The First Protest on Threads: Multimodal Mobilization in the Bluebird Movement and Taiwan

• In Event: Framing Taiwan: Media, Power, and Perception in a Contested Information Order

Brief Overview

The 2024 Bluebird Movement shows how Taiwan’s youth used Threads to mobilize protest. Analyzing 62k posts, the study finds partisan asymmetry, emotional imagery, and AI symbols shaped attention, revealing AI’s role in digital activism.

Author

• Tracy Weener, Dartmouth College