THE DYNAMICS OF INFORMATIONAL CASCADES - THE MONDAY DEMONSTRATIONS IN LEIPZIG, EAST-GERMANY, 1989-91
THE DYNAMICS OF INFORMATIONAL CASCADES - THE MONDAY DEMONSTRATIONS IN LEIPZIG, EAST-GERMANY, 1989-91
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DOI：
10.2307/2950679
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发表时间：
1994-10-01
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5
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LOHMANN, S
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作者：
LOHMANN, S
本文分析了1989年至1991年期间莱比锡发生的五轮抗议活动的投票率和政治影响，包括42次周一的大规模示威活动。 这些示威被解释为一个信息瀑布，公开揭露了一些以前隐藏的关于东德共产主义政权的邪恶本质的信息。 一旦这些信息公开，该制度的可行性就受到了损害。 星期一的示威活动随后随着其信息作用的下降而缓慢死亡。
This article analyzes the dynamics of turnout and the political impact of five cycles of protest, consisting of forty-two mass demonstrations that occurred on Mondays in Leipzig over the period 1989-91. These demonstrations are interpreted as an informational cascade that publicly revealed some of the previously hidden information about the malign nature of the East German communist regime. Once this information became publicly available, the viability of the regime was undermined. The Monday demonstrations subsequently died a slow death as their informational role declined.