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dc.contributor.authorBergstrand, Kelly
dc.date.accessioned2017-08-26T00:22:42Z
dc.date.available2017-08-26T00:22:42Z
dc.date.issued2014
dc.identifier.citationPublished in Mobilization 19(2): 123-142, 2014en_US
dc.identifier.issn1086-671X
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10106/26884
dc.description.abstractThis 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 toward grievances and the campaigns that seek to address them. The results indicate that grievances involving a loss are perceived as more immoral, unjust, and important than grievances involving a gain. Loss-based grievances also generate stronger emotions, increase willingness to engage in activism, and produce perceptions of greater public support. Similarly, grievances resulting from a commission (action), as compared to an omission (inaction), are seen as more immoral, unjust, and important. Commission-based grievances direct attribution of blame toward perpetrators, evoke higher levels of emotions, and increase willingness to participate in campaigns. These findings provide support for the idea that not all grievances are created equal in their ability to appeal to and potentially mobilize the public.en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipA grant from the National Science Foundation helped support this research (award number 1102555).en_US
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.publisherMobilizationen_US
dc.subjectGrievances -- Social Movementsen_US
dc.subjectLoss-based grievancesen_US
dc.subjectCommission-based grievancesen_US
dc.subjectGrievances -- mobilizationen_US
dc.titleThe Mobilizing Power Of Grievances: Applying Loss Aversion And Omission Bias To Social Movementsen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
dc.publisher.departmentDepartment of Sociology and Anthropology, The University of Texas at Arlingtonen_US
dc.identifier.externalLinkhttp://mobilizationjournal.org/doi/pdf/10.17813/maiq.19.2.247753433p8k6643en_US
dc.identifier.externalLinkThe original article is available from the journal homepage.en_US


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