Social Media and Protest Mobilization: Evidence from the Tunisian Revolution

Breuer, Anita; Landman, Todd; Farquhar, Dorothea

doi:10.2139/ssrn.2133897

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“…During the recent events of the Arab Spring, cell phones and other new media technologies have worked as catalysts for political collective action (Aday et al 2012;Breuer, Landman, and Farquhar 2012). While many commentators describe the effect of modern communication technologies on political action, social scientific research is only slowly catching up (but see, for example, Aday et al 2012;Breuer, Landman, and Farquhar 2012;Shirky 2008). In this article we ask whether modern communication technology has affected political collective action in Africa.…”

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Technology and Collective Action: The Effect of Cell Phone Coverage on Political Violence in Africa

2013

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The spread of cell phone technology across Africa has transforming effects on the economic and political sphere of the continent. In this paper, we investigate the impact of cell phone technology on violent collective action. We contend that the availability of cell phones as a communication technology allows political groups to overcome collective action problems more easily and improve in-group cooperation, and coordination. Utilizing novel, spatially disaggregated data on cell phone coverage and the location of organized violent events in Africa, we are able to show that the availability of cell phone coverage significantly and substantially increases the probability of violent conflict. Our findings hold across numerous different model specifications and robustness checks, including cross-sectional models, instrumental variable techniques, and panel data methods.

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Technology and Collective Action: The Effect of Cell Phone Coverage on Political Violence in Africa

2013

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“…It is important to balance the above narrative with another aspect of the literature which supports the thesis that ICT could promote political instability and violent actions which are likely to ultimately worsen governance standards (Breuer et al, 2012;Pierskalla & Hollenbach, 2013;Weidmann & Shapiro, 2015;Manacorda & Tesei, 2016).…”

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The Role of Openness in the Effect of ICT on Governance

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Nwachukwu

2018

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“…While a strand maintains that information decentralisation through ICT mitigates opportunities for governance (Suarez, 2006;Boulianne, 2009;Diamond, 2010;Grossman et al, 2014), another strand posits that ICT may offer opportunities for poor governance because it facilitates violent collective action (Breuer et al, 2012;Pierskalla & Hollenbach, 2013;Weidmann & Shapiro, 2015;Manacorda & Tesei, 2016 ) and reduces the quality of governance (Morozov, 2011). From an African specific perspective, the four main studies on the effect of ICT on governance have been discussed in the introduction.…”

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“…1 Much has been documented on the nexus between ICT and governance (Suarez, 2006;Kiessling, 2007;Billon et al, 2009;Boulianne, 2009;Diamond, 2010;Grossman et al, 2014;Andrés et al, 2017), especially on the relevance of ICT in boosting collective action (Breuer et al, 2012;Pierskalla & Hollenbach, 2013;Weidmann & Shapiro, 2015;Manacorda & Tesei, 2016).…”

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