Social media and collective action : a cross-country approach

"Internet and social media have been considered main drivers of recent political turmoil and protests, most notably allegedly playing an important role during the Arab Spring. While rigorous evidence On the political implications Of new media is not altogether absent, existing rescarch has focused on a number of specific episodes and much of this perception is mainly thc result of journalistic analyses based on anecdotes rather than methodical research. In a large panel of countries, we examine whether Facebook increases various forms of collective action and political activity. To estimate the causal impact Of Facebook On political Outcomes, we exploit Facebook's release in a given language as an exogenous source of variation in access to social media where those languages are spoken. Our estimates imply a cumulative effect Of 15% additional protests since Faccbook originally launched". -- Tomado del resumen.

• Autores: Molina Guerra, Carlos Andrés
• Fecha de publicación: 2017
• Institución: Universidad de los Andes
• Repositorio: Séneca: repositorio Uniandes
• Idioma: eng
• OAI Identifier: oai:repositorio.uniandes.edu.co:1992/61074
• Acceso en línea: http://hdl.handle.net/1992/61074
• Palabra clave: Acciones colectivas; Comunicación en política; Internet; Participación política; Psicología política; Redes sociales
• Rights: openAccess
• License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/