(Affective) Mobilization by Visual Elements: Evidence from the 2019 Hong Kong Anti-ELAB Movement

• In Event: Communicating Activism: The Role of Themes and Frames in Movement Mobilization

Brief Overview

By investigating 54,143 protest posters circulated on Telegram channels related to the 2019 Hong Kong protests, this study suggests a positive association between public’s online attention to the posters (in view count) and subsequent protest scale.

Authors

• Chi Shun Fong, Pennsylvania State University-University Park

• King-wa Fu, University of Hong Kong