Globalization and Political Protests: Imported Movie Influence Dataset

Lu Sun compiled a novel dataset on political protest movies from 2000 to 2018 to study their influence on anti-government demonstrations in autocratic countries. The research analyzes how widely watched imported protest movies impact demonstrations through imitation, coordination, and value transmission. The dataset was published via the International Studies Quarterly Dataverse.

Use Cases

• Analyzing the correlation between movie import data and protest event counts across countries.
• Testing the differential impact of widely-watched protest movies versus family romance movies on political outcomes.
• Modeling the effect of movie consumption metrics on subsequent anti-government demonstration frequency.
• Investigating temporal patterns by comparing movie release years to protest dates within the 2000-2018 period.

Strengths

• Covers a 19-year time range from 2000 to 2018.
• Focuses on a specific, novel media category: political protest movies.

Limitations

• Specific row count, column details, and sample size are unknown.
• Geographic coverage is implied but not explicitly defined.

Provenance

Source

International Studies Quarterly Dataverse, author Lu Sun.

Collection Method

Compiled for academic research on globalization and political protests.

Time Range

2000 to 2018.

Freshness

Data covers up to 2018, with repository entry updated in March 2026.

Geography

Primarily autocratic countries, specific nations not listed.