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Speech Practices of Protest: An Associative Research on Semantics

open access: yesВестник Волгоградского государственного университета: Серия 2. Языкознание
The beginning of the 21st century was marked by the emergence of new socio-political movements calling for social change throughout the world. This exacerbated social contradictions and led to increased social tension.
Liliya R. Komalova
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Protest in Russia 2017-2021: Technologies and Patterns

open access: yesRUDN Journal of Public Administration, 2021
The article analyzes the patterns and technologies of organizing political protest in Russia in the period 2017-2021. The author concludes that the start of the protests in March 2017 was aimed at influencing the presidential elections in March 2018, in ...
Eduard E. Shults
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Selection Bias of News on Social Media: The Role of Selective Sharing and Avoidance During the Lebanon Uprising

open access: yesInternational Journal of Communication, 2022
This study examines selection bias on social media during the 2019 Lebanon protests. Based on the theoretical concepts of selective avoidance and selective sharing, the survey of a nationally representative probability sample found selective avoidance to
Claudia Kozman, Jad Melki
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A scalable machine learning approach for measuring violent and peaceful forms of political protest participation with social media data.

open access: yesPLoS ONE, 2019
In this paper, we introduce a scalable machine learning approach accompanied by open-source software for identifying violent and peaceful forms of political protest participation using social media data. While violent political protests are statistically
Lefteris Jason Anastasopoulos   +1 more
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Social Tension and Mass Protest Campaigns (on The Issue of The Action Mechanism)

open access: yesСоциологическая наука и социальная практика, 2016
This article discusses the main approaches to the definition of the concept of social tensions, and proposes to further introduce the concepts of "normal" and "low" social tension.
Alexandr V. Kinsburskij   +1 more
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Beyond the Ban—Shedding Light on Smallholders' Price Vulnerability in Indonesia's Palm Oil Industry

open access: yesApplied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The Indonesian government imposed a palm oil export ban in April 2022 to address rising cooking oil prices. This study explores oil palm smallholders' vulnerability to the policy using descriptive statistics, Lasso, and post‐Lasso OLS regressions.
Charlotte‐Elena Reich   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

“A Clear Message?” Aesthetic Practices of Protest, On-Site and Online

open access: yesActa Universitatis Carolinae Studia Territorialia, 2022
This paper explores how the performance and aesthetics of contemporary protest are shaped by social media networks and audiences from a theatre and cultural studies perspective. It analyzes the tactics used by protesters during and after on-site protests
Tobias Gralke
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Social Protest

open access: yes, 2011
Social protest is a form of political expression that seeks to bring about social or political change by influencing the knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors of the public or the policies of an organization or institution. Protests often take the form of overt public displays, demonstrations, and civil disobedience, but may also include covert ...
Luis Loya, Doug McLeod
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Farmers’ Protests in Germany: Media Coverage and Types of Bias

open access: yesAgribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The German farmers’ protests of 2024 sparked widespread media coverage and public debate. Yet, media coverage was not always positive, reflecting the media's attention‐seeking and selective focus. Occurrences of farmers blocking media outlets reflected distrust in how their concerns were portrayed.
Felix Schlichte, Doris Läpple
wiley   +1 more source

Redistributive land reforms, agricultural productivity, and structural change: New cross‐national evidence

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract Large‐scale land reforms constitute a substantial redistribution of wealth and reallocation of agricultural land, which is a major form of asset and production input in developing countries. While land redistribution (from the rich to the poor) remains a highly controversial issue, extensive evidence on its effect is limited.
Devashish Mitra   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

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