A tenants’ movement argues that repeated mold-related illnesses are preventable and result from landlords neglecting repairs. Which framing task is most central to this claim?
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A movement’s frame will necessarily persuade every audience if it connects the issue to familiar cultural values.
- A
True
- B
False
A campaign proposes enforceable safety rules and regular inspections as remedies for workplace injuries. This is an example of .
What concept describes participants’ shared, developing sense of who they are in relation to one another and what they are trying to do?
A workers’ campaign explains that organizing now is worthwhile because it can prevent further injuries and protect coworkers. Which framing task is emphasized?
- A
Diagnostic framing
- B
Motivational framing
- C
Prognostic framing
- D
Collective identity
Which statements describe how collective identity can develop? Select all correct choices.
- A
Participants negotiate goals and interpretations through interaction.
- B
A shared identity requires every participant to agree on all priorities.
- C
Relationships and emotional recognition can help develop a sense of belonging.
- D
Identity is fully established before participants begin interacting.
When participants recognize private experiences as part of a wider pattern, their shared sense of “we” can provide a basis for .
Participants in a movement can share a broad purpose while disagreeing about its priorities or strategies.
- A
True
- B
False
Which statements accurately describe how emotions can affect movement participation? Select all correct choices.
- A
Anger can make a harm feel intolerable.
- B
Fear always prevents participation and cannot sharpen a sense of danger.
- C
Hope can make change seem possible.
- D
Emotions only support mobilization and cannot contribute to withdrawal.
What concept refers to a movement’s shared stories, values, symbols, expressive practices, and everyday relationships?
Explain how collective identity develops in a social movement and describe one way it can support participants and one way it can create tension.
A campaign holds regular meetings, shares stories, and organizes mutual support during a period with few policy gains. What is one likely contribution of these practices?
- A
They guarantee the movement will achieve its political goals.
- B
They can maintain connection and commitment during periods with few immediate gains.
- C
They replace the need to negotiate internal differences.
- D
They prevent opponents and institutions from changing the meaning of symbols.
How might a movement’s cultural meanings contribute to institutional change?
- A
Institutional change occurs only when movement leaders hold formal office.
- B
Movement meanings cannot influence how organizations define problems.
- C
Movement interpretations can reshape public expectations and influence how institutions define a problem.
- D
Cultural meaning guarantees that authorities will adopt every movement demand.
A workplace-safety campaign describes injuries as preventable rather than inevitable, but has not yet proposed a remedy or called for action. Which framing task is it performing?
- A
Prognostic framing, because the campaign sets out a remedy.
- B
Diagnostic framing, because the campaign identifies the harm as preventable.
- C
Motivational framing, because the campaign gives people a reason to act.
- D
Collective identity, because the campaign defines who belongs.
People in a movement come to understand themselves as connected participants working toward a shared purpose. What concept describes this developing shared sense?
In social movements, anger or hope can shape how people interpret injustice, but emotions replace reason in that process.
- A
True
- B
False
How can fear affect participation in a movement, according to the material?
- A
Fear always prevents participation, so movements try to eliminate it.
- B
Fear mainly reinforces pride and solidarity among participants.
- C
Fear may discourage action or sharpen a sense of danger, depending on how people respond.
- D
Fear matters only after a movement has achieved its goals.
A movement identifies a problem and then recommends a remedy along with strategies for achieving it. What framing task does the remedy-and-strategy part perform?
A movement's message attracts one group of potential supporters but alienates another. Which response best reflects how framing works?
- A
A frame that resonates with one audience will persuade every other audience as well.
- B
A movement may need to adapt its language because a frame can resonate with one audience and alienate another.
- C
A movement should avoid familiar values because they prevent people from recognizing new concerns.
- D
A frame becomes persuasive only when opponents and public officials agree with it.
Members of a movement agree on a broad purpose but disagree about priorities and strategy. What does this situation show about collective identity?
- A
Participants can share a broad purpose while continuing to debate priorities or strategies.
- B
A movement can have a collective identity only if every participant agrees on membership and strategy.
- C
Disagreement means participants have no shared identity.
- D
Collective identity is fixed once movement leaders define the movement's goals.
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