The Impacts of Social Media on Citizen Security Behavior in Mexico
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Authors
Childers, Scott
Subjects
Social Media
Mexico
Drug-Trafficking Violence
Drug Cartels
Emergence
Complexity
Mexico
Drug-Trafficking Violence
Drug Cartels
Emergence
Complexity
Advisors
Singer, Andrew
Nieto-Gomez, Rodrigo
Date of Issue
2012-03
Date
Mar-12
Publisher
Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School
Language
Abstract
Over the past decade, Mexico has seen a dramatic increase in drug-trafficking organization (DTO) violence with the deaths of over 47,000 Mexican citizens that can be compared to high-profile combat zones, such as in Afghanistan. This thesis examines the critical junction between social media and citizen security behavior in Mexico. It begins by assessing the overall social media penetration in Mexico, reviewing the demographic and geographic factors of social media penetration in Mexico, in addition to analyzing what actors influence this technology. Next examined is the use of social media by DTOs. Geographical concentrations of DTO violence, how DTOs utilize social media to their advantage, as well as their use of social media, such as YouTube, are reviewed. Social media use by law-abiding Mexican citizens in their attempts to counter the violence in their communities, specifically focusing on statistics and trends regarding anti-DTO/personal security behaviors is also evaluated. This thesis concludes with not only a review of the findings, but by posing three different scenarios for the next five-to-eight years to which these findings can be applied.
Type
Thesis
Description
Series/Report No
Department
Security Studies