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DESCRIPTION:Moynihan Institute of Global Affairs&nbsp\;Trade\, Development 
 and Political Economy presentsInternet\, Social\nMedia\, and the Behavior 
 of Politicians: Evidence from Facebook in BrazilAuthors: Pedro Bessone\, F
 ilipe Campante\, Claudio Ferraz and\nPedro CL SouzaRecent years have\nwitn
 essed the remarkable diffusion of social media in tandem with the spread o
 f\nmobile phones that are\, in many places\, the key tool for accessing th
 ose media.\nThe authors ask whether this has affected the communication an
 d responsiveness\nof politicians to[1]wards voters. Using data on the spre
 ad of the 3G mobile\nphone network in Brazil\, and self-collected data on 
 the universe of Facebook\nactivities by federal legislators\, they examine
  how legislators respond when\nmunicipalities that are part of their elect
 oral base obtain access to the 3G\ntechnology. Claudio Ferraz&nbsp\;Univer
 sity of British ColumbiaClaudio Ferraz is Professor of Economics at\nthe U
 niversity of British Columbia in Canada. His research focuses on Political
 \nEconomy and Development Economics. In particular\, he works on issues re
 lated to\ngovernance and accountability in developing countries\, politics
  and public\nservice delivery\, electoral rules and political selection et
 c.&nbsp\; His work has\nbeen published In top Economics journals such as t
 he American Economic\nReview\, Journal of Political Economy and Quarterly 
 Journal of Economics.\nHe holds a PhD in Economics from the University of 
 California -Berkeley.&nbsp\; Click here to registerFor more information\, 
 please contact Devashish Mitra\, dmitra@syr.edu or to request accommodatio
 n arrangements\, please contact Morgan Bicknell\, mebickne@syr.edu.
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SUMMARY:Internet\, Social Media\, and the Behavior of Politicians: Evidence
  from Facebook in Brazil
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X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p>Moynihan Institute of Global Affairs&nbsp\;
 </p><p>Trade\, Development and Political Economy presents</p><p><br></p><p
 ><strong>Internet\, Social\nMedia\, and the Behavior of Politicians: Evide
 nce from Facebook in Brazil</strong></p><p><strong>Authors: Pedro Bessone\
 , Filipe Campante\, Claudio Ferraz and\nPedro CL Souza</strong></p><p><br>
 </p><p>Recent years have\nwitnessed the remarkable diffusion of social med
 ia in tandem with the spread of\nmobile phones that are\, in many places\,
  the key tool for accessing those media.\nThe authors ask whether this has
  affected the communication and responsiveness\nof politicians to[1]wards 
 voters. Using data on the spread of the 3G mobile\nphone network in Brazil
 \, and self-collected data on the universe of Facebook\nactivities by fede
 ral legislators\, they examine how legislators respond when\nmunicipalitie
 s that are part of their electoral base obtain access to the 3G\ntechnolog
 y. </p><p><br></p><p><strong>Claudio Ferraz&nbsp\;</strong></p><p>Universi
 ty of British Columbia</p><p><br></p><p>Claudio Ferraz is Professor of Eco
 nomics at\nthe University of British Columbia in Canada. His research focu
 ses on Political\nEconomy and Development Economics. In particular\, he wo
 rks on issues related to\ngovernance and accountability in developing coun
 tries\, politics and public\nservice delivery\, electoral rules and politi
 cal selection etc.&nbsp\; His work has\nbeen published In top Economics jo
 urnals such as the <i>American Economic\nReview\, Journal of Political Eco
 nomy</i> and <i>Quarterly Journal of Economics</i>.\nHe holds a PhD in Eco
 nomics from the University of California -Berkeley.&nbsp\;</p><p><br></p><
 p> <a href="https://syracuseuniversity.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJIvf-uspz
 srGt2ztTgbR_cWARoQQFe20F-_ " title="Click here to register">Click here to 
 register</a></p><p><br>For more information\, please contact Devashish Mit
 ra\, dmitra@syr.edu or to request accommodation arrangements\, please cont
 act Morgan Bicknell\, mebickne@syr.edu.</p>
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