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Area of Science:

  • Social Movements
  • Political Science
  • Digital Sociology

Background:

  • Disadvantaged populations often face state repression, impacting their ability to mobilize.
  • Digital platforms have become crucial for exposing state abuses and catalyzing social movements globally.
  • Authoritarian regimes present unique challenges for citizens seeking to express dissent and organize.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate how victims of police violence express dissatisfaction in authoritarian contexts.
  • To analyze the methods used by ordinary protestors in China to expose police abuse on social media.
  • To understand the discursive strategies employed by protestors against state authorities.

Main Methods:

  • Analysis of a dataset comprising 74,415 protest events documented on Chinese microblogs (2013-2016).
  • Close reading of 150 randomly sampled microblog events to identify narrative types.
  • Quantitative analysis of the full dataset to correlate police abuse mentions with narrative strategies.

Main Results:

  • Chinese protestors utilize three distinct narrative types: citizenship, solidarity, and confrontational.
  • Ordinary protestors frequently expose police abuse online.
  • Mentions of police abuse are strongly associated with these three narrative strategies.

Conclusions:

  • Protestors in authoritarian regimes can effectively contest authorities through online platforms.
  • Social media provides a vital avenue for expressing dissent when traditional mobilization is suppressed.
  • The study offers insights into the resilience and adaptive strategies of citizens under authoritarian rule.