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Yang, G. (2016). The commercialization and digitization of social movement society. Contemporary Sociology: A Journal of Reviews, 45, 120–125.

Summary: Yang argues that the United States has shifted from popular political radicalism in the 1960s into a “social movement society.” More importantly, this shift can be characterized by a commercialization of social movements and a rise in activism through online venues and media.