PSC 436 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Egyptian Revolution Of 2011, Freeriding
5 Nov 2017
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Social media platforms with network structures that allow the transmission of social. Network structures: pressure will foster higher levels of participation. Twitter is a weak-ties network, transmits information, mobilizes conditional free-riders cooperators. Both can provide information and social pressure, but strength varies. Free-riding and the coordination problem (need information) Conditional cooperator: desire to participate (meaning participation increases. Free riders: no desire to participate, need additional incentives benefit), but need information on others" participation to overcome costs. Social pressure is difficult to measure because people are usually unaware of it, but can. Select incentives be shown through social media data. Facebook provides selective incentives because of strong ties that create social exclusion pressure, twitter does not do so participation. Social pressure hypothesis: facebook use leads to a greater increase in political. Interaction hypothesis: facebook use increases the effect of twitter use.
