Do Revolutions Grow Out of Social Media?

This Carnegie essay challenges the cliche that social networks directly produce revolutions. It argues that platforms can accelerate visibility, coordination, and emotional contagion, but they do not replace institutions, organization, and political opportunity structures.

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