Title: 
Headings: The Impact of Social Media on Social Movements: The New Opportunity and Mobilizing Structure
The
 
Impact
 
of
 
Social
 
Media
 
on
 
Social
 
Movements:
 
The
 
New
 
Opportunity
 
and
 
Mobilizing
 
Structure
 

Amandha
 
Rohr
 
Lopes
 

The
 
Impact
 
of
 
Social
 
Media
 
on
 
Social
 
Movements:
  

The
 
New
 
Opportunity
 
and
 
Mobilizing
 
Structure
 

Research
 
Question
 

Literature
 
Review:
 
Social
 
Movements
 
in
 
Context
 

1.
 
Opportunity
 
Structures
 

2.
 
Mobilizing
 
Structures:
 
Social
 
Networks
 
and
 
Media
 

3.
 
The
 
Current
 
Debate:
 
The
 
Social
 
Media
 
Literature
 

Hypotheses
 
and
 
Theory:
 
Elaborating
 
the
 
Social
 
Media
 
Argument
 

Data
 
and
 
Method
 

Results
 

Conclusions
 
and
 
Implications
 

Bibliography
 


Content: They
 
can
 
also
 
have
 
implications
 
in
 
the
 
spread
 
of
 
democracy,
 
or
 
regime
 
change
 
(Goodwin
 
&
 
Jasper
 
2003). While
 
social
 
movements
 
are
 
a
 
worldwide
 
phenomenon,
 
there
 
is
 
much
 
variation
 
in
 
its
 
occurrence. This
 
particular
 
study
 
will
 
focus
 
on
 
social
 
movements
 
worldwide
 
from
 
2008
 
to
 
2012
 
to
 
answer
 
the
 
question
 
of
 
under
 
what
 
conditions
 
are
 
social
 
movements
 
most
 
likely
 
to
 
emerge
 
by
 
using
 
social
 
media
 
as
 
the
 
explanatory
 
–
 
and
 
intervening
 
–
 
variable
 
of
 
interest. I
 
hypothesize
 
that
 
a
 
social
 
movement
 
is
 
the
 
effect
 
of
 
opportunity
 
structures
 
such
 
as
 
the
 
economic,
 
institutional,
 
and
 
social
 
contexts
 
of
 
a
 
country
 
conditioned
 
by
 
its
 
access
 
to
 
social
 
media. The
 
opportunity
 
structures
 
take
 
into
 
consideration
 
the
 
grievances
 
that
 
drive
 
a
 
social
 
movement. These
 
grievances
 
can
 
be
 
derived
 
from
 
a
 
change
 
or
 
deterioration
 
of
 
social,
 
political,
 
and
 
or
 
economic
 
conditions. The
 
mobilizing
 
structure
 
is
 
the
 
social
 
networks
 
and
 
all
 
resources
 
necessary
 
for
 
popular
 
mobilization,
 
which
 
in
 
this
 
case
 
consists
 
of
 
social
 
media
 
as
 
the
 
fastest
 
and
 
cheapest
 
way
 
to
 
mobilize. Both
 
aspects
 
are
 
necessary
 
to
 
the
 
emergence
 
of
 
social
 
movements
 
(Stark
 
2010). In
 
the
 
following
 
sections
 
of
 
this
 
paper,
 
I
 
identify
 
and
 
discuss
 
common
 
approaches
 
and
 
hypotheses
 
on
 
social
 
movement
 
in
 
the
 
literature,
 
as
 
well
 
as
 
explain
 
and
 
test
 
my
 
own
 
hypotheses. I
 
argue
 
that
 
discovering
 
new
 
ways
 
to
 
mass
 
organize
 
is
 
as
 
essential
 
to
 
the
 
emergence
 
of
 
social
 
movements
 
as
 
the
 
grievances
 
that
 
drive
 
them
 
(Buechler
 
2000).