?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=The+Paradox+of+Confrontation%3A+Experimental+Evidence+on+the+Audience+Effects+of+Protest&rft.creator=Schwartz%2C+C&rft.description=Do+protests+increase+political+engagement+among+the+general+public%3F+It+is+often+necessary+for+social+movements+to+induce+widespread+political+engagement%0D%0Ain+order+to+gain+leverage+over+elected+officials%2C+but+this+consequence+of+protest+activity+has+never+been+tested+or+verified.+Indeed%2C+empirical+research%0D%0Aon+the+public+effects+of+protests+has+largely+been+handicapped+by+methodological+limitations.+I+designed+a+two-pronged+experimental+design+that+causally+identifies+the+effects+of+protest+exposure.+The+first+stage+uses+a%0D%0Avignette+experiment+in+Mexico+to+capture+indirect+exposure%2C+and+the+second+stage+uses+a+field+experiment+to+directly+expose+the+same+respondents+to+real%0D%0Astreet+protests.+All+of+the+treatments+for+the+vignette+and+field+experiments+piggyback+off+of+the+2014-2015+protests+against+organized+crime+in+Mexico.+Through+this+two-pronged+experiment%2C+I+find+that+the+form+of+exposure+is+critical+in+identifying+the+engaging+effects+of+protests.+While+the+general+public+might+become+enthusiastic+and+engaged+upon+hearing+news+of+mass%0D%0Amobilization%2C+the+same+people+tend+to+disengage+when+faced+with+an+actual+protest.&rft.publisher=European+Political+Science+Association&rft.date=2016-06&rft.type=Proceedings+paper&rft.publisher=European+Political+Science+Association+Annual+Meeting&rft.language=eng&rft.source=+++++In%3A++Proceedings+of+the+6th+Annual+General+Conference+of+the+European+Political+Science+Association.++++European+Political+Science+Association%3A+Brussels%2C+Belgium.+(2016)+++++&rft.format=text&rft.identifier=https%3A%2F%2Fdiscovery.ucl.ac.uk%2Fid%2Feprint%2F1530923%2F1%2FDirectEffectsMSC_v2.pdf&rft.identifier=https%3A%2F%2Fdiscovery.ucl.ac.uk%2Fid%2Feprint%2F1530923%2F&rft.rights=open