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Kiss, H. S., Rosa-Garcia, A. (2011). Why do Facebook and Twitter facilitate revolutions more than TV and radio? MPRA Paper No 33496.

A distinctive feature of recent revolutions was the key role of social media (e.g. Facebook, Twitter and YouTube). 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, first, 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.

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Kiss, Janos Hubert

Rosa-GarcĂ­a, Alfonso

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