SOCIAL PROTEST IN INDIA

Planned Protest Modeling in News and Social Media

Civil unrest (protests, strikes, and “occupy” events) is a common occurrence in both democracies and authoritarian regimes. The study of civil unrest is a key topic for political scientists as it helps capture an important mechanism by which citizenry express themselves. In countries where civil unrest is lawful, qualitative analysis has revealed that more than 75% of the protests are planned, ...

Networked discontent: The anatomy of protest campaigns in social media

We analyze the communication network that emerged in social media around an international protest campaign launched in May 2012. Applying insights from network science and the theory of brokerage, we examine the cohesion of the network with community detection methods, and identify the users that spanned structural holes, creating bridges for potential information diffusion. We also analyze act...

Predicting Online Protest Participation of Social Media Users

Social media has emerged to be a popular platform for people to express their viewpoints on political protests like the Arab Spring. Millions of people use social media to communicate and mobilize their viewpoints on protests. Hence, it is a valuable tool for organizing social movements. However, the mechanisms by which protest affects the population is not known, making it difficult to estimat...

Social Security in India

T HE first major social security program in southeast Asia came into operation in India on February 24, 1952. The program, which was initiated on a limited basis, will cover about 2.5 million factory employees when it comes into operation throughout the major industrial centers by January 1955. The Employees’ State Insurance Act, which established the program, provides for medical services, con...

News Coverage and Social Protest: How the Media's Protect Paradigm Exacerbates Social Conflict