How Violence Breeds Violence: Micro-dynamics and Reciprocity of Violent Interaction in the Arab Uprisings

Bramsen, Isabel

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“…The list is not finite, and there may well be violent incidents that fall outside of these categories that are not captured on video. As argued elsewhere (Bramsen, 2017b), once violence has been initiated, violent interactions tend to be less shaped by emotional dominance and more by action-reaction patterns.…”

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How violence happens (or not): Situational conditions of violence and nonviolence in Bahrain, Tunisia, and Syria.

Bramsen¹

2018

Psychology of Violence

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Objective: Recent studies show that violence is difficult to accomplish and only occurs under particular situational circumstances-but does this also apply to protests in authoritarian regimes? This article investigates the microdynamics of violence during the antiregime protests in Tunisia, Syria, and Bahrain. Method: The argument is based on visual data analysis of video footage of violent and nonviolent interactions from the uprisings in Bahrain, Tunisia, and Syria, as well as human rights reports, interviews with participants of demonstrations, and observation of a demonstration. Results: The article shows how violence by the state and protesters occurred when the perpetrator attacked from afar/above, from behind, at night, or from a vehicle, or attacked the outnumbered. In a few situations, violence was avoided when protesters confronted the security forces face to face. Conclusions: The article supports Randall Collins's argument ( 2008) that situational conditions allowing the perpetrator to overcome barriers of tension and fear are necessary for violence to occur, even in authoritarian regimes. However, situational dynamics can explain how but not why violence occurs, and Collins's guidelines for activists of how to avoid police violence are no panacea in authoritarian regimes.

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How violence happens (or not): Situational conditions of violence and nonviolence in Bahrain, Tunisia, and Syria.

Bramsen¹

2018

Psychology of Violence

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“…In the past decade, the use of approaches that fall under the VDA umbrella have grown exponentially across the social sciences (for an ever-expanding collection, visit www.videodataanalysis.com/research-articles-2/). Application areas include crime and deviant behavior (Bramsen 2017; Lindegaard, Vries, and Bernasco 2018; McCluskey et al 2019; Nassauer 2018, 2019; Sytsma and Piza 2018), gender (Edmonds and Pino 2023; Mazières, Menezes, and Roth 2021), ethnic and racial relations (Dietrich and Sands 2023; Fairbairn et al 2013; Malik, Hopp, and Weber 2022; Timmermans and Tavory 2020), health (Asan and Montague 2014; Hoeben et al 2021), education and learning (Aspelin and Eklöf 2023; Böheim et al 2020; Bohn et al 2022; Gentrups et al 2020), and political science (Antas and Kozień 2018; Brierley, Kramon, and Ofosu 2020; Chang and Peisakhin 2019), among many others.…”

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Current and Future Debates in Video Data Analysis

Legewie

Nassauer

2023

Sociological Methods & Research

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Video-based social science research is thriving. Across disciplines and topic areas, researchers use twenty-first century video data to gain novel insights into how social processes and events unfold on the ground. In recent years, “video data analysis” (VDA) has emerged as a methodological framework to facilitate this type of video-based research. The special issue “The Present and Future of Video-based Social Science Research: Innovations in Video Data Analysis” presents methodological innovations that speak to some of the most pressing debates around VDA. Contributions showcase the range of disciplines and research fields VDA is used in, from social interactions and collective behavior to neighborhoods, policing, and public health. This introductory article outlines two areas of growth in VDA methodology that the articles of this special issue speak to: taking advantage of scale and detail in VDA, and situating VDA in the canon of research methods.

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YouTube, Google, Facebook: 21st Century Online Video Research and Research Ethics

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Nassauer

2018

Forum Qualitative Sozialforschung / Forum: Qualitative Social Research

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How Violence Breeds Violence: Micro-dynamics and Reciprocity of Violent Interaction in the Arab Uprisings

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How violence happens (or not): Situational conditions of violence and nonviolence in Bahrain, Tunisia, and Syria.

How violence happens (or not): Situational conditions of violence and nonviolence in Bahrain, Tunisia, and Syria.

Current and Future Debates in Video Data Analysis

YouTube, Google, Facebook: 21st Century Online Video Research and Research Ethics

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