Arbeitspapier

Online Versus Offline: Which Networks Spur Protests?

Does social media or offline social cohesion overcome collective action problems more effectively when both types of networks are prevalent? We investigate non-violent protests against a place-based economic reform in Austria—a country where one in two citizens uses Facebook but also one in two citizens is a member of a local club or civic organization. Our results show that protests spread more in places with strong offline networks as measured by real-life networks like village, folklore, or dialect clubs. We do not find that social media penetration intensifies local protests, a finding corroborated by microdata.

Sprache
Englisch

Erschienen in
Series: CESifo Working Paper ; No. 9969

Klassifikation
Wirtschaft
Social Choice; Clubs; Committees; Associations
Political Processes: Rent-seeking, Lobbying, Elections, Legislatures, and Voting Behavior
Sports Economics: General
Thema
online and offline networks
social media
social cohesion
civic organizations
social capital
protest
economic reform
populism

Ereignis
Geistige Schöpfung
(wer)
Potrafke, Niklas
Roesel, Felix
Ereignis
Veröffentlichung
(wer)
Center for Economic Studies and ifo Institute (CESifo)
(wo)
Munich
(wann)
2022

Handle
Letzte Aktualisierung
10.03.2025, 11:44 MEZ

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Objekttyp

  • Arbeitspapier

Beteiligte

  • Potrafke, Niklas
  • Roesel, Felix
  • Center for Economic Studies and ifo Institute (CESifo)

Entstanden

  • 2022

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