Exam 16: Social Change

In 2013, YouTube user "DizastaMusic" uploaded a video featuring a segment called the "Harlem Shake." Almost instantly, people started replicating the dance moves seen in the video and uploading their own versions of the segment to YouTube. Of what is this an example?

African Americans gained the legal right to exercise their right to vote

What is one reason the poor might participate less in social movements compared to college students with adequate financial support?

What are people called who take advantage of a public good without contributing to it?

Explain the difference between social movements organized around regressive and progressive social change. Give an example of each.

________ is the theory of collective behavior that explains how a "mob mentality" takes over and rational thought disappears when crowds come together.

The political theorist Benjamin Barber argues that exported American movies are not just mindless entertainment because they "sell" what might be considered "American values and ideals" to the world. What term or concept could describe these exports?

MoveOn.org was one of the first groups to successfully organize a large number of people around issues like partisan bickering and the power of corporate lobbies in Washington. This was, in large part, because it used innovative technology to locate, recruit, and organize supporters. This is exactly what ________ theory would predict.

Activists supporting the LGBTQ rights social movement in the United States secured a repeal of the "Don't ask, don't tell" law in 2010 and a Supreme Court ruling in favor of same-sex marriages in 2015. What type of social movement does this example represent?

How does a fad differ from fashion?

Dr. Williams is studying the "Indivisible" opposition to Trump that spread through social media. He believes that coverage from high profile celebrities and recruitment through catchy hashtags on Facebook and Twitter were critical to the movement's success. What theoretical perspective is Dr. Williams espousing?

The World Church of the Creator, founded by Matt Hale, wants to stop both religious and racial integration of America. This makes his movement a

Which of the following is true regarding social movements reaching the "bureaucratization" stage?

A situation in which behavior that is rational for the individual, but when practiced by many people can lead to collective disaster, is known as

On average, participants in social movements are

Gerrymandering is an illegal tactic used only by Democrats to disenfranchise members of the Republican Party and the demographic groups associated with it.

Individual companies have an economic interest in fossil fuels, although they might cause a great deal of harm in the long run. What is it called when the pursuit of individual gain leads to loss for a larger group?

________ was the historical event that convinced American scholars that not all social movements can be explained in terms of simply satisfying the psychological needs of their members.

What three forms does collective behavior generally take?

According to Armand Mauss, what happens in the "incipient" stage of a social movement?