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This paper demonstrates in an agent-based framework that, in the presence of social media, it is possible to observe a revolution without the need of a strong political leadership.
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Moro, A. (2015). Can Social Media Substitute Revolutionary Leaders? An Agent-Based Demonstration. In: Demazeau, Y., Decker, K., Bajo Pérez, J., de la Prieta, F. (eds) Advances in Practical Applications of Agents, Multi-Agent Systems, and Sustainability: The PAAMS Collection. PAAMS 2015. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 9086. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-18944-4_30
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