Since the inauguration of Donald Trump, there has been substantial and ongoing protest
against the Administration. Street demonstrations are some of the most visible forms of …

Why do newspapers cover social movement actors, and why is this coverage sometimes
favorable? Early scholarship saw the news media mainly as a source of data on collective …

Protest against authoritarian rule is a well-studied phenomenon in the social sciences, but
mass rallies in favor of authoritarian regimes have received only limited scholarly attention …

Emotions are a central driving force of activism; they motivate participation in movements
and encourage sustained involvement. We use natural language processing techniques to …

A compelling examination of China's engagement of nonstate actors as a counterintuitive
solution to coerce citizens while minimizing backlash against the state. How do states …

Larger protests are more likely to lead to policy changes than small ones are, but whether or
not attendance estimates provided in news or generated from social media are biased is an …

Urbanisation is the key to China's modernisation. Extensive urban village redevelopment
projects (UVRPs) have recently been implemented in China, with the expectation of …

Images matter because they help individuals evaluate policies, primarily through emotional
resonance, and can help researchers from a variety of fields measure otherwise difficult to …

The military coup against president Morsi in July 2013 sparked the largest wave of Islamist
mobilization in Egypt's modern history. As the ousted president's supporters took to the street …

Authoritarian regimes are frequent targets of international pressure in the form of economic
sanctions or threats thereof. Existing research shows that foreign interventions can carry …