Freshman in Social Movement: The Progress of Becoming Social Movement Participants
Date Issued
2015
Date
2015
Author(s)
Wu, Cheng-Cheng
Abstract
There are three important actors in social movement: Sympathizer, Participant, and Organizer. But the importance of participants has been neglected in the social movement studies. In this research, I focus on the “New Comers”, who just start to participate social movements. And try to reveal the process of participation, which been called the “Black Box” in social movement. I want to figure out: Why do people who had never participate in social movement begin to take action? How does the different starting points influence the New Comers’ ongoing participation? The Participation of the New Comers can be divided into two steps: the first step is: 1. How to participate at the beginning? I divided the starting point of participation into three patterns: a).through students association of university, b).through camp & workshop held by NGOs, and c).individual participants without any group background. The second step is: 2. Stay or Leave? The choice of stay or leave is related to the process of participation that different new comers have experienced. The purpose of this research is to know if certain pattern of participation is related to higher chances of stay or leave. And I also want to present the stories of “New Comers” which I believe can inspire our understanding of participation.
Subjects
Social Movement
Social Movement Participant
Type
thesis
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