States vs. Social Movements: Protests and State Repression in Asia
This study considers how governments use state-sponsored propaganda and state violence in tandem to repress social movements and, in so doing, exacerbate polarization. We specifically focus on cases in young and non-democracies in East and Southeast Asia: China and Hong Kong, the Free Papua Movement...
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| author | Josephine Lukito Zhe Cui An Hu Taeyoung Lee Joao V. S. Ozawa |
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| description | This study considers how governments use state-sponsored propaganda and state violence in tandem to repress social movements and, in so doing, exacerbate polarization. We specifically focus on cases in young and non-democracies in East and Southeast Asia: China and Hong Kong, the Free Papua Movement in Indonesia, and Myanmar’s more recent coup. Using a time series analysis, our analysis reveals a temporal relationship between state propaganda and violence; however, we do not find much evidence that these state actions Granger-cause social movement activities. The exception to this is in Myanmar, where we find that repressive state actions decrease activity in Facebook groups criticizing the Tatmadaw, which in turn increases offline protest activities. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-666736075f8a4fb682aeb644130912052022-12-22T02:43:35ZengCogitatioMedia and Communication2183-24392022-10-0110410.17645/mac.v10i4.56232695States vs. Social Movements: Protests and State Repression in AsiaJosephine Lukito0Zhe Cui1An Hu2Taeyoung Lee3Joao V. S. Ozawa4School of Journalism and Media, University of Texas at Austin, USASchool of Journalism and Media, University of Texas at Austin, USASchool of Journalism and Media, University of Texas at Austin, USASchool of Journalism and Media, University of Texas at Austin, USASchool of Journalism and Media, University of Texas at Austin, USAThis study considers how governments use state-sponsored propaganda and state violence in tandem to repress social movements and, in so doing, exacerbate polarization. We specifically focus on cases in young and non-democracies in East and Southeast Asia: China and Hong Kong, the Free Papua Movement in Indonesia, and Myanmar’s more recent coup. Using a time series analysis, our analysis reveals a temporal relationship between state propaganda and violence; however, we do not find much evidence that these state actions Granger-cause social movement activities. The exception to this is in Myanmar, where we find that repressive state actions decrease activity in Facebook groups criticizing the Tatmadaw, which in turn increases offline protest activities.https://www.cogitatiopress.com/mediaandcommunication/article/view/5623asiapolitical repressionpropagandaprotestssocial movements |
| spellingShingle | Josephine Lukito Zhe Cui An Hu Taeyoung Lee Joao V. S. Ozawa States vs. Social Movements: Protests and State Repression in Asia Media and Communication asia political repression propaganda protests social movements |
| title | States vs. Social Movements: Protests and State Repression in Asia |
| title_full | States vs. Social Movements: Protests and State Repression in Asia |
| title_fullStr | States vs. Social Movements: Protests and State Repression in Asia |
| title_full_unstemmed | States vs. Social Movements: Protests and State Repression in Asia |
| title_short | States vs. Social Movements: Protests and State Repression in Asia |
| title_sort | states vs social movements protests and state repression in asia |
| topic | asia political repression propaganda protests social movements |
| url | https://www.cogitatiopress.com/mediaandcommunication/article/view/5623 |
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