Discussion Questions
- Consider what you have learned about social move-ments and social change in this chapter. How is the global expansion of social media likely to change how people pursue social change? How has it done so already?
- Under what kinds of societal conditions do move-ments for social change emerge? Describe a soci-etal context that has brought about or could bring about the development of such a movement.
- How do fads differ from fashions? Offer some exam-ples of each, and consider whether and how setting phenomena in these different categories can shed light on their roots and functions.
- What are the different types of social movements identified by sociologists? Does the growing influ-ence of social media require the expansion of these categories?
- Design a social movement. What problem or issue would you want to address? How would you dis-seminate information and engage other partici-pants? How would you overcome the problems of social movements that were identified in this chapter?