Measuring the Diffusion of Social Movements: Toward An Inter-Movement Approach

UM > Faculty of Social Sciences > DEPARTMENT OF SOCIOLOGY

Status	即將出版Forthcoming
	Measuring the Diffusion of Social Movements: Toward An Inter-Movement Approach
	Zhang, H.; Cai, T.
Source Publication	Research in Social Movements, Conflicts, and Change
ISSN	0163-786X
Abstract	Measuring the diffusion of protests, or more generally, the diffusion of events, is an essential and ongoing task in social sciences. This paper proposes an inter-event approach to study what types of protests tend to diffuse or decline. We suggest a standardized, five-step procedure to measure what we define as “event diffusion momentum” (EDM): (1) use event-based data containing information on the time, location, and features of each case; (2) define the temporal and spatial ranges of interest; (3) for each observation, count the number of events that occurred before and after the selected case within the defined temporal and spatial ranges; (4) predict the number of events with appropriate count models; (5) using the delta method, calculate the ratios of predicted values from the post-event and pre-event count models for corresponding predictors. The ratio is the index of EDM. Applying this method to the Dynamics of Collective Action (DOCA) data, we identify several micro- and macro-level factors associated with protest diffusion in the United States, 1960-1995. We conclude with the implications and generalizability of the proposed method.
Keyword	Diffusion Studies Social Movements Spatial-Temporal Analysis
Language	英語English
The Source to Article	PB_Publication
PUB ID	58170
Document Type	Journal article
Collection	DEPARTMENT OF SOCIOLOGY
Corresponding Author	Zhang, H.
Recommended Citation GB/T 7714	Zhang, H.,Cai, T.. Measuring the Diffusion of Social Movements: Toward An Inter-Movement Approach[J]. Research in Social Movements, Conflicts, and Change.
APA	Zhang, H.., & Cai, T. Measuring the Diffusion of Social Movements: Toward An Inter-Movement Approach. Research in Social Movements, Conflicts, and Change.
MLA	Zhang, H.,et al."Measuring the Diffusion of Social Movements: Toward An Inter-Movement Approach".Research in Social Movements, Conflicts, and Change .

Files in This Item:
There are no files associated with this item.

If you have any objections to this item, please fill out the form below and the administrator will contact you as soon as possible.
Content:
Email：	*
Affiliation No.
Verification Code:	Refresh

Any comments and suggestions are welcomed.
Title:	*
Content:
Email：	*
Verification Code:	Refresh