The largest protest in Brazilian history unfolded amid an online war over interpretation

Evidence

In over one hundred cities across the country, two million people were on the streets. This was now the largest protest movement in Brazilian history. Only a week had passed since the day of the police attack, but I can remember every single day of the intervening week vividly—every street action, and every twist and turn in the battle to interpret and resignify them online afterward. It felt like time had slowed down. And it felt like the trajectory of history was being hammered out on Facebook, on Twitter, and in the comments section of the Movimento Passe Livre page. — Vincent Bevins, If We Burn, 429

Categorization

• XREF: Connects to the book’s larger thesis that protests are won and lost in interpretation and resignification, not just on the streets. — connects to: Media legitimacy determined which Brazilian protests counted as History — Vincent Bevins, If We Burn: The Mass Protest Decade and…, 673; Brazilian protesters explicitly invoked the Turkish uprising as their model — Vincent Bevins, If We Burn: The Mass Protest Decade and…, 395; Brazilian television coverage legitimated the protests into a mass movement. — Vincent Bevins, If We Burn: The Mass Protest Decade and…, 400 (+1 more)

Broader Connections

• Media legitimacy determined which Brazilian protests counted as History #corroborates (0.85) — Vincent Bevins, If We Burn, 673
• Brazilian television coverage legitimated the protests into a mass movement. #complicates (0.80) — Vincent Bevins, If We Burn, 400
• Brazilian television coverage, not social media, gave the protest movement mass legitimacy #complicates (0.80) — Vincent Bevins, If We Burn, 400
• Brazilian protesters explicitly invoked the Turkish uprising as their model #exemplifies (0.72) — Vincent Bevins, If We Burn, 395