The spread of communications technology may facilitate increases in levels of anti-government violence

Garcia, Blake E. and Wimpy, Cameron (2016) The spread of communications technology may facilitate increases in levels of anti-government violence. Democratic Audit Blog (08 Jul 2016). Blog Entry.

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Abstract

Communications technology has developed at an almost bewildering pace since the development of the internet, with first mobiles and then smartphones ensuring that we are in near constant contact with our peers. But what impact has this had on violence, and more specifically anti-government violence. Blake E. Garcia and Cameron Wimpy argue that there is a correlation between access to communications technology and aggression directed at the state and its proxies.

Item Type:	Online resource (Blog Entry)
Official URL:	http://www.democraticaudit.com
Additional Information:	© 2016 The Author(s)
Divisions:	LSE
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > HV Social pathology. Social and public welfare. Criminology J Political Science > JC Political theory J Political Science > JF Political institutions (General) T Technology > T Technology (General)
Date Deposited:	21 Aug 2015 09:39
Last Modified:	15 Sep 2023 11:43
URI:	http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/63285

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