Social Movement Participation in the Digital Age

By S. Brunsting, Tom Postmes. 2002

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Race and racism in Internet Studies: A review and critique (2013, background): “…movements are organized collective action toward a specific social goal and, within Internet studies, there is a growing literature that looks at social movements online (Kahn and Kellner, 2004; Langman, 2005) and the relationship between online and offline activism (Brunsting and Postmes, 2002).”
“It’s On Us.” The Role of Social Media and Rape Culture in Individual Willingness to Mobilize Against Sexual Assault (2017, methodology): “The social identity of individuals holding sexual beliefs that identify conditions under which women deserve sexual violence are therefore not congruous with the identity of such organizations and present a barrier to their participation in such movements (Brunstig & Postmes, 2002).”
Relative Deprivation (2012, methodology): “Finally, we eliminated measures in which respondents reported what they thought other peers or family might think of them (Breivik & Olweus, 2006; Brunsting & Postmes, 2002).”
Why do people engage in collective action? Revisiting the role of perceived effectiveness (2006, unknown): “For example, an analysis of members of environmental organizations in the Netherlands revealed a positive relationship between perceptions of effectiveness and intentions to engage in collective action (Brunsting & Postmes, 2002).”