Protest symbols.
Journal
Current opinion in psychology
ISSN: 2352-2518
Titre abrégé: Curr Opin Psychol
Pays: Netherlands
ID NLM: 101649136
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
10 2020
10 2020
Historique:
received:
17
02
2020
revised:
14
03
2020
accepted:
16
03
2020
pubmed:
20
5
2020
medline:
26
10
2021
entrez:
20
5
2020
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Recent research on social movements have shown the significant role protest symbols play in mobilizing action and constructing a shared identity for a group pressing for social change. The present article gives an overview of crowd and social movement theories that focus on how symbols form and maintain groups. Borrowing from cultural psychology and social representations theory it explores how symbols are created and the meaning making processes around them within larger groups. The article unpacks two key functions of symbols within protest: first as a motivating trigger for protest action, and second as a unifying symbol for group identity and solidarity. It concludes with a discussion of how focusing on protest symbols could inform future social psychological research.
Identifiants
pubmed: 32428858
pii: S2352-250X(20)30036-1
doi: 10.1016/j.copsyc.2020.03.007
pii:
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Review
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
98-102Informations de copyright
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