Collaborative Proposal -- Media and Mobilization: The Case of Radio and Southern Textile Worker Mobilization, 1929-1934

合作提案SES-0136880 SES-0136837文森特Roscigno威廉Danaher俄亥俄州州立大学查尔斯顿大学传统的社会运动理论强调了政治机会和集体身份对社会运动形成的重要性，以及运动的稳定性，长寿和成功。最近的工作将两者的各个方面纳入一个单一的框架，突出了社会运动文化在同时培养1）群体身份，2）因果关系的替代解释框架，以及3）潜在运动参与者的政治效能感方面的核心作用。然而，很少有经验主义的关注，一直致力于研究媒体可能发挥的作用，在锻造跨地理空间的运动文化。PI将研究美国历史上最大的劳动力动员-1929-1934年的南部纺织业罢工运动，超过40万工人离开了工作岗位-以及媒体（特别是广播）在促进农村，工厂社区的社会运动文化中发挥了至关重要的作用。事实上，在社会运动理论家和劳工研究者看来，工人动员仍然是一种反常现象，因为在这段时间里，缺乏工会的参与，而且工厂城镇的地理分布也很分散。 具体而言，该项目将调查以下内容：1）。在所讨论的时代，广播电台的建立与罢工事件之间是否存在经验上的对应关系，甚至控制了其他影响因素？2）。当时的传播范围是什么，在磨坊镇和磨坊镇之间听到的程度如何？谁拥有这些电台，在广播内容方面是否有自主权？工厂工人有收音机吗？3）。哪些国家、地区和州一级的政治信息被传递，可能改变了工人对政治机会的看法？4）。广播在制造或至少为对立的文化信息提供机会方面扮演了什么角色？因此，工厂城镇之间的团结和相似感表现出来了吗？该项目将对有关运动形成，通信技术，文化传播，劳动力动态和空间扩散过程的理论辩论做出重要贡献。 这些分析将嵌入历史背景中，同时突出与媒体，社会运动，劳动和文化的研究和理解有关的更广泛的主题和辩论。

Collaborative ProposalsSES-0136880 SES-0136837Vincent Roscigno William DanaherOhio State University University of CharlestonTraditional social movement theory has emphasized the importance of political opportunity and collective identity for social movement formation, and for movement stability, longevity, and success. Recent work incorporates aspects of both into a single framework, highlighting the central role of social movement culture in simultaneously fostering 1) group identity, 2) an alternative interpretational frame of cause and effect, and 3) a sense of political efficacy among potential movement participants. Little empirical attention, however, has been devoted to examining the role media may play in forging movement culture across geographic space. The PIs will examine the largest labor mobilization in U.S. history --the southern textile strike campaigns of 1929-1934, where upwards of 400,000 workers walked off their jobs --and the extent to which media (and radio specifically) played a vital role in fostering a cohesive social movement culture across rural, mill communities. Indeed, the worker mobilization that occurred remains an anomaly to social movement theorists and labor researchers, given the lack of union involvement and the geographically disbursed nature of mill towns during the time period in question. Specifically, the project will investigate following: 1). Was there an empirical correspondence between radio station foundings during the era in question and strike events, even controlling for other influential factors? 2). What were transmission ranges at the time and to what extent were they heard in and across mill towns? Who owned these stations, and was there autonomy in terms of what could be broadcast? And, did mill workers have radios? 3). What national, regional, and state-level political information was transmitted that may have had the consequence of altering worker perceptions of political opportunity? 4). What was the role of radio in forging, or at least opening opportunity to, oppositional cultural messages. Were solidarity and a sense of similarity across mill towns manifested as a consequence? The project will make important contributions to theoretical debates regarding movement formation, communication technology, cultural transmission, labor dynamics, and spatial diffusion processes most generally. The analyses will be embedded in a historical context, while simultaneously highlighting broader themes and debates pertaining to the study and understanding of media, social movements, labor, and culture.