Political efficacy: Enhancing the construct and its relationship to mobilization of people

Yeich, Susan; Levine, Ralph L.

doi:10.1002/1520-6629(199407)22:3<259::aid-jcop2290220306>3.0.co;2-h

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“…Perceived self-efficacy in carrying out collective action for activism, for example, has been shown to motivate individual participation in civic and political campaign activities (Morrell, 2003) and collective action mobilization (Yeich & Levine, 1994). Perceived group efficacy refers to one's beliefs that group-related problems can be solved by collective effort (Bandura, 1995) and the perception that the group provides collective advantage in bringing about the proposed outcomes (McLeod & Hertog, 1999).…”

Section: Personal Involvement and Efficacy Beliefs In Collective Actionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Source effects in the micro-mobilization of collective action via social media

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Gower

Gonzenbach

et al. 2015

Information, Communication & Society

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Research has shown that micro-mobilization efforts that invoke social media rely heavily on the influence of personal networks to motivate collective action participation. This study examines whether this trend applies (a) to networks of different levels of personalness, (b) to causes and organizations which people are either unaware of or not affiliated with, and (c) how personal networks affect people's willingness to participate in online versus offline forms of collective action, when personal dispositional factors (activism-and issue involvement, perceived self-, technological-, and group efficacies) are considered. An experiment (N = 315) tested whether calls-to-action by different sources via social media (close personal networks v. distant social networks v. organization officials) influence individuals' willingness to publicly express support online through social media-based collective activities (e.g. commenting, hyperlinking, 'Liking', etc.) and offline activities (e.g. demonstrations, donning campaign materials, etc.). Findings are leveraged to provide practical insight and to inform theoretical development in these domains.

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Section: Personal Involvement and Efficacy Beliefs In Collective Actionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Source effects in the micro-mobilization of collective action via social media

Nekmat

Gower

Gonzenbach

et al. 2015

Information, Communication & Society

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“…Yeich & Levine, 1994) have pointed out the importance of examining a more appropriate measure of collective efficacy, that is how much impact individuals perceive their collective group can have on the political process. If individuals do not believe that their group can have an impact and improve their unjust situation, it seems likely that they will be less motivated to participate in any collective political protest.…”

Section: Social Identity Theorymentioning

confidence: 99%

The Psychology of Collective Political Protest

Abrams

Moura

2002

The Social Psychology of Politics

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SummaryIndividuals act differently within the political process; behavior can range from passive acceptance of a situation to violent riots. This chapter outlines various theoretical explanations as to why these differences in behavior occur and what psychological processes mediate them. In the social psychological explanations of collective political protest the emphasis has changed in recent years. Traditional theories concerned individual decision making processes whereas more recent research has focused on the intergroup context of the political environment. This chapter concentrates on the three currently predominant approaches; expectancy-value theory (e.g. Klandermans, 1997), relative deprivation theory (e.g. Walker and Mann, 1987) and social identity theory (e.g. Tajfel & Turner, 1979). It considers recent research that attempts to integrate these approaches with each other (e.g. Kawakami & Dion, 1995;Simon, Loewy, Sturmer, Weber, Freytang, Habig, Kampmeier & Spahlinger, 1998), and we conclude by presenting a study that suggests collective efficacy is an important motivator of collective action, but that social identification moderates this relationship, thereby acting as a crucial psychological platform for collective action. What is Collective Political Protest?In order to provide an accurate account of the literature into collective political action it is important to be clear about the types and range of behavior of interest in this chapter. Meanwhile, deindividuation theorists such as Zimbardo (1970) and Diener (1980) continued to argue that antinormative and violent actions by crowds could be explained in terms of the loss of self-awareness and self-regulation among members, caused by external attentional demands, increased anonymity and lack of accountability.Collective Political Protest -4 Personality differences have also been offered as a partial explanation for involvement in collective action. For example, Rotter, Seeman and Liverant (1962) claimed that individuals who tend to attribute cause internally were more likely to get involved in socio-political action than those who attribute externally because internals believe that they can influence outcomes by their own behavior. Similarly, Berkowitz (1972) argued that people do not protest unless they have a strong sense of personal control over their situation. Kelly and Breinlinger (1996) reviewed the individual-based theories of involvement in collective action, and concluded that the evidence is limited. They point out that there is no straightforward link between individual characteristics and participation in collective action.

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“…Indeed, social capital, community 'roots' and connectedness can all boost engagement in political activity (Anderson, 2010;Bandura, 1997Bandura, , 2000Caprara et al, 2009;Yeich and Levine, 1994) and, as Iris Marion Young has argued:…”

Section: Disability a Missing Socio-economic Variablementioning

confidence: 99%