Globalization and CultureSpring 2015

Week 2January 28, 2015

Four Stages of Social Movements

What is a social movement?

Four Stages of Social Movements

What is a social movement?

“Social movements, then, can be thought of as organized yet informal social entities that are engaged in extra-institutional conflict that is oriented towards a goal. These goals can be either aimed at a specific and narrow policy or be more broadly aimed at cultural change.” (Christiansen, page 2)

Four Stages of Social Movements

Why do social movements emerge?

Four Stages of Social Movements

Why do social movements emerge?

● persistence of social problems or inequalities● emerging consensus that these problems or

inequalities are unjust● failure of available mechanisms to produce

change

Four Stages of Social Movements

According to the article, what are the four stages of social movements?

Four Stages of Social Movements

According to the article, what are the four stages of social movements?

1. Emergence2. Coalescence (or popular stage)3. Bureaucratization (or formalization)4. Decline

Four Stages of Social Movements

Forms of Decline

● Repression● Co-optation● Success● Failure● Alignment with Mainstream

Four Stages of Social Movements

Why might we want to focus on social movements in a class on globalization and culture?

Social Movements and Social Media:Oscar Grant and the Egyptian Revolution

In their article on the killing of Oscar Grant, Antony and Thomas contrast the media as “watchdog” with the media as“guard dog.”

What do they mean with thesetwo terms, and what argumentare they making about themainstream media today?

Social Movements and Social Media:Oscar Grant and the Egyptian Revolution

Antony and Thomas argue that mainstream media play a key role in setting the agenda of public attention. They note that mainstream media most often holds up the interests of those in power, and dismisses or vilifies activists and social movements.

Social Movements and Social Media:Oscar Grant and the Egyptian Revolution

What, according to Antony and Thomas, is “citizen journalism” and what does it have to do with social media?

Social Movements and Social Media:Oscar Grant and the Egyptian Revolution

What, according to Antony and Thomas, is “citizen journalism” and what does it have to do with social media?

Describe the Oscar Grant case and how Antony and Thomas analyze it.

Social Movements and Social Media:Oscar Grant and the Egyptian Revolution

How does the article about the Egyptian Revolution (by Eltantawy and Wiest) relate to the Antony and Thomas article?

Social Movements and Social Media:Oscar Grant and the Egyptian Revolution

How does the article about the Egyptian Revolution (by Eltantawy and Wiest) relate to the Antony and Thomas article?

How does it relate to Christiansen’s analysis of the four stages of social movements?

Social Movements and Social Media:Oscar Grant and the Egyptian Revolution

Eltantawy and Wiest note that social media alone did not make the revolution in Egypt. What other factors played a role?

Neo-colonialism

Based on the chapter by Kwame Nkrumah:

1. What are the differences between traditional colonialism and neo-colonialism?

2. In what ways are they the same?3. What is the view of “share-the-wealth”

solutions in the quote on page 6? What do you think of this?