Twitter Use in Student Protests

In October 2015 a series of protests at South African universities against proposed fee increases escalated into a nation-wide protest with marches globally in support. Twitter proved to be a major communication and information sharing tool during these protests. The protests provided a platform to investigate the use of social media during a political crisis in South Africa. The chapter analyses the role and use of Twitter in the student protests and discusses this phenomenon from a crisis, advocacy and social information warfare perspective.