Contagious Protests

Arezki, Rabah ; Dama, Alou Adesse ; Djankov, Simeon ; Nguyen, Ha

World Bank, Washington, DC

关键词: STREET PROTEST;    CONTAGION;    SOCIAL MEDIA;    SOCIAL NETWORK;    PROTEST SPILLOVER;   

DOI  :  10.1596/1813-9450-9321
RP-ID  :  WPS9321

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: World Bank Open Knowledge Repository

【 摘 要 】

This paper explores the spillover ofprotests across countries using data on nonviolent andspontaneous demonstrations for 200 countries from 2000 to2020. Using an autoregressive spatial model, the analysisfinds strong evidence of "contagious protests,"with a catalyzing role of social media. In particular,social media penetration in the source and destination ofprotests leads to protest spillovers between countries.There is evidence of parallel learning between streets ofnations alongside the already documented learning between governments.