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Can You Hear Me Now? How Communication Technology Affects Protest and Repression.

Darin Christensen¹, Francisco Garfias²

¹University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA.

Quarterly Journal of Political Science

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Cell phones can increase protests by lowering coordination costs and broadcasting repression information. This technology boosts protest probability by over half, especially when connecting many citizens.

Keywords:

Social movements collective action comparative politics game theory

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Area of Science:

Social Sciences
Political Science
Communication Studies

Background:

Commentators often claim cell phones enable protests, but empirical evidence is inconclusive.
Existing research faces challenges with selection bias and contradictory findings on technology's impact on collective action.

Purpose of the Study:

To investigate the mechanisms by which cell phones influence protest incidence.
To empirically evaluate the relationship between cell phone coverage expansion and protest activity.

Main Methods:

Utilized high-resolution global data on cell phone coverage and protest incidence from 2007 to 2014.
Employed difference-in-differences estimation to analyze the causal impact of cell phone coverage.

Main Results:

Cell phone coverage significantly increases the probability of protest by over 50% on average.
The positive effect of cell phone coverage on protests is amplified when it connects a locality to a larger population.

Conclusions:

Cell phones facilitate collective action by reducing coordination costs and increasing transparency around state repression.
Governments may be deterred from suppressing protests due to the increased visibility and potential public backlash facilitated by cell phone communication.