social change

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what is social change ?
when society adopts a new belief that then becomes widely accepted in society as the norm
what are the steps of social change ?
attention
conflict
consistency
augmentation
snowball effect
social cyrptoamnesia
what is the process of attention and an example ?
drawing attention to minorities view
eg kaepernick taking the knee
what is the process of conflict and an example ?
majority members think more deeply about issues being challenged
eg headlines on kaepernick
what is the process of consitency and an example ?
express arguments consistently regardless of others view
eg suffragettes in ww1 and ww2
what is the process of augmentation and an example ?
minority is willing to suffer for their view
eg kaepernick lost his career
what is the process of snowball effect and an example ?
minority view becomes majority view
eg recycling
what is the process of social crypto amnesia and an example ?
forgetting the origin of a common social norm
eg recycling