Social Network and Protest Strategy Adoption: Evidence from Hong Kong’s Anti-extradition Movement

• In Event: Dissent and control in authoritarian regimes

Brief Overview

We construct a social network among Hong Kong protesters during the anti-extradition movement based on their comments on a local forum and examine the difference between core and peripheral protesters in demographics, rhetoric and proposed strategies

Authors

• Ye Wang, New York University

• Stan Hok-wui Wong, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University