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Recent Submissions
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Bergstrand, Kelly; Robertson, Christopher (Oxford University Press, 2020)
**Please note that the full text is embargoed** ABSTRACT: This study examines the false ballistic missile alert that occurred in Hawaii in 2018, which presented a unique opportunity for assessing the civic and mobilizing ...
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Bergstrand, Kelly; Jasper, James M. (SAGE, American Sociological Association, 2018)
**Please note that the full text is embargoed** ABSTRACT: We examine three basic tropes—villain, victim, and hero—that emerge in images, claims, and narratives. We compare recent research on characters with the predictions ...
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Bergstrand, Kelly; Mayer, Brian (International Association for Society and Natural Resources, 2020-01)
**Please note that the full text is embargoed** ABSTRACT: This study investigates long-term appraisals of community recovery after a major environmental disaster. Specifically, we conducted a survey of 351 individuals ...
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Bergstrand, Kelly (SAGE Publications, 2019)
**Please note that the full text is embargoed** ABSTRACT: The role of grievances in drawing public concern and activist support is a surprisingly understudied topic in modern
social movement literature. This research is ...
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Bergstrand, Kelly; Mayer, Brian; Brumback, Babette; Zhang, Yi (Springer Science+Business Media DordrechtDepartment of Sociology and Anthropology, the University of Texas at Arlington, 2014-07)
This article contributes to the disaster literature by measuring and connecting two concepts that are highly related but whose relationship is rarely empirically evaluated: social vulnerability and community resilience. ...
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Beyerlein, Kraig; Bergstrand, Kelly (ElsevierDepartment of Sociology and Anthropology, the University of Texas at Arlington, 2016-11)
Why are some people, but not others, asked to engage in civic activity? Rather than focus on the personal traits of either potential recruits or recruiters for this initial stage of recruitment, we develop and test a ...
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Savage, Scott V.; Bergstrand, Kelly (Blackwell Publishing LtdDepartment of Sociology and Anthropology, the University of Texas at Arlington, 2012)
This article documents the role of uncertainty in social exchange. Specifically, it reviews how social exchange theorists incorporate uncertainty when explaining psychological processes and social behaviors. After identifying ...
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Mayer, Brian; Running, Katrina; Bergstrand, Kelly (Eastern Sociological SocietyDepartment of Sociology and Anthropology, the University of Texas at Arlington, 2015-06)
After disasters, victim compensation programs are typically associated with individual healing and community
rebuilding. But postdisaster compensation systems also have the potential to introduce confusion and competition, ...
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Bergstrand, Kelly (MobilizationDepartment of Sociology and Anthropology, The University of Texas at Arlington, 2014)
This study investigates how the nature of grievances can provide advantages or disadvantages to social movements. I use an experimental design to test the effects of loss aversion and omission bias on people’s reactions ...
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Robertson, Christopher; Winkelman, D. Alex; Bergstrand, Kelly; Modzelewski, Darren (Oxford University PressDepartment of Sociology and Anthropology, University of Texas at Arlington, May 23, 20)
The Supreme Court says that campaign finance regulations are unconstitutional unless they target “quid pro quo” corruption or its appearance. To test those appearances, we fielded two studies. First, in a highly realistic ...