1. The Role of Technology in Chinese Social Movements: An Exploration of the Technological Communications Apparatus Used During the Tiananmen Incident of 1976, The 1989 Tiananmen Democracy Movement, and the 2011 Jasmine Revolution Open Access Author: Chernin, Kelly Alissa Title: The Role of Technology in Chinese Social Movements: An Exploration of the Technological Communications Apparatus Used During the Tiananmen Incident of 1976, The 1989 Tiananmen Democracy Movement, and the 2011 Jasmine Revolution Graduate Program: Media Studies Keywords: ChinaSocial Movementsnew technologyHabermasBakhtin1989 Tiananmen Square File: Download thesis_final_.pdf Committee Members: Matthew Frank Jordan, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor