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Social movement

About: Social movement is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 23103 publications have been published within this topic receiving 653076 citations. The topic is also known as: movement & syndical movement.


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TL;DR: The authors argue that media attention often impedes movement success and that the positive or negative outcome of media attention largely depends on how media agents “frame” movement goals and actions, and that decisions about framing depend on several factors, some of which lie outside the control of movement actors.
Abstract: Resources are an integral and necessary component of social movement mobilization. Media exposure represents an important resource for movements having few assets. Therefore, many movements consciously seek media attention to enhance their chance of success. This article argues that media attention often impedes movement success. The positive or negative outcome of media attention largely depends on how media agents “frame” movement goals and actions. How the media frames movement protest is an unknown outcome for a movement. Decisions about framing depend on several factors, some of which lie outside the control of movement actors. I use NBC Evening News coverage of Native American protest from 1968 – 1979 in an attempt to understand these factors. This case study shows the dysfunctions of media attention.

130 citations

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TL;DR: In this article, the authors examined the relationship between social capital and political trust in South Korea and found that both associational involvement and social trust were negatively related to trust in political institutions and commitment to voting.
Abstract: While the social capital theory, popularized by Putnam, expects that associational life and social trust promote civic participation in political processes, some studies have demonstrated weak associations between social capital and political engagement. By applying these arguments of the limited impact of social capital, this study examines the relationship between social capital and political trust in South Korea. Survey data were analysed and it was found that both associational involvement and social trust were negatively related to trust in political institutions and commitment to voting. Furthermore, these negative relationships were mediated by citizen perceptions of poor institutional performance such as political corruption, suggesting that institutional performance is a crucial determinant of political engagement.

130 citations

Book
09 Mar 2006
TL;DR: The Politics of Protest as mentioned in this paper offers both a historical overview and an analytical framework for understanding social movements and political protest in American politics, arguing that protest movements reflect and influence mainstream politics and that in order to understand our political system and our social and political world, we need to pay attention to protest.
Abstract: The Politics of Protest offers both a historical overview and an analytical framework for understanding social movements and political protest in American politics. Meyer shows that protest movements, an integral part of our nation's history from the Boston Tea Party to the Civil Rights Movement, are hardly confined to the distant past. He argues that protest movements in America reflect and influence mainstream politics and that in order to understand our political system--and our social and political world--we need to pay attention to protest. The Politics of Protest opens with a short history of social movements in the United States, beginning with the development of the American Republic and outlining how the American constitutional design invites protest movements to offer continual challenges. It then discusses the social impulse to protest, considers the strategies and tactics of social movements, looks at the institutional response to protest, and finally examines the policy ramifications. Each chapter includes a brief narrative of a key movement that illustrates the topic covered in that chapter. New to This Edition * A new chapter on media and movements (Chapter 6: Protest and Communication: New and Old Media) that examines how media has changed in the past two decades, focusing in particular on online activism* New discussions on such topics as the election of a black president, the emergence of the Tea Party movement, and the intensifying conflict regarding immigration policy* More material on the successes of the gay and lesbian movement in promoting policy changes to marriage at the state level and in national military service

130 citations

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TL;DR: In this article, the authors examined the role of websites and social networks in the online organization of political activism and analyzed the relationships established between the conventional media on the one hand and activists on the other.
Abstract: The Internet is causing major changes in the field of political activism. One particularly significant case is the 15M movement, which emerged from a popular initiative organized in several Spanish cities in 2011. Based on the analysis of these protests as a case study, this paper has two aims: first, to examine the role of digital technology – websites and social networks – in the online organization of political activism; second, to analyse the relationships established between the conventional media on the one hand and activists on the other. The methodology combines the technique of in-depth interviews and qualitative analysis of reports, working papers and file data about 15M. The findings show an intensive use of digital technology by activists, both of their own social networks (for example, N-1) and commercial ones (Facebook or Twitter). These digital tools enabled them to disseminate their own information and optimize their internal organization. The indignados established an interplay between on...

129 citations

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TL;DR: The study finds that pro-immigrant protest events can influence policy in two ways, contributing both to the passage of pro- immigrant ordinances in the locality where protests occur and also inhibiting the passageof anti-immigrant ordinances in neighboring cities.
Abstract: Analyzing oppositional social movements in the context of municipal immigration ordinances, the authors examine whether the explanatory power of resource mobilization, political process, and strain theories of social movements’ impact on policy outcomes differs when considering proactive as opposed to reactive movements. The adoption of pro-immigrant (proactive) ordinances was facilitated by the presence of immigrant community organizations and of sympathetic local political allies. The adoption of anti-immigrant (reactive) ordinances was influenced by structural social changes, such as rapid increases in the local Latino population, that were framed as threats. The study also finds that pro-immigrant protest events can influence policy in two ways, contributing both to the passage of pro-immigrant ordinances in the locality where protests occur and also inhibiting the passage of anti-immigrant ordinances in neighboring cities.

129 citations


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No. of papers in the topic in previous years
YearPapers
20241
2023342
2022758
2021829
20201,073
20191,050