dc.contributor.author	Yankah, Sandra
dc.coverage.spatial	Central and North America -- United States	en_US
dc.date.accessioned	2016-11-23T16:39:18Z
dc.date.available	2016-11-23T16:39:18Z
dc.date.issued	2016-12
dc.identifier.citation	Yankah, Sandra. Generational Differences in Orientation Toward Activism (Thesis). Valdosta State University, December 2016.
dc.identifier.other	3A094ADF-D1BB-49D4-81B6-8BE69FE4E929	UUID
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10428/2365
dc.description.abstract	In light of current research and social media trends, the purpose of this study was to describe relationships between chronological age, online social media behaviors, and differences in orientation toward engaging in social activism. Findings from this study indicated that chronological age successfully predicted participants' future propensity to engage in overall and high-risk activism behaviors. Older participants were more likely to engage in overall activism behaviors (including both conventional and high-risk activism behaviors). Younger participants were more likely to engage in high risk activism behaviors. Additionally, participants' self-reported level of social media activism significantly predicted their future propensity to engage in activism behaviors. More specifically, participants that self-reported higher levels of social media activism were less likely to engage in conventional, high-risk, and overall activism behaviors. For non- profits, social advocacy groups, and political groups who rely heavily on support from the public to further their cause and to provide financial and practical support, overreliance on social media tools may result in a reduction in off line support and engagement.	en_US
dc.description.tableofcontents	TABLE OF CONTENTS \| Chapter I: INTRODUCTION 1 \| Chapter II: REVIEW OF LITERATURE 3 \| History of Social Movements in the United States 3 \| Theories of Social Movements 7 \| Social Media 11 \| Cyberactivism 13 \| Chapter III: METHODOLOGY 21 \| Participants 21 \| Procedure 23 \| Measures 24 \| Analysis 26 \| Chapter IV: Results 27 \| Predicting Overall Activism 27 \| Predicting Conventional Activism 28 \| Predicting High-Risk Activism 29 \| Chapter V: CONCLUSION 31 \| Chronological Age and Future Activism Behavior 32 \| Social Media Activism and Future Activism Behavior 33 \| Practical Implications 36 \| Limitations 37 \| Future Research 40 \| REFERENCES 44 \| APPENDIX A: Demographic Questionnaire 48 \| APPENDIX B: Online Social Activism Scale 53 \| APPENDIX C: Activism Orientation Scale 56 \| APPENDIX D: Institutional Review Board Exemption 60 \|	en_US
dc.language.iso	en_US	en_US
dc.subject	Theses	en_US
dc.subject	Clinical Counseling Psychology	en_US
dc.title	Generational Differences in Orientation Toward Activism	en_US
dc.type	Thesis	en_US
dc.contributor.department	Psychology	en_US
dc.description.advisor	Adams, Katharine S.
dc.description.committee	Price, Anne
dc.description.committee	Grimes, Lee
dc.description.degree	M.S.	en_US
dc.description.major	Clinical Counseling Psychology	en_US