Chapter 21

Question 1

acting crowds

Answer 1

group of people focused on a certain goal/action

Question 2

alternative movement

Answer 2

social movement that limit themselves to self improvement changes in individuals

Question 3

casual crowds

Answer 3

people who share close promimity without interacting

Question 4

assembling perspective

Answer 4

theory that credits people in crowds as behaving as rational thinkers and views crowds as engaging in purposeful behaviour and collective action

Question 5

collective behaviour

Answer 5

a non-institutionalized activity where people engage voluntarily

Question 6

conventional crowd

Answer 6

crowd of people that come together for a scheduled event

Question 7

crowd

Answer 7

group of people at the same place at the same time, close in proximity

Question 8

diagnostic framing

Answer 8

social problem is stated in a clear, easily understood manner

Question 9

digital divide

Answer 9

the increasing gap between the technological haves and have nots

Question 10

emergent norm theory

Answer 10

a perspective that emphasizes the importance of social norms in crowd behaviour

Question 11

expressive crowds

Answer 11

crowd of people that share opportunities to express emotions

Question 12

flash mob

Answer 12

group of people that come to together for a spontaneous activity for a limited amount of time

Question 13

frame

Answer 13

a way in which experience is organized conceptually

Question 14

frame alignment process

Answer 14

using bridging, amplification, extension, and transformation as an ongoing and intentional means of recruiting participants to a movement

Question 15

lifeworld

Answer 15

shared inter-subjective meanings and common understandings that form the backdrop of our daily existence and communication

Question 16

mass

Answer 16

a large group with a common interest, even if group members may not be close in proximity

Question 17

modernization

Answer 17

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

Question 18

motivational framing

Answer 18

a call to action

Question 19

new social movement theory

Answer 19

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

Question 20

prognostic framing

Answer 20

social movement stat a clear solution and a means of implementation

Question 21

public

Answer 21

an unorganized diffuse group fo people who share ideas

Question 22

redemptive movements

Answer 22

movements that work to promote inner change or spiritual growth in people

Question 23

reform movements

Answer 23

movements that seek to chance something specific about the social structure

Question 24

resistance movement

Answer 24

movement that seek to prevent or undo change to social structure

Question 25

resource mobilization theory

Answer 25

theory explains social movements success in terms of their ability to acquire resources and mobilize people

Question 26

revolutionary movement

Answer 26

movement that seek to change all aspects of society

Question 27

social change

Answer 27

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

Question 28

social movement

Answer 28

a purposeful, organized group hoping to work toward a common social goal

Question 29

social movement industry

Answer 29

collection of the social movement organizations that are striving toward similar goal

Question 30

social movement organization

Answer 30

a single social movement group

Question 31

social movement sector

Answer 31

multiple social movement industries in a society, even if they have a wide variety of constituents and goals

Question 32

value-added theory

Answer 32

functionalist perspective theory that posits that several preconditions must be in place for collective behaviour to occur