This study examines the Gezi Park protests in Turkey by corroborating idea that process of social identity leadership through media contributes to formation protestor identity, which, turn, allows people participate collective action. Specifically, we argued evaluations posts terms three dimensions Identity-Leadership Model (ILM)—identity prototypicality, advancement and entrepreneurship leader...

The study of norms (Ns) is recent but growing concern in the AI field (cf. [MOS92]; [SHO92]) as well within other formal approaches to social action, such as Game Theory (where theories of Ns began to appear long before, cf.[LEW69]; [ULL77]). The normative is an essential dimension of social life. An explicit model of such dimension is crucial for any theory of social action. Notions such as "s...

This article examines how the Internet transforms collective action. Current practices on the web bear witness to thriving collective action ranging from persuasive to confrontational, individual to collective, undertakings. Evenmore influential than direct calls for action is the indirectmobilizing influence of the Internet’s powers of mass communication, which is boosted by an antiauthoritari...

Many illnesses can be prevented or limited by altering personal behavior, and public health planners have turned to psychology for guidance in fostering self-protective activity. A social theory of personal action provides an integrative framework for applying psychology to public health, disclosing gaps in our current understanding of self-regulation, and generating guidelines for improving he...

Insights from appraisal theories of emotion are used to integrate elements of theories on collective action. Three experiments with disadvantaged groups systematically manipulated procedural fairness (Study 1), emotional social support (Study 2), and instrumental social support (Study 3) to examine their effects on collective action tendencies through group-based anger and group efficacy. Resul...