User:22aneumann/Social movement theory

Emari Editing Plan

I plan on contributing to Contemporary Approaches


 * 1) I'm going to add the difference between the structuralist and constructivist approaches through communication is that constructivism focuses on more communication.
 * 2) Im also going to add the definition of "deprivation" because the word id important.
 * 3) Lastly I would add the political impact Alain Touraine had on social and political conflict regarding present day movements.

Jordins Editing Plan:

I plan on working on the end of the article and adding some more sources and citations. I am planning on talking about some of the history instead of just definitions.

- I plan to add some sources to give more background and information on these theories being brought up.

- I plan to add some information on various scholars who have work that is mentioned in the article.

- Lastly, i plan to write up a little mroe information to supliment the information that i plan to add.

Anna’s Editing plan:

I plan on contributing edits in the "Classical Approaches" section of the article. There are three sections plus an introduction in this section: Deindividuation model, mass society theory, and relative deprivation. The three edits I plan to make are as follows:


 * 1) In the deindividuation model section: Adding an informational blurb about Leon Festinger, the scholar who coined the term "deindividuation" along with the definition of that term. The article currently discusses other theorists and writers in this area of research, but nothing about Festingers history in this realm of study and how he came to this term. This will help give context about "power in numbers" which is the basis of this theory. I will add this information after the following:

Deindividuation model[edit]

Main article: deindividuation

Gustave Le Bon, an early social scientist who studied social movements

Sociologists during the early and middle-1900s thought that movements were random occurrences of individuals who were trying to emotionally react to situations outside their control.

Leon Festinger (8 May 1919 - 11 February 1989) was an American social psychologist who coined the term deindividuation. Festinger and colleagues suggested that experiencing deindividuation, especially within a group setting, diminishes typical inhibitions on behavior, leading individuals to engage in actions they might otherwise refrain from, as they feel less directly responsible for their conduct

2. Add an explanation of where and when the "extremism abroad" came to fruition in the mass society theory. The theory explains why this extremism is present, but not any background or examples of the said extremism. I will add this explanation after the following excerpt:  '''Mass society theory emerged in the wake of the fascist and communist movements in the 1930s and 1940s and can be seen as an attempt to explain the rise of extremism abroad. The central claim of mass society theory is that socially isolated people are more vulnerable to extremism .'''

3. Added definitions (with citations) to Anomie and Egoism in the mass society theory section in order to help contextualize what they have to do with this specific theory. I will take Ella Graces peer review advice and add another source to the Anomie definition (see bibliography) which explains it in greater context. See below:  '''An important underpinning of this theory is Émile Durkheim 's analysis of modern society and the rise of individualism. Durkheim stated that the emergence of the industrial society caused two problems:'''

  Anomie  : There were insufficient ways to regulate behavior due to the increasing size and complexity of the modern society.'

  Egoism ''' : The excessive individuation of people due to the weakening of local communities. These problems signify a weakened restraining social network to control the behavior of individuals. According to Durkheim, this will lead to dysfunctional behavior, such as suicide.'''