soc & 101 Ch. 21 Vocabulary

Motivational framing

A call to action.

Flash mob

A large group of people who gather together in a spontaneous activity that lasts a limited amount of time.

collective behavior

A non-institutionalized activity in which several people voluntarily engage.

Public

An unorganized, relatively diffuse group of people who share ideas.

Acting crowds

Crowds of people who are focused on a specific action or goal.

social movement sector

The multiple social movement industries in a society, even if they have widely varying constituents and goals.

Mass

A relatively large group with a common interest, even if they may not be in close proximity.

social change

The change in a society created through social movements as well as through external factors like environmental shifts or technological innovations.

Social movement industry

The collection of the social movement organizations that are striving towards similar goals.

Modernization

The process that increases the amount of specialization and differentiation of structure in societies.

New social movement theory

Theory that attempts to explain the proliferation of postindustrial and postmodern movements that are difficult to understand using traditional social movement theories.

Resource mobilization theory

Theory that explains social movements' success in terms of their ability to acquire resources and mobilize individuals.

Resistance movements

Those who seek to prevent or undo change to a social structure.

value-added theory

A functionalist perspective theory that posits that several preconditions must be in place for collective behavior to occur.

emergent norm theory

A perspective that emphasizes the importance of social norms in crowd behavior.

social movement

A purposeful organized group hoping to work toward a common social goal.

Expressive crowds

Crowds who share opportunities to express emotions.

Revolutionary movements

Movements that seek to completely change every subject of society.

conventional crowds

People who come together for a regularly scheduled event.

Alternative movements

Social movements that limit themselves to self-important changes in individuals.

crowd

When a fairly large number of people share close proximity .

Prognostic framing

When social movements state a clear solution and a means of implementation.

Diagnostic framing

When the social problem is stated in a clear, easily understood manner.

social movement organization

A single social movement group.

Assembling perspective

A theory that credits individuals in crowds as behaving as rational thinkers and views crowds as engaging in purposeful behavior and collective action.

Reform movements

Movements that seek to change something specific about the social structure.

Religious/redemptive movements

Movements that work to promote inner change or spiritual growth in individuals.

casual crowds

People who share close proximity without really interacting.

Frame alignment process

Using bridging, amplification, extension, and transformation as an ongoing and international means of recruiting participants to a movement.