
       the children? -- 8. Finding fakes -- 9. Making a 
       difference -- 10. War room -- 11. Shutdown -- 12. National
       security -- 13. Pandemic -- 14. Who are we? -- 15. 
       Election and insurrection -- 16. Transition, again. 
520    "When being a team-player at work meant lying to the 
       American people, brave civil servants took to social media
       to share the inside scoop. Government employees expect 
       some changes with each new election, but adjusting to the 
       Trump administration was different. The new president was 
       banning Muslim immigrants, repealing Net Neutrality and 
       deleting climate change information from EPA websites. It 
       became urgent to take a stand. The #ALTGOV Twitter 
       movement subverted official statements to remind the 
       American public that all was not well in the White House 
       but that there was something they could do about it. This 
       is the story of how the same social media technologies 
       that fractured America have helped rogue government 
       workers and concerned citizens work to keep it together. 
       Beginning with tweets from the parks about the 
       Inauguration Day crowd, the #AltGov Twitter accounts 
       offered followers context, truth, and opportunities to 
       take real-world action to support human rights, privacy 
       rights, and science. Followers say they offer hope. 
       They've also faced challenges from their bosses in the 
       government, from trolls and bots, and from each other. 
       Amanda Sturgill offers the first real look at this 
       grassroots movement, including exclusive interviews with 
       #AltGov members as they struggled to work with others who 
       had a spectrum of goals and motivations. They faced their 
       own fears of being discovered or even inadvertently 
       causing the harm they were trying to forestall. The 
       #AltGov movement shows us that social media is more than a
       megaphone-it's a way for everyday people to live out the 
       democratic ideals that shaped their country"--|cProvided 
       by publisher. 
630 00 Twitter. 
630 07 Twitter.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01794911 
650  0 Social media|xPolitical aspects|zUnited States. 
650  0 Opposition (Political science)|zUnited States. 
650  7 Opposition (Political science)|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01046603 
650  7 Social media|xPolitical aspects.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01983657
651  7 United States.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01204155 
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