Activists’ Views of Deliberation

Happy Accidents: Deliberation and Online Exposure to Opposing Views

In this chapter, we consider the deliberative potential of Internet communication. We first draw a distinction between diverse and opposing views, arguing that the deliberative potential of Internet communication turns on exposing users to opposing, not just diverse views. We then ask if online experiences facilitate exposure to opposing views. Using recent empirical findings, we argue that Int...

Gamblers as Personal Finance Activists

Gambling behavior can serve as an informative indicator of important household heterogeneity that is difficult to observe directly in data. We present, to the best of our knowledge, the first comprehensive study of the consumption and personal finance of gamblers using a nationwide representative household survey. We find that consumers are more likely to gamble when income is higher than its n...

Activists target animal dealers.

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Activists and “difficult people”

Shareholder activists target Barclays AGM

On Thursday 23 April 2015, several protests were held outside the gates of the Barclays Annual General Meeting at the Royal Festival Hall. Several activists bought shares and attended the AGM in order to ask questions. Anti-militarist activists held a protest calling on Barclays to divest from the arms trade. One activist read out an alternative chairman's speech to the queue of shareholders wa...