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Social Media and Protest Participation: Evidence From Russia
Econometrica, 2020 Do new communication technologies, such as social media, alleviate the collective action problem? This paper provides evidence that penetration of VK, the dominant Russian online social network, led to more protest activity during a wave of protests in ...
R. Enikolopov +2 more
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Social 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
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Vestnik MGIMO-Universiteta, 2015 Economic globalization creates unfavorable conditions for some countries and social groups while the situation in other countries and social is becoming worse. That is why social problems are on the rise worldwide.
S. I. Lunev
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Speech Practices of Protest: An Associative Research on Semantics
Вестник Волгоградского государственного университета: Серия 2. ЯзыкознаниеThe 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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PLoS 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)
Социологическая 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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Farmers’ Protests in Germany: Media Coverage and Types of Bias
Agribusiness, 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
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“School Strike 4 Climate”: Social Media and the International Youth Protest on Climate Change
, 2020 Beginning in 2018, youth across the globe participated in protest activities aimed at encouraging government action on climate change. This activism was initiated and led by Swedish teenager, Greta Thunberg.
Shelley Boulianne +2 more
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Agribusiness, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Using survey and discrete choice experiment data, we examined US specialty crop growers' preferences for marketing contract attributes in the context of emerging blockchain‐based technologies and expanding traceability initiatives. Results show that farmers preferred traditional written contracts but might be willing to accept digital ...
Elizabeth Canales +3 more
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Weather Attention in Online Discourse and Price Uncertainty in Agricultural Futures Markets
Agribusiness, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Weather is a central determinant of production risk in agricultural markets, but markets respond not only to weather conditions themselves, but also to how those conditions are noticed, framed, and interpreted in public discourse. In this setting, real‐time online weather discussions may shape price uncertainty by influencing how market ...
Mario A. Ortez +3 more
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