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An Exploratory Examination of Agent-Based Modeling for the Study of Social Movements
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Frank, Aaron B.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Social movements--Research.
- Social movements.
- Information technology--Political aspects.
- Information technology.
- Communication in social action.
- Internet and activism.
- Place of Publication:
- RAND Corporation 2022
- Summary:
- Social movement research is becoming increasingly important, as information and communications technologies (ICTs) have altered the ways movements form, organize, mobilize, and act, as well as the ways in which they are surveilled and disrupted. The authors of this report explore the use of agent-based modeling as a method for studying the effects of ICTs on the formation, maintenance, and dissolution of social movements over time. The authors first reviewed selected research on recent technologies and social movements and conducted case studies of the Arab Spring protests in Egypt in 2010, the civil uprising in Syria in 2010, and the Hong Kong protests in 2019. They then developed and tested an agent-based model (ABM) that simulates the role of technology on specific features of social movements. The authors present conclusions from this exploratory research and discuss how to better employ ABMs as a tool for understanding the dynamics of social movements.
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