Liberation technology: mobile phones and political mobilisation in Africa

Marco Manacorda () and Andrea Tesei

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Abstract: Digital technologies have been widely used for political activism in recent years. In the first systematic test of their role as catalysts for political participation, Marco Manacorda and Andrea Tesei find that the growing use of mobile phones in Africa leads to more protests during recessions and periods of national crisis.

Keywords: protests; politics; Africa; mobile phones (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D74 F50 L96 O55 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017-03
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Working Paper: Liberation technology: mobile phones and political mobilization in Africa (2016)
Working Paper: Liberation Technology: Mobile Phones and Political Mobilization in Africa (2016)
Working Paper: Liberation Technology: Mobile Phones and Political Mobilization in Africa (2016)
Working Paper: Liberation technology: mobile phones and politicalmobilization in Africa (2016)
Working Paper: Liberation Technology: Mobile Phones and Political Mobilization in Africa (2016)
Working Paper: Liberation Technology: Mobile Phones and Political Mobilization in Africa (2016)
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