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Two major sections missing

I was just looking at the article and I realized we are missing two big sections: 1) on what issues social movements are concerned with (gender rights, human rights, environment, etc.) and 2) on geographical distribution of social movements (how many are located in which part of the world). I will try to expand on this in the future; if you have any sources/data do list them here (or add them to the article). -- Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| talk 15:14, 30 June 2010 (UTC) reply

1. Defining which issues social movements are concerned with

Some examples of classic social movements would be useful (e.g. the Civil Rights movement). But any section written to define social movements should not be too narrowly defined, because the internet has greatly expanded the range of topics available to protest. See, e.g., Earl, J., & Schussman, A. (2008). Contesting cultural control: Youth culture and online petitioning. (In W. L. Bennett (Ed.), Civic life online: Learning how digital media can engage youth (Vol. c, pp. 71–96). Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press.) and the rise of Change.org and other petition sites that regularly adopt non-state actors as targets. Civicked ( talk) 17:47, 26 September 2013 (UTC) reply

2. Geographic distribution:

Note - a very useful source is the research by Jackie Smith:
  • Jackie Smith, Charles Chatfield, Ron Pagnucco (1997). "Transnational social movements and global politics". Syracuse University Press
  • Jackie Smith (1997). Characteristics of the Modern Transnational Social Movement Sector, pp.42-58 in Transnational Social Movements and World Politics: Solidarity beyond the State (ed. J. Smith, C. Chttfield and R. Pagnucco). Syracuse University Press
  • Jackie Smith, Hank Johnston (2002), Globalization and resistance:transnational dimensions of social movements, Rowman & Littlefield
  • Jackie Smith, Dawn West (2005) The Uneven Geography of Global Civil Society: National and Global Influences on Transnational Association. Social Forces, Volume 84, Issue 2

She focuses on trans(inter)national movements, findings conclude that those are dominated in the developed/core/North/West, goals (human rights (27%), environment (14%), woman’s rights (10%), peace (9%), world-order/multi-issue (9%), development (5%) and self-determination/ethics (5%)) and age (mean is 20-something years). I'll try to add that to the article; if I forget to do it soon ping me or use the above sources. -- Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| talk 15:39, 5 August 2010 (UTC) reply

  • John Lowland ( [1]) offers an interesting estimate on the big picture of social movements with regards to size. "Taking all SMOs as a set and extrapolating from the limited data we have [...] I venture the guess that the vast majority of SMOs in at least the industrialized democracies have well less then 50 members, with many having twenty-five members or less. Only a small percentage have membership of more then ten thousands, although [a small number] have been much larger. [...] Focusing on the end of major periods of mobilization” numbers in the range of hundreds of thousands and even millions have been reported. Again, I'll try to expand on it. -- Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| talk 15:37, 6 August 2010 (UTC) reply

Porn — Preceding unsigned comment added by 203.88.23.33 ( talk) 17:00, 6 March 2014 (UTC) reply

Movement theory section

Hey all. It seems like Social_movement#Social_movement_theories is a little sparse with the citations and maybe leans too heavily on bullet points when paragraphs would be sufficient (see: Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Lists#Bulleted_and_numbered_lists) . Some of the material may be better covered in the existing Social Movement Theory entry, which is shorter in several spots than the social movement theory subsection on this page. If anyone has additional citations please add them. I'll put in cites for the material I can track down, and adding some "citation needed" tags elsewhere. 69.138.253.89 ( talk) 16:49, 12 April 2015 (UTC) reply

I agree, we have duplicate content here WP:CFORK in the Social Movement Theories Section with the better presented Social Movement Theory article. Perhaps we should just have an introductory paragraph here and a link to the other article. Carl94965 ( talk) 19:04, 18 March 2017 (UTC) reply

History Section

There is also a problem with the history section. WP:NOTEVERYTHING This is basically a description of the development of social movements in England. The American, French and Russian revolutions surely were driven by social movements and had a significant impact, but these are only mentioned in passing. This section should be cut out to form a separate article, "History of Social Movements in England". Carl94965 ( talk) 19:35, 18 March 2017 (UTC) reply

General Improvements

History - As previously suggested, the current history section here should really be completely revised. It is too Eurocentric and only refers to about 2-3 centuries. The first sentence is almost surely wrong if we take the definition of social movements at the top of the page: Group action oriented towards social and political change, essentially. It is super unlikely, as per common sense, that this kind of action originated in England in the mid-1700s. Social movements occur all over the world. Also, I would think the history of social movements would be the centerpiece of such an article, as they change and define the scope and change-power social movements are understood to possess. Sev-r-eyed ( talk) 18:49, 12 May 2017 (UTC) reply

General Suggestions

For a mediated life class we were required to select an article and evaluate it. After doing so we were asked to make suggestions that would help turn it into an article of good status. Here are our following suggestions. Keep article up to date by removing information that is no longer relevant. There are also a few hyperlinks on the page that no longer go to the page they are supposed to, they should be removed. Secondly, there are many statements that say "citation needed" an appropriate citation should be found and added for those items. Hullihan 24 ( talk) 16:05, 13 May 2017 (UTC) reply

The most recent social movements listed are from 2013. With all of the social movements going on today (Women’s March, Climate Change, etc.), there is plenty of room to add more modern movements

In relation to being more modern, the page only talks briefly about the roles of social media sites such as Facebook and Twitter. Some modern movements have entire Twitter pages dedicated specifically to them, so I think they should elaborate more on the role social media.

“The sociological study of social movements is quite new.” While it is new, maybe throw in what some studies have found about social movements.

Gittisd ( talk) 21:03, 12 May 2017 (UTC) reply

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Importance of the social movements

Importance of the social movements should be added 

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Potential Improvement

After reading this article I felt that talking more about how social media influences social movements would be a good idea. With social media being a huge influencer on young teens I felt that laying out this connection can bring a more modern spin on the topic. The article seems to be quite balanced but I believe talking about the impact of social media when it comes to bringing social movements together can add an element of relatability. An appropriate spot to put this information may be under the Mass mobilization section because social media allows many people with similar ideas to connect. Brusso7 ( talk) 21:33, 10 September 2019 (UTC)Bradley Russo reply

community movement aka social movement

Should this be called a social movement or a community movement to preserve the word social to refer to having close and personal relationships and social meaning friends in a more general sense? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.63.175.63 ( talk) 04:42, 16 December 2019 (UTC) reply

Potential COI Declaration

Hi again @ Communitarian703! You've added a {{ Connected contributor}} tag for yourself to this page, Talk:Populism, and Talk:Patriotism now, and I just wanted to ask what you're declaring a COI with? This template, as far as I'm aware, is for declaring a connection with the subject of the article, and I'm not sure how you can have a COI with the topic "social movement"? In the template code you've said This user is an employee of the Institute for Communitarian Policy Studies, in which case - as this organisation doesn't have a Wikipedia article (which I can find), I would suggest you use the {{ UserboxCOI}} template on your userpage instead - and then, when you make an edit to a page such as this one, if your edit is related to your employer/organisation or person you know, you note that in your edit summary. Also, if you're being paid by the Institute for Communitarian Policy Studies, and you haven't done so yet, it is highly advisable that you read WP:PAID. Thanks ! Seagull123 Φ 14:16, 12 August 2020 (UTC) reply

Thanks for these tips, @ Seagull123!

Merge social movements and reform movements

Hey. I get the theoretical difference but both articles cover essentially the same topics now. I would suggest merging reform movements into this? And also merge the categories. Reform movements is essentially a list of social movements by country and time which could go into Category:19th-century social movements and Category:Social movements by country. Hobbyvoll ( talk) 20:26, 27 December 2022 (UTC) reply

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