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Social Media as Data for Protest
Thu, August 30, 10:00 to 11:30am, Marriott, St. BotolphSession Submission Type: Full Paper Panel
Session Description
This panel will explore ways social media can be used to generate data about protests. Panelists will describe new approaches to analyzing data from Sina Weibo and Twitter. These data will provide insight into why people protest in China, how state violence against protesters affects sentiment towards government, predicting contentious action in sub-Saharan Africa, and measuring violence and protester demographics using images from protests.
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Individual Presentations
Protest Activity Detection and Perceived Violence Estimation Using Twitter - Jungseock Joo, UCLA
How State-Sanctioned Violence Affects Sentiments Towards the Government - Christian Goebel, University of Vienna
How Collective Action Emerges Under Authoritarian Rule - Jennifer Pan, Stanford University; Han Zhang, Princeton University
Grievance and Electoral Political Instability in Sub-Saharan Africa - Erin Colleen McGrath, University of Maryland