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almafu_9961390813702883
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1 online resource (85 pages) :
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digital, PDF file(s).
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
9781009415835
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1009415832
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9781009415873
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1009415875
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9781009415842
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1009415840
Series Statement:
Cambridge elements. Elements in contentious politics,
Content:
Scholars have long recognized that interpersonal networks play a role in mobilizing social movements. Yet, many questions remain. This Element addresses these questions by theorizing about three dimensions of ties: emotionally strong or weak, movement insider or outsider, and ingroup or cross-cleavage. The survey data on the 2020 Black Lives Matter protests show that weak and cross-cleavage ties among outsiders enabled the movement to evolve from a small provocation into a massive national mobilization. In particular, the authors find that Black people mobilized one another through social media and spurred their non-Black friends to protest by sharing their personal encounters with racism. These results depart from the established literature regarding the civil rights movement that emphasizes strong, movement-internal, and racially homogenous ties. The networks that mobilize appear to have changed in the social media era. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.
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Cover -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Black Networks Matter: The Role of Interracial Contact and Social Media in the 2020 Black Lives Matter -- Contents -- 1 Modern Social Movements -- 1.1 An Unprecedented Summer -- 1.2 Studying Movement Mobilization -- 1.3 Generalizability of the BLM 2020 Protests -- 2 The Ties That Mobilize -- 2.1 Mobilization and Social Network Ties -- 2.2 Tie Strength, Personal Recruitment, and Exposure -- 2.3 Mobilizing Movement Insiders versus Outsiders -- 2.4 Interracial Contact and Cross-Cleavage Capital -- 2.5 Conclusion -- 3 Measuring Mobilization -- 3.1 The COVID States Project -- 3.2 Protest Motivations -- 3.3 Insiders and Outsiders -- 3.4 Capturing Ties -- 3.4.1 Protest-Specific Ties -- 3.4.2 Strong Non-Household Ties -- 3.4.3 Social Support Ties -- 3.4.4 Cross-Racial Ties -- 3.4.5 Social Media Ties -- 3.5 Measuring Race -- 3.6 Controls -- 4 Tie Strength and Mobilization Mechanisms -- 4.1 Personal Recruitment -- 4.2 Exposure to Norms, Behavior, and Nonpersonal Appeals -- 4.3 Implications -- 5 Movement Insiders and Outsiders -- 5.1 Mobilizer Characteristics and Mechanisms -- 5.2 Social Embeddedness -- 5.3 Affective Drivers -- 5.4 Leaderless Movements and Last-Mile Mobilization -- 6 Beyond the Contact Hypothesis: Mobilizing Allies -- 6.1 Racial Homophily -- 6.2 The Impact of Strong Cross-Cleavage Ties -- 6.3 Cross-Cleavage Mobilization and Tie Strength -- 6.4 Sharing Stories with Non-Black Friends -- 6.5 Residential Integration -- 6.6 Alternative Explanations -- 6.7 Implications -- 7 Conclusion: Where Do We Go from Here? -- 7.1 Summary of Findings -- 7.2 Chaos or Community? -- 7.3 A Sign of Things to Come? -- References -- Acknowledgments.
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781009475709
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1009475703
Language:
English
URL:
https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009415842
URL:
https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009415842
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