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Mobilizing media: comparing TV and social media effects on protest mobilization

Information, Communication & Society, 2020
The year 2017 saw a cycle of protest ignited by President Trump’s election and subsequent policies. This research seeks to investigate the role of social media and television in raising awareness of protest events and increasing participation in marches ...
Shelley Boulianne, Karolina Koc-Michalska, Bruce Bimber   +2 more
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The Internet and Political Protest in Autocracies

, 2019
In the aftermath of recent popular uprisings in dictatorships, many observers argued that information and communication technologies, notably the Internet, played a key role in the mobilization of political protest. This book unpacks when and under which
Nils B. Weidmann, E. Rød
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The influence of perceived risk and intervention on international tourists’ behavior during the Hong Kong protest: Application of an extended model of goal-directed behavior

, 2020
Estimates suggest that the protest in Hong Kong led to a decrease in tourism to approximately one third, in comparison to the previous year. Hence, a better understanding of the underlying reasons tourists do not visit a destination during protests ...
M. Kim, Choong‐Ki Lee, J. Petrick, Youngsoo Kim   +3 more
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Communicating a Protesting Protestant Heritage

Dialog, 2017
AbstractThis article opens by wondering, as many critics did during and after World War II, why a tradition named for its protesting impetus is today often marked by complacency and quietism. In conversation with political theorist William Connolly and Rev. Dr.
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Investing and Protesting

Journal of Political Economy, 1969
The observer may perceive changes in the behavior of three types of groups. I suggest that these trends may indicate a change in broader social attitudes. i) The urban crowd still, as of yore, takes an interest in politics. It shields the assassin, threatens the politician or monarch, mans the barricades when revolt occurs, and, less dramatically ...
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Separating Perceptions of Kaepernick From Perceptions of His Protest: An Analysis of Athlete Activism, Endorsed Brand, and Media Effects

, 2020
As news media mainly focused on issues of nationalism, many people perceive Colin Kaepernick as unpatriotic, even though his protest was about police brutality and social justice.
B. Park, Sanghyun Park, A. Billings
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Social Networks and Protest Participation: Evidence from 130 Million Twitter Users

American Journal of Political Science, 2019
Pinning down the role of social ties in the decision to protest has been notoriously elusive, largely due to data limitations. The era of social media and its global use by protesters offers an unprecedented opportunity to observe real-time social ties ...
Jennifer M. Larson, Jonathan Nagler, J. Ronen, Joshua A. Tucker   +3 more
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PROTEST TO A PROTEST

AJN, American Journal of Nursing, 1967
Frances Martin, Bernice Berkey, Virginia G. Braley, Ellen Chaffee, Florence E. Elliott, Florence Erickson, Alice C. Malone, Reva Rubin   +7 more
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To protest or not to protest? : Zimbabweans' willingness to protest

2007
This study investigates the willingness of Zimbabweans to use protest participation as an alternative route to the democratisation of Zimbabwe. A set of theoretical determinants from the literature are tested against individual reports of protest participation usmg the Afrobarometer survey: Round 3.
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Twitter and Tear Gas: The Power and Fragility of Networked Protest

, 2017
Molly Sauter
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