Support for Anonymous as vicarious dissent: Testing the social banditry framework

2017 ◽  
Vol 22 (2) ◽  
pp. 163-181 ◽  
Author(s):  
Giovanni A. Travaglino
Keyword(s):  
Political Action ◽  
Political Efficacy ◽  
Status Quo ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Positive Attitudes ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Status ◽  
Political Structures

This research uses the social banditry framework to propose that voiceless individuals in an unjust context may express their grievances vicariously. Specifically, it holds that individuals who perceive the system as unjust but lack political efficacy, express their anger against the system as support for actors whose behavior disrupts the system’s functioning. These actors are situated outside conventional societal and political structures of power and institutions. To test the social banditry framework, two studies investigate attitudes toward Anonymous, a group of hackers who challenge the status quo using online tactics such as trolling. Study 1 ( N = 304) demonstrates that appraising the system as more unjust and perceiving lower political efficacy are positively linked to anger against the system, which in turn predicts more positive attitudes toward Anonymous. In contrast, stronger injustice-fueled anger and stronger political efficacy predict intentions to engage in direct forms of political action, such as protesting or voting. Study 2 ( N = 410) replicates these findings, and theorizes and tests the role of individualistic and collectivistic values in predicting vicarious and direct expressions of dissent. Study 2 demonstrates that endorsement of horizontal individualism predicts positive attitudes towards Anonymous, whereas horizontal collectivism predicts engagement in direct political action. Implications and directions for future research are discussed.

Les religions au Chili entre l'aliénation et la prise de conscience

1974 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
pp. 85-100 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christian Lalive d'Epinay ◽  
Jacques Zylberberg
Keyword(s):  
Social Role ◽  
Social Groups ◽  
Status Quo ◽  
Social Protest ◽  
Historical Period ◽  
Multiple Forms ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Status ◽  
Complex Relationships

The multiple forms of the religious phenomenon and its cosmologies have often been pointed out. The social role of a religion can never be defined once and for all. The role played by religion as an agent for social protest and awareness or as a factor of the status quo must be made explicit for each historical period and specific social group. How are the religions in Chili situated between these functions of alienation and awareness ? The authors of this article examine the positions of Indian animism, Catholicism and Protestantism and outline the complex relationships exist ing between the nation, classes, social groups, and religious behavior in Chili.

scholarly journals Progress in environmental gentrification research and hotspot analysis based on CiteSpace analysis

2021 ◽  
Vol 251 ◽  
pp. 02071
Author(s):  
Pei Yu ◽  
Peng Sun
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Base ◽  
Web Of Science ◽  
Environmental Changes ◽  
Development Trend ◽  
Status Quo ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Hotspot Analysis ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Status ◽  
Post Industrial

With the advent of the post-industrial era, environmental improvements and sustainable initiatives that lack sufficient attention to the social justice aspects of environmental changes generates environmental gentrification. The purpose of this paper is to systematically explore the frontiers of gentrification research and the knowledge base of environmental gentrification. Therefore, based on Web of Science Core Collection Database, this paper analysed the progress and hotpots of environmental gentrification using CiteSpace, identified keywords relevant to environmental gentrification and their frequency of co-occurrence using the function of keyword co-occurrence analysis, recognized top ten clusters using the function of cluster analysis. Environmental gentrification is the frontier on gentrification research, which knowledge base and hotpots research should arouse our attention. This paper can help readers to understand the status quo and development trend of environmental gentrification better, recognize defect in the development of environmental gentrification, and provide a promising direction for future research.

scholarly journals Contestando a “Ciência Social Norte-Americana”: críticas à postura conservadora das teorias do mainstream das Relações Internacionais / Disputing the "American Social Science": critical to conservative stance of the mainstream theories of IR

2013 ◽  
Vol 1 (3) ◽  
pp. 448-480
Author(s):  
Hermes Moreira Jr.
Keyword(s):  
International Relations ◽  
International System ◽  
Academic Discipline ◽  
Status Quo ◽  
Political Order ◽  
The Political ◽  
Social Forces ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Status

A concepção de uma disciplina acadêmica sistematizada para o estudo das relações internacionais se deu atrelada à necessidade de criação de um arcabouço teórico para a compreensão da dinâmica do sistema internacional e das possibilidades de mudança ou estabilidade da ordem política nesse sistema. Nesse sentido, o objetivo deste texto é demonstrar em que medida as teorias do chamado mainstream acadêmico, tradicionais na análise da política internacional, ao naturalizar a conformação da ordem política internacional e minimizar o papel das disputas entre as forças sociais na constituição das relações internacionais, exercem um papel favorável à manutenção da ordem hegemônica e conservação do status quo. Não obstante, perspectivas contestatórias reconheceram e evidenciaram os limites das teorias do mainstream e preencheram a lacuna político-acadêmica contida nas teorias tradicionais de Relações Internacionais ao longo do desenvolvimento de seu campo acadêmico e institucional. Abstract: The design of an academic discipline for the systematic study of international relations occurred tied to the need to establish a theoretical framework for understanding the dynamics of the international system and the possibilities for change or stability of the political order in this system. Accordingly, this paper aims to demonstrate the extent to which the so-called mainstream academic theories, traditional analysis of international politics, to naturalize the conformation of the international political order and minimize the role of the disputes between the social forces in the constitution of international relations, play a role in favor of maintaining the hegemonic order and preserving the status quo. Nevertheless, prospects contesting recognized and showed the limits of the mainstream theories and filled the political and academic gap contained in traditional theories of international relations during the development of their academic and institutional concepts. 

The (ir-)rationality of investor herding

2019 ◽  
pp. 253-270
Author(s):  
Leef H. Dierks ◽  
Sonja Tiggelbeck
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Status Quo ◽  
Austrian Economics ◽  
Spontaneous Order ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Ceteris Paribus ◽  
Economic Agents ◽  
Behavioural Patterns ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Status

In the past decades, behavioural finance has steadily gained importance with respect to better understanding decision-mak- ing under uncertainty. Traditional economic models, among  them neo-classical capital market theories or Austrian Econom- ics, for example, fail to adequately assess market agents’ behav- iour. In contrast to these theories, market agents appear to be prone to biased judgements. Individuals prefer to maintain the status quo as they are afraid of committing mistakes, which could ceteris paribus afterwards cause a feeling of regret. They thus rather refrain from any action and accept opportunity costs as these, according to Prospect Theory, are considered to be missed profits instead of realized losses. Another explanation for biased judgement is overconfidence, which implies that indi- vidual investors trade too often as they consider their informa- tion to be more valuable than that of others. Overconfidence and status quo preference, are just two explanations for biased judge- ments. This triggers the question to what extent individual deci- sions actually exist. According to Hayek (1996), individualism is non-existent in an environment in which subjectivism generates a spontaneous order by interacting with other (market) partici- pants. Notwithstanding unpredictable future developments, there will always be particular behavioural patterns occurring repeatedly (Rapp and Cortés, 2017). Hence, the predictive power of any model could be greatly enhanced in case these patters, typically shaped by the social environment, i.e. (a herd) could ex ante be reliably identified . In light of the above, speculative bubbles, which, assuming strictly rational economic agents, are a prime example of how investors’ biased perceptions about losses and gains trigger an emotions-based process of decision-making. Institutional Eco- nomics, among others, illustrates that investors appear to follow an institutional system, which shapes their behaviours and thus their decision-making. Simply mimicking a herd’s decisions, it seems, can meaningfully reduce uncertainty. Preliminary find- ings, however, suggest contradictions concerning biases in deci- sion-making of individuals versus those of a herd. Further, literature distinguishes between rational and irrational herd behaviour. Ultimately, this leads to the question to which extent investor herding could indeed be a rational phenomenon (Dierks and Tiggelbeck, 2019). The remainder of this article as structured as follows: Chapter two outlines principles of (individual) decision-making under uncertainty and identifies select biases, which affect the behaviour of economic agents. Chapter three then portrays the phenomenon of investor herding and seeks to correctly embed the latter into Austrian Economics and Behavioural Economics. Chapter four investigates the extent to which any such behaviour can be consid- ered (ir-) rational before chapter five provides both a conclusion and an outlook for future research.

scholarly journals “If they don’t listen to us, they deserve it”: The effect of external efficacy and anger on the perceived legitimacy of hacking

2020 ◽  
Vol 23 (6) ◽  
pp. 863-881
Author(s):  
Maria S. Heering ◽  
Giovanni A. Travaglino ◽  
Dominic Abrams ◽  
Emily Goldsack
Keyword(s):  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Political Action ◽  
Political Efficacy ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Grading Practices ◽  
Future Directions ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
Unfair Treatment ◽  
The Social

We conducted two studies examining the factors underlying individuals’ legitimization of hackers (digital actors operating on the internet). Drawing on the social banditry framework, and research on political action, we focused on the mediating role of anger in the association between external political efficacy and perceived legitimization of hackers’ actions. Specifically, we manipulated whether the system was responsive to participants’ demands following unfair treatment in a university (Study 1) and in an online work platform (Study 2) context. In Study 1 ( N = 259) British undergraduate students read about unfair “grading” practices. They were then informed that the management was either willing (high external political efficacy) or unwilling (low external political efficacy) to investigate the matter. In Study 2 ( N = 222), British participants were recruited via Prolific Academic and were presented with a scenario describing an unfair rejection of their work. They were then informed that the platform admin was either willing or not willing to investigate their case. Across studies, participants were informed that hackers had attacked the website. Supporting the social banditry framework, results indicated that individuals who perceive the system as unresponsive to their demands tended to legitimize hackers’ actions via stronger perceived anger against the system. Implications of the results, and future directions are discussed.

scholarly journals The Changing Face of Qualitative Inquiry

2020 ◽  
Vol 19 ◽  
pp. 160940692090993 ◽  
Author(s):  
Janice Morse
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
Qualitative Methods ◽  
Quantitative Methods ◽  
Status Quo ◽  
Qualitative Inquiry ◽  
International Institute ◽  
Methodological Development ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Status

When examining the changes in society and the concomitant changes in research methods in the last century, unquestionably qualitative inquiry has been superseded by quantitative methods and had to work to find its niche in the social sciences. Here, I explore the push factors that have made space for the establishment and legitimization of qualitative inquiry. I discuss what we are doing well in qualitative methods, then examine the status quo—present worries, concerns, and future trends. I present three major problems that need attention, critique, and resolution in qualitative methods to further strengthen our foothold as we move forward. Methodological development is one of the primary purposes of the International Institute of Qualitative Methods (IIQM). In closing, I examine the role of the IIQM in the global development of qualitative methods.

Consumers’ decision to boycott “unethical” products: the role of materialism/post materialism

2020 ◽  
Vol 48 (10) ◽  
pp. 1121-1138 ◽  
Author(s):  
Antonia Delistavrou ◽  
Athanasios Krystallis ◽  
Irene Tilikidou
Keyword(s):  
Perceived Control ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Academic Research ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Positive Attitudes ◽  
The Social ◽  
Retail Products ◽  
Practical Implications

PurposeAlthough boycotting campaigns have been increasing, a limited amount of academic research has been focussed on the antecedents of consumers’ participation in the retail field. This paper presents an examination of consumers’ intentions to boycott the “unethical” supermarket products by a Theory of Planned Behaviour (TPB) application. Materialism/Post-materialism was incorporated in the research as a moderating variable.Design/methodology/approachPersonal interviews were taken in a sample (420) selected by a probability sampling method. Structural equation modelling was performed to analyse the data.FindingsTPB was found powerful to explain boycotting intentions. Consumers, who more strongly intent to boycott, are affected more by social norms than by attitudes and perceived behavioural control. Those consumers believe more strongly that boycotting “unethical” retail products will generate valuable outcomes, will comply with their referents’ expectations and will not be obstructed by any barriers. Post-materialists were found to hold stronger intentions than materialists. Materialists are mostly influenced by their attitudes and their perceived control over participation in boycotting. On the contrary, post-materialists are solely influenced by their feelings regarding social pressure to boycott.Research limitations/implicationsControl for social desirability should be included in future research. National or multinational samples more effective for generalization. The ability of other psychographics or demographics to moderate TPB relationships could be further investigated.Practical implicationsRetailers, who try to avoid potential boycotts, should primarily aim to diminish the social influence towards boycotting. Secondarily, they should aim to decrease the consumers’ positive attitudes and perceived controllability over participation in boycotting. On the other side, consumers’ groups or associations when designing a boycott campaign should address their call targeting to post-materialist consumers. Messages for a boycotting call should enhance the important referents’ pressure towards a friendlier society in which people’s action is able to ethics in the market.Originality/valueIn this study, TPB was expanded by the incorporation of values, namely Materialism/Post-materialism, as a moderating factor.

Moderating Role of Gender in the Relationship between Cognitive Errors and Anxiety among Adolescents

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 86-102
Author(s):  
Tasnim Rehna ◽  
Rubina Hanif ◽  
Muhammad Aqeel
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health Problems ◽  
Adolescent Psychopathology ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Cognitive Errors ◽  
Adolescent Anxiety ◽  
Study Results ◽  
The Status ◽  
Manifest Anxiety ◽  
The Relationship

Background: Widespread social paradigms on which the status variances are grounded in any society, gender plays pivotal role in manifestation of mental health problems (Rutter, 2007). A hefty volume of research has addressed the issue in adults nonetheless, little is vividly known about the role of gender in adolescent psychopathology. Sample: A sample of 240 adolescents (125 boys, 115 girls) aging 12-18 years was amassed from various secondary schools of Islamabad with the approval of the Federal Directorate of Education (FDE), relevant authorities of the schools and the adolescents themselves. Instruments: Taylor Manifest Anxiety Scale (Taylor & Spence, 1953) and Children’s Negative Cognitive Errors Questionnaire (CNCEQ) by Leitenberg et al., (1986) were applied in present study. Results: Multiple regression analysis revealed that cognitive errors jointly accounted for 78% of variance in predicting anxiety among adolescents. Findings also exhibited that gender significantly moderated the relationship between cognitive errors and adolescent anxiety. Implications of the findings are discoursed for future research and clinical practice.

Language Use and Sustainable Development: Opportunities and Challenges for Policy-Makers and Educators in Northeast Vietnamese Areas

2018 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 122-130
Author(s):  
Ha Ngan Ngo ◽  
Maya Khemlani David
Keyword(s):  
Ethnic Groups ◽  
Language Use ◽  
Mother Tongue ◽  
Language Shift ◽  
Minority Languages ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Positive Attitudes ◽  
The Status ◽  
Wedding Songs

Vietnam represents a country with 54 ethnic groups; however, the majority (88%) of the population are of Vietnamese heritage. Some of the other ethnic groups such as Tay, Thai, Muong, Hoa, Khmer, and Nung have a population of around 1 million each, while the Brau, Roman, and Odu consist only of a hundred people each. Living in northern Vietnam, close to the Chinese border (see Figure 1), the Tay people speak a language of the    Central    Tai language group called Though, T'o, Tai Tho, Ngan, Phen, Thu Lao, or Pa Di. Tay remains one of 10 ethnic languages used by 1 million speakers (Buoi, 2003). The Tày ethnic group has a rich culture of wedding songs, poems, dance, and music and celebrate various festivals. Wet rice cultivation, canal digging and grain threshing on wooden racks are part of the Tày traditions. Their villages situated near the foothills often bear the names of nearby mountains, rivers, or fields. This study discusses the status and role of the Tày language in Northeast Vietnam. It discusses factors, which have affected the habitual use of the Tay language, the connection between language shift and development and provides a model for the sustainability and promotion of minority languages. It remains fundamentally imperative to strengthen and to foster positive attitudes of the community towards the Tày language. Tày’s young people must be enlightened to the reality their Tày non-usage could render their mother tongue defunct, which means their history stands to be lost.

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