Is Religion the Opiate of the Digital Masses? Religious Leadership, Social Media, and Protest

• In Event: Political Engagement and Echo Chambers

Brief Overview

Using original survey data from the Philippines, we consider whether an environment where religious leaders have high moral authority can mediate the ability of dissident flows of information on social media to encourage politics protests.

Authors

• Kevin Wagner, Florida Atlantic University

• Jason Gainous, University of Louisville

• David T Buckley, University of Louisville