Decentralized online activism drives town halls and primary challenges.
Tea Party mobilizes via cable + online networks
Event Not yet reviewed This page has not yet been through the automated review pipeline.The Tea Party movement emerges as a decentralized political force, combining cable television coverage with social media platforms to drive grassroots activism and influence electoral politics.
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CNBC. Rick Santelli's Shout Heard 'Round the World. (2009). CNBC's own contemporaneous write-up of Santelli's 19 February 2009 remarks from the CME floor, including the call for a 'Chicago Tea Party'. Archive capture taken 25 February 2009.
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Williamson, V., Skocpol, T., & Coggin, J. (2011). The Tea Party and the Remaking of Republican Conservatism. Perspectives on Politics, 9(1), 25-43. Field study of the movement's decentralised local organisation and its relationship to national media and online networks.
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February 19, 2009
Tea Party mobilizes via cable + online networks
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