Showing papers on "Social movement published in 2021"
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28 May 2021
TL;DR: The authors showed that social movement activists often become discouraged when their immediate goals are not attained, but research shows that such movements can have deep and long-lasting consequences for politics, society and the activists themselves.
Abstract: Social movement activists, such as those who protested the Iraq War, often become discouraged when their immediate goals are not attained. But research shows that such movements can have deep and long-lasting consequences for politics, society and the activists themselves.
115 citations
TL;DR: New municipalism is a nascent global social movement aiming to democratically transform the local state and economy as mentioned in this paper, but what precisely is new about it, precisely what, precisely, is so new about new municipalism?
Abstract: New municipalism is a nascent global social movement aiming to democratically transform the local state and economy – but what, precisely, is so new about it? I situate new municipalism in its geog...
111 citations
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27 Jul 2021TL;DR: The Dynamics of Political Communication: Media and Politics in a Digital Age as discussed by the authors provides a comprehensive overview of the field of political communication, focusing on the central role of media in American political life.
Abstract: "The Dynamics of Political Communication blends the drama, excitement, and chaos of politics with the extensive body of social science research that maps in detail the role of the communication media in our political life."
—Maxwell McCombs, University of Texas at Austin
"The effortlessness and accessibility with which this text walks the reader through theories, current examples and exercises will also make it a very popular textbook for undergraduate courses. I look forward to assigning it in my classes."—Dietram A. Scheufele, University of Wisconsin-Madison
"Written in an easily accessible style and filled with timely and interesting examples, this textbook would be a first-rate addition to any introductory course on the topic."—Gadi Wolfsfeld, Author of Making Sense of Media and Politics: Five Principles in Political Communication
"…an engaging and timely analysis of the central role of media in American politics. … The book provides multiple perspectives to stimulate critical thought and reflection."—Ann N. Crigler, University of Southern California
"Perloff has offered a systematic overview of the topic that allows us to make sense of the chaotic communication environment we are enveloped within. … A must-read for anyone looking to introduce themselves to this important research area."—R. Lance Holbert, The Ohio State University
What impact do news and political advertising have on us? How do candidates use media to persuade us as voters? Are we informed adequately about political issues? Do 21st-century political communications measure up to democratic ideals? The Dynamics of Political Communication: Media and Politics in a Digital Age explores these issues and guides us through current political communication theories and beliefs.
Author Richard M. Perloff details the fluid landscape of political communication and offers us an engaging introduction to the field and a thorough tour of the discipline. He examines essential concepts in this arena, such as agenda-setting, agenda-building, framing, political socialization, and issues of bias that are part of campaign news. Designed to provide an understanding and appreciation of the principles involved in political communication along with methods of research and hypothesis-testing, each chapter includes materials that challenge us by encouraging reflection on controversial matters and providing links to online examples of real-life political communication. The text’s companion website provides expanded resources for students as well as materials for instructors to use in the classroom.
The Dynamics of Political Communication immerses readers in contemporary events through its coverage of online campaigning, effects of negative advertising, issues of gender bias in campaign politics, and image-management strategies in the 2012 campaign. It will prepare you to survey the current political landscape with a more critical eye, and encourage a greater understanding of the challenges and occurrences presented in this constantly evolving field.
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TL;DR: Examination of the psychological predictors of collective action intentions in contexts where resistance is met with significant repression by the authorities confirms that risks attributable to state repression spur rather than quell resistance by increasing outrage, politicized identification, identity consolidation and participative efficacies, and moral obligation.
Abstract: Empirical research on the social psychological antecedents of collective action has been conducted almost exclusively in democratic societies, where activism is relatively safe. The present research examines the psychological predictors of collective action intentions in contexts where resistance is met with significant repression by the authorities. Combining recent advancements in the collective action literature, our model examines the unique predictive roles of emotion (anger and fear), political identity consolidation and participative efficacies, politicized identification, and moral obligation, over and above past participation. It further investigates how these variables are shaped by perceptions of risks attributable to repression. Four survey studies test this model among protesters in Russia (N = 305), Ukraine (N = 136), Hong Kong (N = 115), and Turkey (N = 296). Meta-analytic integration of the findings highlights that, unlike in most current accounts of collective action, protesters in these contexts are not primarily driven by political efficacy. Rather, their involvement is contingent upon beliefs in the ability of protest to build a movement (identity consolidation and participative efficacies) and motivated by outrage at state repression, identification with the social movement, and a sense of moral obligation to act on their behalf. Results also confirm that risks attributable to state repression spur rather than quell resistance by increasing outrage, politicized identification, identity consolidation and participative efficacies, and moral obligation. The implications of these findings for models of collective action and our understanding of the motives underlying engagement in repressive contexts are discussed. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2021 APA, all rights reserved).
45 citations
TL;DR: The authors provide an overview of climate-related activism as a form of civic engagement, paying particular attention to the targets of this activism and its environmental outcomes in terms of greenhouse gas emissions reductions.
Abstract: As activism including climate strikes have become a common occurrence around the world, it is important to consider the growth in climate change-focused activism and participation in social movements as a specific type of civic engagement Although studies have analyzed climate activism and the climate movement, there is limited research that integrates it into the broader literature on civic engagement and which considers how these forms of engagement are related to specific climate outcomes Here, we take a first step in understanding the material outcomes of these efforts Specifically, we provide an overview of climate-related activism as a form of civic engagement, paying particular attention to the targets of this activism and its environmental outcomes in terms of greenhouse gas emissions reductions Then, we focus on one of the most common tactics to gain momentum in recent years: the school strike, which has mobilized a growing number of participants around the world We discuss how the Coronavirus pandemic has changed the climate movement with much activism moving online We conclude by discussing the overall state of the knowledge about the outcomes of climate activism, as well as highlighting the need for careful research to measure its effects across scale This article is categorized under Policy and Governance > Private Governance of Climate Change The Social Status of Climate Change Knowledge > Climate Science and Social Movements
43 citations
TL;DR: In this article, the concept of prefigurative politics has been studied in the context of political prefiguration, but disagreements over the question of whether or how it is politically effective remain.
Abstract: Recent work historicises and theoretically refines the concept of prefigurative politics. Yet disagreements over the question of whether or how it is politically effective remain. What roles does p...
41 citations
TL;DR: The EJAtlas as discussed by the authors describes the origins of the terms environmental justice and environmentalism of the poor and the indigenous since the 1980s and the collection of "ecological distribution conflicts" (EDC) in an Atlas of Environmental Justice started in 2012 and reached 3350 entries by January 2021.
41 citations
TL;DR: The authors studied how social movements strategically use collective action frames to confront targets and mobilize supporters or on how targets respond to so-called collective action frame-based social movements and their responses.
Abstract: Social movement scholars have typically focused either on how social movements strategically use collective action frames to confront targets and mobilize supporters or on how targets respond to so...
38 citations
TL;DR: The authors studied the effect of the #MeToo movement on reporting a sex crime to the police and found that the increased reporting reflects a higher propensity to report sex crimes, and not an increase in the incidence of sex crimes.
Abstract: Social movements are associated with many large societal changes, but evidence of their causal effects is limited. We study the effect of the MeToo movement on an important personal decision—reporting a sex crime to the police. We construct a new quarterly dataset of crimes reported in 31 OECD countries and analyze the effect of the MeToo movement by employing a triple-difference strategy over time, across countries with strong and weak MeToo movements, and between crime types. The movement increased reporting of sex crimes by 10% during its first six months. The effect persists until the end of our data, more than a year after the movement started. Using more detailed US data, we show that the MeToo movement not only increased reporting, but also increased arrests for sexual assaults. In contrast to a common criticism of the movement, we do not find evidence for large differences in the effect across racial and socioeconomic groups. Based on additional survey and crime data, we show that the increased reporting reflects a higher propensity to report sex crimes, and not an increase in the incidence of sex crimes. The mechanism most consistent with our results is that victims were more motivated to report sex crimes because individuals perceived sexual misconduct to be a more serious problem following the MeToo movement. Our results demonstrate that social movements can rapidly and persistently change high-stakes personal decisions.
36 citations
TL;DR: In this article, it is widely established that social media afford social movement (SM) organizations new ways of organizing, however, critical studies point out that such use may also trigger negative rep...
Abstract: It is widely established that social media afford social movement (SM) organizations new ways of organizing. Critical studies point out, however, that social media use may also trigger negative rep...
TL;DR: The authors examined the social resistance against large dams as environmental justice movements in four case studies -the Sardar Sarovar Project from India, the Hidrosogamoso from Colombia, the ‘new water...
Abstract: We examine the social resistance against large dams as environmental justice movements in four case studies - the Sardar Sarovar Project from India, the Hidrosogamoso from Colombia, the ‘new water ...
TL;DR: Analysis of tweets from two studies revealed that social media victims who self-disclosed their victimization stories often reported having serious psychological impacts, a sense of helplessness, and issues with the police.
Abstract: In recent years, social media has been widely used as a tool for feminist social movements, addressing social problems such as sexual assault traumatization. This research aims at understanding how social media users utilized Twitter to describe traumatic sexual assault experiences and reasons victims chose not to disclose their experiences (Study 1), and how users became a part of the digital activism (i.e., social media movement against sexual assault) to increase social actions (Study 2). Tweets using the hashtag #WhyIDidntReport and #MeToo were extracted. Thematic analyses were used to analyze tweets across the two studies. Results from Study 1 revealed that social media victims who self-disclosed their victimization stories often reported having serious psychological impacts, a sense of helplessness, and issues with the police. Study 2 further uncovered that social media users engaged in hashtag activism through discussing views on relevant political and social issues, sharing resources to help sexual assault victims, and promoting social actions (e.g., protests, voting).
TL;DR: The case of the Portland Harbor Community Coalition reveals how the production of a shared history can be an important part of work to redress racialised dispossession and displacement in so-called green cities as discussed by the authors.
Abstract: Urban political ecology scholars recognise that a historical perspective is central to elucidating processes of racialised uneven development. In this paper, I articulate a collectively produced “peoples’ history” of the Portland Harbor Superfund Site, recounting how over a century of industrial pollution in Portland, Oregon has disproportionately impacted Native, Black, immigrant and refugee, and houseless residents of all backgrounds—and has spawned collective work for a more just future. I argue that it is imperative for scholars to not only articulate such racialised pasts, however, but also to recognise how those working on the front lines of change draw on their own personal and group experiences to produce shared narratives, particularly across difference and in a context of depoliticised, ahistorical sustainability discourse. The case of the Portland Harbor Community Coalition reveals how the production of a shared history can be an important part of work to redress racialised dispossession and displacement in so-called green cities.
TL;DR: In this article, the authors examine the evolution of the movement of the squares following the end of the more visible cycles of mobilization of the square occupations and argue that a crucial aspect of this...
Abstract: This paper examines the evolvement of the ‘movement of the squares’ following the end of the more visible cycles of mobilization of the squares´ occupations. We argue that a crucial aspect of this ...
TL;DR: The so-called "Eurozone" and "migration" crises mark critical moments in Europe's recent political history and share similarities to the extent that they both have increased political conflict, mob...
Abstract: The so-called ‘Eurozone’ and ‘migration’ crises mark critical moments in Europe’s recent political history and share similarities to the extent that they both have increased political conflict, mob...
TL;DR: This article studied the role of leaders in the social movement against slavery that culminated in the U.S. Civil War and found that Forty-Eighters reduced their companies' desertion rate during the war.
Abstract: This paper studies the role of leaders in the social movement against slavery that culminated in the U.S. Civil War. Our analysis is organized around a natural experiment: leaders of the failed German revolution of 1848-49 were expelled to the U.S. and became anti-slavery campaigners who helped mobilize Union Army volunteers. Towns where Forty-Eighters settled show two-thirds higher Union Army enlistments. Their influence worked thought local newspapers and social clubs. Going beyond enlistment decisions, Forty-Eighters reduced their companies' desertion rate during the war. In the long run, Forty-Eighter towns were more likely to form a local chapter of the NAACP.
TL;DR: In this paper, the impact of protest news frames on audience support for a civil rights movement using a 3 × 2 experimental design was explored, and they explored how frames and visuals affect audiences' criticism.
Abstract: This study tests the impact of protest news frames on audience support for a civil rights movement Using a 3 × 2 experimental design, we explored how frames and visuals affect audiences’ criticism
TL;DR: This paper investigated people's motivations for joining the #Fridaysforfuture movement in the privileged yet paradoxical context of Norway, a country that has gathered most of its wealth through oil production.
TL;DR: The rise of the Women's March as a massive effort to mobilize women pr... as discussed by the authors has been described as an example of intersectional activism that addresses more than one structure of oppression in the struggle for social justice.
Abstract: Intersectional activism is organizing that addresses more than one structure of oppression in the struggle for social justice. The rise of the Women’s March as a massive effort to mobilize women pr...
16 Sep 2021
TL;DR: In the wake of the financial crisis of 2008/9 social movements reminiscent of eco-emancipatory movements of the 1980s powerfully repoliticised the post-political order of neoliberalism as mentioned in this paper.
Abstract: In the wake of the financial crisis of 2008/9 social movements reminiscent of eco-emancipatory movements of the 1980s powerfully repoliticised the post-political order of neoliberalism. Additionall...
TL;DR: The authors conducted an extensive review of the neoliberal conservation literature with the aim to explore and substantiate the principal ways in which conservation is neoliberalized in practice and who has studied these processes and through which collaborative patterns using descriptive statistics and thematic content analysis.
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors analyze reciprocity practices as hybrid spaces that combine Andean worldviews, market and non-market motivations and political claims against the state in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors argue that movements seeking to infuse markets with moral values often end up utilizing the market mechanism and support from mainstream actors to scale up, even if it comes at the cost of diluting their foun...
Abstract: Movements seeking to infuse markets with moral values often end up utilizing the market mechanism and support from mainstream actors to scale up, even if it comes at the cost of diluting their foun...
TL;DR: In this article, the authors provide a framework for understanding how political actors create and institutionalize revolutionary social transformation, and what are the consequences of their efforts, and provide a way to understand the actors' motivations.
Abstract: How do political actors create and institutionalize revolutionary social transformation, and what are the consequences of their efforts? In this paper, we provide a framework for understanding the ...
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors describe how social movements often seek news media attention as a means to garner public attention to social problems; social movements may also attempt to circumvent traditional media channels through the use of social media.
Abstract: Social movements often seek news media attention as a means to garner public attention to social problems; social movements may also attempt to circumvent traditional media channels through the use...
TL;DR: This paper explored in depth how social movement actors strive to pass laws to change organizations exogenously or to demand that they make commitments or policy changes, but ensuring that or ensuring that they do so is difficult.
Abstract: Researchers have explored in depth how social movement actors strive to pass laws to change organizations exogenously or to demand that they make commitments or policy changes. But ensuring that or...
TL;DR: The authors examines whether and how climate-induced rural-to-urban migration presents major societal and governance challenges, and examines the role of climate change in the displacement of people due to climatic changes.
Abstract: The displacement of people due to climatic changes (environmental migration) presents major societal and governance challenges. This article examines whether and how climate-induced rural-to-urban ...
TL;DR: The authors theorize that while suffrage expansion has the potential to sway electoral tides in favor of the newly enfranchised, it may not always achieve representation of shared interests, and they propose a solution to this problem.
Abstract: How do newly enfranchised groups achieve representation of shared interests? I theorize that while suffrage expansion has the potential to sway electoral tides in favor of the newly enfranchised, s...