2012
DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.2179030
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The Role of Social Media in Mobilizing Political Protest: Evidence from the Tunisian Revolution

Abstract: Die deutsche Nationalbibliothek verzeichnet diese Publikation in der Deutschen Nationalbibliografie; detaillierte bibliografische Daten sind im Internet über http://dnb.d-nb.de abrufbar.The Deutsche Nationalbibliothek lists this publication in the Deutsche Nationalbibliografie; detailed bibliographic data is available in the Internet at http://dnb.d-nb.de. Dr. Anita Breuer is a political scientist and senior researcher at the Department III "Governance, Statehood, Security" of the German Development Institute… Show more

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“…For an entire week following the Sidi Bou Zid clashes, protests developed in neighboring villages and small towns inhabited largely by the Hamama tribe. They occurred in Menzel Bouzaine, al‐Maknasi, al‐Mazuna, Argab, Bin Aoun, Jilma, Souq al‐Jadid, Bi'r al‐Hafi, and Sabala (Breuer :17–18; Nassar :14). Despite having grown up in Tunisia and frequent trips there over several years, one of the authors had never before heard of these villages and towns, a reflection of their size and their location in a remote area of the country.…”
Section: Local Protests: Eve and Outset Of The Jasmine Revolutionmentioning
confidence: 99%
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“…For an entire week following the Sidi Bou Zid clashes, protests developed in neighboring villages and small towns inhabited largely by the Hamama tribe. They occurred in Menzel Bouzaine, al‐Maknasi, al‐Mazuna, Argab, Bin Aoun, Jilma, Souq al‐Jadid, Bi'r al‐Hafi, and Sabala (Breuer :17–18; Nassar :14). Despite having grown up in Tunisia and frequent trips there over several years, one of the authors had never before heard of these villages and towns, a reflection of their size and their location in a remote area of the country.…”
Section: Local Protests: Eve and Outset Of The Jasmine Revolutionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Despite having grown up in Tunisia and frequent trips there over several years, one of the authors had never before heard of these villages and towns, a reflection of their size and their location in a remote area of the country. These villages and towns are all located in the close vicinity of Sidi Bou Zid (see Figure ) and all “are dominated by the Hamama tribe to which Bouazizi's family belongs” (Breuer :18). These observations led Breuer (:18), who bases her analysis on interviews of young Tunisian activists who later traveled to the provinces to better understand developments there, to refer to the early protests as “partially tribally motivated.”…”
Section: Local Protests: Eve and Outset Of The Jasmine Revolutionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…politics (Breuer, 2012;Chyliński, Russ-Mohl, 2008;Gilboa, 2005;Jebril et al, 2013;McCombs, 2014;McQuail, 2010). The social functions of media are also described in relation to the potential of creating a platform for public discourse, educating the public or controlling authorities (Kunczik, Zipfel, 2000;McNair, 1998).…”
Section: 'Old' and 'New' Media For Democratisationmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Bentzen and Smith (2002) study how sales of French wine in Denmark were affected by a call for a boycott of French products in response to the French nuclear testing in the South Pacific in 1995-1996; Chavis and Leslie (2009) and Ashenfelter, Ciccarella, and Shatz (2007) Our article is also related to the literature that studies the effect of social networks on collective action. This literature has focused on the effects of social networks on political participation in various countries, for example, Acemoglu, Hassan, and Tahoun (2014), Iskander (2011), Breuer (2012, Enjolras, Steen-Johnsen, and Wollebaek (2012), Tufekci and Wilson (2012), Valenzuela, Arriagada, andScherman (2012), andGonzalez-Bailon andWang (2013). There is also a recent literature that studies the link between the Internet and voter turnout in elections in different European countries, for example, Campante, Durante, and Sobbrio (2013), Czernich (2012), Falck, Gold, and Heblich (2014), Gavazza, Nardotto, and Valletti (2015), and Miner (2015).…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%