Keywords
Digital Tools
Hashtag Activism
Gen Z Protest
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Abstract
Grounded on Karl Marx's conflict theory and Manuel Castell's networked age social movement, the present study is an attempt to examine the role of digital platforms as a tool to counter the media monopoly of the states, shape narratives, and foster collective consciousness in the Gen-Z-led protest mobilization in Nepal. By engaging in qualitative digital ethnography, we argue how social media and digital tools empowered the activists by enabling them to bypass the state censorship, helping them to coordinate and organize the movement. The Gen Z protest in Nepal also demonstrates how political instability and inefficiency failed the youth's aspirations, culminating in an uprising resulting in the collapse of the government.
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