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Protest activity of youth in Yekaterinburg in 2017-2021: cases and determining factors [PDF]

open access: yesSHS Web of Conferences, 2021
The article examines the political and social protest activity of Yekaterinburg youth in 2017-2021. The protest performances of youth in the framework of all-Russian protest actions and actions, conditioned by the local socio-political agenda, are ...
Vatoropin Alexander   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Social Protest and Its Discontents: A System Justification Perspective

open access: yes, 2018
Psychological factors that encourage—as well as discourage—participation in social protest are often overlooked in the social sciences. In this article, we draw together recent contributions to the understanding of the social and psychological bases of ...
V. Badaan   +6 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Social Media Use and Pathways to Protest Participation: Evidence From the 2019 Chilean Social Outburst

open access: yesSocial Media + Society, 2021
In this article, we explore the relationship between social media use and participation in protests in Chile. In October 2019, Chile faced the most massive protests since the country’s return to democracy.
A. Scherman, Sebastián Rivera
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Towards a Western European “Social Movement Society”? An Assessment: 1981–2009

open access: yesPartecipazione e Conflitto, 2016
Some social movements scholars argue that contemporary democracies are becoming “social movements societies”: citizens are often mobilized to make claims; protest actions are progressively becoming part of institutional politics; and protest has diffused
Mario Quaranta
doaj   +1 more source

Social Media and Protest Attitudes During Movement Abeyance: A Study of Hong Kong University Students

open access: yesInternational Journal of Communication, 2020
Much research in the past decade has illustrated the role of social media in protest mobilization and coordination, but few have examined whether and how social media facilitated movement continuity after the end of a protest cycle.
Francis L.F. Lee   +2 more
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Protestivity and civic activism in youth: problems and contradictions [PDF]

open access: yesSHS Web of Conferences, 2021
The present study combines a theoretical analysis of youth protest as a special social phenomenon and the results of an empirical study. Based on the empirical study conducted by the authors in the Moscow State University of Technology and Management ...
Polozhentseva Irina V.   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Speech Practices of Protest: An Associative Research on Semantics

open access: yesVestnik Volgogradskogo Gosudarstvennogo Universiteta. Seriâ 2. Âzykoznanie
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
doaj   +1 more source

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
doaj   +1 more source

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
doaj   +2 more sources

Images of hospices on social media: The #notdingy campaign [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
In June 2015, hospices were described as ‘dingy’ on two popular British television dramas. This spurred a social media protest using the hashtag #notdingy.
Borgstrom, Erica
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