Social Issues from an Attitudes and Social Cognition Perspective: Goal Framing and Collective Action

2002 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kimberly Quinn ◽  
James M. Olson
Keyword(s):  
Social Cognition ◽  
Collective Action ◽  
Social Issues ◽  
Goal Framing

scholarly journals AGE DIFFERENCES IN POLITICAL ENGAGEMENT: ROLE OF SELF-RELEVANCE

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (Supplement_1) ◽  
pp. S785-S785
Author(s):  
Tze Kiu Wong ◽  
Helene H Fung
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Collective Action ◽  
Older People ◽  
Age Differences ◽  
Political Behavior ◽  
Social Issues ◽  
Political Engagement ◽  
Political Discussion ◽  
Younger Adults

Abstract Previous studies usually found that older people are less politically engaged than younger adults, especially when considering political behavior other than voting. The current study extends the Selective Engagement hypothesis (Hess, 2014) to political engagement. 81 younger adults and 79 older adults rated 8 issues on self-relevance and their willingness to engage in political discussion, arguments and collective action on each issue. The predicted moderating effect of self-relevance was not found, but older people indeed are more willing to discuss (B = 0.07, p = 0.027) and argue with others on more self-relevant issues (B = 0.06, p = 0.031). Perceived cost of collective action was found to be a moderator, such that self-relevance was less important than other factors for high-cost actions (B = -0.016, p = 0.013). The current research sheds light on potential ways to increase older adults’ engagement in social issues.

Agency at Play for Collective Impact in Human Services Systems

2022 ◽  
pp. 159-181
Author(s):  
Prithi Yadav ◽  
Manuela B Taboada ◽  
Nicole Vickery
Keyword(s):  
Collective Action ◽  
Lived Experiences ◽  
Human Services ◽  
Social Issues ◽  
Digital Games ◽  
Analytical Tool ◽  
Collective Impact ◽  
Top Down ◽  
Bottom Up ◽  
Policy Level

Responses to urban human services issues such as housing and unemployment often overlook lived experiences through these systems and are formulated from a top-down (systems, services, or policy-level) perspective. This study integrates systems thinking and design justice principles for centering the voices of those experiencing these issues towards exploring ‘agency'—the capacity to act—from the bottom-up and top-down in responding to these issues. An agency typology encompassing various bottom-up and top-down agencies is developed through an analysis of Digital Games for Change (DG4C) for the various agencies they can initiate. The agency typology's contributions are threefold—in research (as a method and analytical tool), in practice (as design principles) and in education (for teaching collective action, impact). The agency typology can drive ‘concerted agency' or collective action, where top-down and bottom-up agencies work together, enabling multipronged targeted approaches to complex social issues and maximizing social justice efforts through collective impact.

DYNAMICAL COGNITIVE MODELS OF SOCIAL ISSUES IN RUSSIA

2002 ◽  
Vol 13 (02) ◽  
pp. 229-251 ◽  
Author(s):  
OLGA MITINA ◽  
FRED ABRAHAM ◽  
VICTOR PETRENKO
Keyword(s):  
Social Cognition ◽  
State Space ◽  
Social Issues ◽  
Dimensional Space ◽  
Cognitive State ◽  
Regression Methods ◽  
Political Transformations ◽  
Model Dynamics ◽  
Linear Differential ◽  
Definition Of

We examine and model dynamics in three areas of social cognition: (1) political transformations within Russia, (2) evaluation of political trends in other countries by Russians, and (3) evaluation of Russian stereotypes concerning women. We try to represent consciousness as vectorfields and trajectories in a cognitive state space. We use psychosemantic techniques that allow definition of the state space and the systematic construction of these vectorfields and trajectories and their portrait from research data. Then we construct models to fit them, using multiple regression methods to obtain linear differential equations. These dynamical models of social cognition fit the data quite well. (1) The political transformations were modeled by a spiral repellor in a two-dimensional space of a democratic–totalitarian factor and social depression–optimism factor. (2) The evaluation of alien political trends included a flow away from a saddle toward more stable and moderate political regimes in a 2D space, of democratic–totalitarian and unstable–stable cognitive dimensions. (3) The gender study showed expectations (attractors) for more liberated, emancipated roles for women in the future.

scholarly journals Social Class, Group-Based Anger, and Collective Action Intentions in China

2019 ◽  
Vol 13 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kai Li ◽  
Yan Xu ◽  
Shenlong Yang ◽  
Yongyu Guo
Keyword(s):  
Social Cognition ◽  
Social Class ◽  
Collective Action ◽  
Class Group ◽  
Hubei Province ◽  
Social Classes ◽  
Lower Social Class ◽  
Using Data ◽  
Subjective Social Class ◽  
The Relationship

This research examines the anger and collective action intentions among different social classes in China. Based on social cognition theory with respect to social class, we proposed that the relationship between group-based anger and collective action intentions would be moderated by social class. To test this hypothesis, two studies were conducted. First, using data collected from a sample of 100 residents of Hubei Province, China, Study 1 found that the relationship between group-based anger and collective action intentions was moderated by social class: group-based anger can predict collective action intentions among the upper social class but not among the lower social class. Then, Study 2 employed a 2 × 2 completely randomised design. Its 118 participants were manipulated to experience a momentary change in their subjective social class and the level of their group-based anger before measuring their collective action intentions. The results were consistent with Study 1. Taken together, the findings suggest that social class does moderate the relationship between group-based anger and collective action intentions.

Social Work Science in the Context of Social Work Ideas

2019 ◽  
pp. 68-83
Author(s):  
Rowena Fong ◽  
Edwina Uehara
Keyword(s):  
Social Work ◽  
Collective Action ◽  
Social Welfare ◽  
American Academy ◽  
Critical Realism ◽  
Social Issues ◽  
Grand Challenges ◽  
The Social ◽  
Scientific Identity ◽  
Society Today

This chapter describes the evolution of social work science in relationship to the development of the Grand Challenges for Social Work Initiative. The two initiatives, which took root in the field in close to the same period, created a mutually supportive, synergistic environment that benefitted both. Social work science, grounded in critical realism, embraces methodological approaches supportive of the fundamental principles of the social work profession and contributes to both the scientific identity needed for the stewards of the profession of social work and the scientific pipeline for the Grand Challenges for Social Work. An initiative of the American Academy of Social Work and Social Welfare, the Grand Challenges for Social Work delineate bold innovations and collective action powered by proven and evolving scientific interventions to address critical social issues facing society today. This chapter discusses how this work helps to both develop and derive support from social work science.

Using Concept Mapping methodology to visualize Italian activists' motivations to collective action

2021 ◽  
pp. 42-58
Author(s):  
Carlo Pistoni ◽  
Lisa M. Vaughn ◽  
Maura Pozzi
Keyword(s):  
Social Change ◽  
Collective Action ◽  
Concept Mapping ◽  
Sense Of Community ◽  
Social Issues ◽  
Local Communities ◽  
Civic Responsibility ◽  
Political Arena ◽  
Research Concept

In a political arena that is increasingly active on social issues, associations now more than ever need people who are committed to social change. Participatory methodologies are there-fore increasingly important to actively engage people and promote dialogue and collaboration between academia and local communities. In the present research, concept mapping methodology was applied with the aim of identifying the motivations underlying the commitment of a group of Italian activists to collective action. Findings suggest that sense of community and civic responsibility, typically "community" dimensions, are central in motivating the commit-ment of Italian activists.

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