Cross-National Proximity in Online Social Network and Protest Diffusion: An Event History Analysis of Arab Spring

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dc.contributor.authorKwon, K. Hazel
dc.contributor.authorHemsley, Jeff
dc.date.accessioned2016-12-29T00:52:01Z
dc.date.available2016-12-29T00:52:01Z
dc.date.issued2017-01-04
dc.description.abstractThis 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. \
dc.format.extent10 pages
dc.identifier.doi10.24251/HICSS.2017.260
dc.identifier.isbn978-0-9981331-0-2
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10125/41414
dc.language.isoeng
dc.relation.ispartofProceedings of the 50th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences
dc.rightsAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
dc.subjectbinary-time-series-cross-section analysis (BTSCS)
dc.subjectnetwork exposure
dc.subjectonline social networks
dc.subjectprotest diffusion
dc.subjectsocial movement
dc.titleCross-National Proximity in Online Social Network and Protest Diffusion: An Event History Analysis of Arab Spring
dc.typeConference Paper
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