On the mobilizing role of social media in revolutions: a game-theoretic approach

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A distinctive feature of recent revolutions was the key role of social media (e.g. Facebook, Twitter and YouTube). We study the role of social media in mobilization. In a simple model we assume that while social media allow to observe all previous decisions, mass media only give aggregate information about the state of a revolt. We show that when individuals' willingness to revolt is publicly known, then both sorts of media foster a successful revolution. However, when willingness to revolt is private information, only social media ensure that a revolt succeeds, with mass media multiple outcomes are possible. This suggests that social media enhance the likelihood that a revolution triumphs more than traditional mass media.

Angaben zum Objekt

• ISBN: 978-615-5447-04-4
• Sprache: Englisch

Verweise und Beziehungen

• Erschienen in: Series: IEHAS Discussion Papers ; No. MT-DP - 2013/43

Klassifikation und Themen

• Klassifikation: Wirtschaft ; Noncooperative Games ; Institutions: Design, Formation, Operations, and Impact ; Conflict; Conflict Resolution; Alliances; Revolutions
• Thema: social media ; mass media ; revolution ; coordination game ; sequential games

Beteiligte, Orts- und Zeitangaben

• Ereignis: Geistige Schöpfung
• (wer): Kiss, Hubert János ; Rosa-García, Alfonso
• Ereignis: Veröffentlichung
• (wer): Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Institute of Economics, Centre for Economic and Regional Studies
• (wo): Budapest
• (wann): 2013

Weitere Informationen

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/108326
• Letzte Aktualisierung: 10.03.2025, 11:45 MEZ