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moral shock: a standalone construct

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Sociology

an unexpected event or information that raises such outrage that a person is drawn into activism even without social ties to a movement.

In sociology, moral shock refers to an unexpected event or information that raises such outrage that a person is drawn into activism even without social ties to a movement. This meaning comes from Jasper (1995) in Social Problems.[1]

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References

Jasper, J. M., & Poulsen, J. D. (1995). Recruiting Strangers and Friends: Moral Shocks and Social Networks in Animal Rights and Anti-Nuclear Protests. Social Problems, 42(4), 493-512. https://doi.org/10.2307/3097043

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