Research on lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) movements has accelerated in
recent years. We take stock of this literature with a focus on the United States. Our review …

Despite widespread feeling that public opinion in the United States has become dramatically
polarized along political lines, empirical support for such a pattern is surprisingly elusive …

The metaphor of resonance often describes the fit between a message and an audience's
worldviews. Yet scholars have largely ignored the cognitive processes audiences use to …

The rise of the Internet, social media, and digitized historical archives has produced a
colossal amount of text-based data in recent years. While computer scientists have …

A growing body of research in sociology uses the concept of cultural schemas to explain
how culture influences beliefs and actions. However, this work often relies on belief or …

This chapter reviews some of the key literature on networks and movements. The first
section looks at the issue of networks and mobilization, asking why and how networks can …

Numerous studies indicate that civil society organizations create cultural change by
deploying mainstream messages that resonate with prevailing discursive themes. Yet these …

Can a diverse crowd of individuals whose interests focus on distinct issues related to racial
identity, class, gender, and sexuality mobilize around a shared issue? If so, how does this …

Now in its second edition, Rethinking the Gay and Lesbian Movement provides an
accessible overview of an important and transformational struggle for social change …

The contemporary tactics of millennial feminists who are part of an active movement for
social change In 2014, after a young man murdered six students at the University of …