Digital Resistance in Repressive Regimes

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Presentation given at the "Digital Media and Repressive Regimes" conference in Copenhagen, November 2008

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Is Digital ResistanceReshaping the Public Sphere?

Patrick P. Meier

The Fletcher School at Tufts &Berkman Center, Harvard University

1. Examples…

DigiActive

Philippines ‘01 - “Coup de Text”

DigiActive

Philippines ‘01 - “Coup de Text”

Spain ‘04 - “The Night of SMS”

DigiActive

Philippines ‘01 - “Coup de Text”

Pakistan ‘07 - “Flash Protests”

DigiActive

Spain ‘04 - “The Night of SMS”

Philippines ‘01 - “Coup de Text”

Tibet - “Media Blackout?”

Spain ‘04 - “The Night of SMS”

Pakistan ‘07 - “Flash Protests”

Tibet - “Media Blackout?”

Morocco ‘08 - “Exposing Abuse”

Spain ‘04 - “The Night of SMS”

Pakistan ‘07 - “Flash Protests”

Tibet - “Media Blackout?”

Morocco ‘08 - “Exposing Abuse”

Egypt - “Exposing Torture”

Pakistan ‘07 - “Flash Protests”

Tibet - “Media Blackout?”

Morocco ‘08 - “Exposing Abuse”

China - “Live-Twittered Arrest”

Egypt - “Exposing Torture”

2. Question…

ICT a statistically significant predictor of protests events?

3. Previous studies…

Data-driven

Data-driven

Eyck 2001

Data-driven

Eyck 2001

Stodden and Meier

2008

Data-driven

Eyck 2001

Stodden and Meier

2008

4. Data…

Parameters

Parameters

Protests

ICTs

Controls

Parameters

Protests

ICTs

Controls

Time period

1990-2007

country-year

Parameters

Protests

ICTs

Controls

Time period

1990-2007

country-year

22 regimes

Graphs

Graphs

Protests

Graphs

Protests

Internet

Graphs

Protests

InternetMobiles

Summary Stats

N = 396

5. Methods…

Regressions

Regressions

yi,t = i + 1 Inti,t +2 Mobi,t + 3 Landi,t +4 Autoci,t + 5 Unempi,t +6 GDPi,t +i,t

Regressions

Observed vs Projected

Observed vs Projected

Fi = yobs,i - ymodel,i

6. Findings…

Results*

*preliminary, subject to change

Results*

Internet

-0.12 (0.03)

99% sig level

Results*

Internet

-0.12 (0.03)

99% sig level Mobiles

-0.06 (0.06)

not significant

Results*

Internet

-0.12 (0.03)

99% sig level Mobiles

-0.06 (0.06)

not significant

Other

variables

not significant

Results*

Rsq = 0.613Rsq = 0.155

6. Conclusion & Next

Thoughts Why?

Thoughts Why?

Other methods?

Thoughts Why?

Other methods?

Field research!

Thank You

patrick@DigiActive.org

www.iRevolution.wordpress.com <- blog

Twitter @patrickmeier