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http://hdl.handle.net/10125/41414Cross-National Proximity in Online Social Network and Protest Diffusion: An Event History Analysis of Arab Spring
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| Title: | Cross-National Proximity in Online Social Network and Protest Diffusion: An Event History Analysis of Arab Spring |
| Authors: | Kwon, K. Hazel Hemsley, Jeff |
| Keywords: | binary-time-series-cross-section analysis (BTSCS) network exposure online social networks protest diffusion social movement |
| Date Issued: | 04 Jan 2017 |
| Abstract: | This study examines the role of online social network proximity in cross-national diffusion of offline protests. Drawn upon Valente’s (1995) network diffusion model, the study operationalizes social network proximity-based protest exposure, using the international Facebook friendship share data. One year-long onsite protests during Arab Spring 2011 are examined using event history modeling. The findings offer evidence of an contemporaneous online network exposure effect on cross-national diffusion of protests. An expected lagged diffusion effect was not found, however. The paper presents an innovative approach to the scholarship of global protest diffusion and collective actions. \ |
| Pages/Duration: | 10 pages |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/10125/41414 |
| ISBN: | 978-0-9981331-0-2 |
| DOI: | 10.24251/HICSS.2017.260 |
| Rights: | Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ |
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Network Analysis of Digital and Social Media Minitrack |
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