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> From: "jeramy townsley" <council@???>
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> Subject: Re: [Occupyresearch] Tea Party/Occupy Comparison
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> I agree with those who point out the radical differences between the TP and
> OWS, particularly on the issue of wealthy donors for the TP. However,
> Skocpol's analysis of the TP (The Tea Party and the Remaking of Republican
> Conservatism, 2012, Oxford) highlights that the base of the TP is
> grassroots, and is highly skeptical of the big donor class. In terms of
> skepticism of authority, and some other common social movement dynamics,
> there actually are similarities between the groups, although the obvious
> big
> differences cannot be overlooked. Right now I'm tinkering with 3 research
> questions
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> 1)      Are there social/demographic/economic predictors of TP vs. OWS-I
> can
> get this from census/ACS Tiger files that have this data down to census
> tract level, and FEC candidate data at the district level.

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> 2)      Was there an electoral or candidate impact of the TP (2009) vs. OWS
> (2011) on the subsequent election for the districts with activism-i.e.,
> movement in one direction or another, compared with the prior election
> results/candidates?

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> 3)      Are there tertiary factors that predict activism more broadly-i.e.,
> areas with an overlap of TP and OWS activism, separate from factors that
> predict a specific partisan trajectory.

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> Jeramy Townsley
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> Sociology/Psychology
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> IUPUI
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> From: Occupyresearch [mailto:occupyresearch-bounces@autistici.org] On
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> Subject: Re: [Occupyresearch] Tea Party/Occupy Comparison
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> Great points!
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> > From: gangolan@??? <mailto:gangolan@gmail.com>
> > Date: Fri, 25 Oct 2013 18:38:16 -0400
> > To: occupyresearch@??? <mailto:occupyresearch@autistici.org>
> > Subject: Re: [Occupyresearch] Tea Party/Occupy Comparison
> >
> > The two movements are vastly different, and points of contrast are
> perhaps
> more important than the similarities.
> >
> > One point of contrast: the diametrically different reaction by police and
> federal authorities.
> >
> > The occupy movement was overwhelmingly non violent, conducting
> interventions through traditional forms of non violent civil disobedience
> and the peaceful occupation of public places. They were met with tear gas,
> beatings, raids and arrest.
> >
> > The tea party often showed up brazenly to public spaces displaying
> firearms - even at events in which the president was set to appear - and
> they were given a wide birth by police. They did not face state violence.
> >
> > Why? In short, the first challenged elite power structures and the other
> supported them.
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> > On Oct 25, 2013, at 3:03 PM, Kathryn Ranney <kranney@???
> <mailto:kranney@hawaii.edu> > wrote:
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> > > I think it would be interesting to compare the two groups. A comparison
> between Occupy and one of the reactions to it (could we classify the Tea
> Party as a counter-movement to Occupy?) might reveal some data about the
> more implicit effects of the Occupy movement.
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> > > Aloha,
> > > Katie
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> Subject: [Occupyresearch] social movement scholars and digital media
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> I've written this into a research proposal, but wanted to get some feedback
> first:
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> "In the social movement literature within sociology, digital media is less
> negated than omitted"
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> Agree or disagree? Seems that the social movement studies that include
> reference to digital media are coming out of comm.
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> Thanks,
> Mary
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> Mary C. Joyce
> activism analysis for the digital age
> university of washington | dept. of communication
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> PS: comm = communication (I'd also include media studies)
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> On Sat, Oct 26, 2013 at 1:51 PM, Mary Joyce <mjoyce@???> wrote:
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> > I've written this into a research proposal, but wanted to get some
> > feedback first:
> >
> > "In the social movement literature within sociology, digital media is
> > less negated than omitted"
> >
> >
> > Agree or disagree? Seems that the social movement studies that include
> > reference to digital media are coming out of comm.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Mary
> >
> > --
> > Mary C. Joyce
> > activism analysis for the digital age
> > university of washington | dept. of communication
> > www.meta-activism.org | @metaactivism | +1.857.928.1297
> >
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>
> --
> Mary C. Joyce
> activism analysis for the digital age
> university of washington | dept. of communication
> www.meta-activism.org | @metaactivism | +1.857.928.1297
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