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Discipline name D-index D-index (Discipline H-index) only includes papers and citation values for an examined discipline in contrast to General H-index which accounts for publications across all disciplines. Citations Publications World Ranking National Ranking
Social Sciences and Humanities D-index 49 Citations 33,904 98 World Ranking 1382 National Ranking 674

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Awards & Achievements

2008 - Lee Founders Award, Society for the Study of Social Problems

Overview

What is he best known for?

The fields of study he is best known for:

  • Social science
  • Law
  • Linguistics

The scientist’s investigation covers issues in Social movement, Social psychology, Collective action, Epistemology and Framing. His Social movement research focuses on Resource mobilization in particular. His studies deal with areas such as Social movement theory, Frame analysis and Social movement organization as well as Resource mobilization.

His study in the fields of Symbolic interactionism, Identity and Identity formation under the domain of Social psychology overlaps with other disciplines such as Mental illness. His biological study spans a wide range of topics, including Social relation, Cultural studies, New social movements, Political sociology and Qualitative research. His Framing research integrates issues from Ideology, Politics and Media studies.

His most cited work include:

  • Framing Processes and Social Movements: An Overview and Assessment (5510 citations)
  • Frame alignment processes, micromobilization, and movement participation. (4058 citations)
  • Master-frames and cycles of protest (1465 citations)

What are the main themes of his work throughout his whole career to date?

His main research concerns Social movement, Social psychology, Epistemology, Framing and Collective action. He works on Social movement which deals in particular with Resource mobilization. David A. Snow works mostly in the field of Resource mobilization, limiting it down to concerns involving Social movement organization and, occasionally, Frame analysis and Social movement theory.

His Social psychology research is multidisciplinary, incorporating elements of Movement and Everyday life. While the research belongs to areas of Epistemology, he spends his time largely on the problem of Conceptualization, intersecting his research to questions surrounding Cultural system. His work carried out in the field of Framing brings together such families of science as Collective identity and Ideology.

He most often published in these fields:

  • Social movement (34.21%)
  • Social psychology (32.46%)
  • Epistemology (19.30%)

What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2009-2019)?

  • Social movement (34.21%)
  • Social psychology (32.46%)
  • Framing (11.40%)

In recent papers he was focusing on the following fields of study:

His scientific interests lie mostly in Social movement, Social psychology, Framing, Epistemology and Media studies. David A. Snow has researched Social movement in several fields, including Social change, Social science, Collective behavior, Ethnography and Collective action. David A. Snow has included themes like Consciousness, Conscience, Social consciousness and Civil disobedience in his Social psychology study.

His work in the fields of Framing, such as Frame analysis, overlaps with other areas such as Elaboration and Early Christianity. The Epistemology study which covers Conceptualization that intersects with Cultural system. His study in the field of Newspaper is also linked to topics like Benford's law.

Between 2009 and 2019, his most popular works were:

  • The Emergence, Development, and Future of the Framing Perspective: 25+ Years Since "Frame Alignment" (90 citations)
  • Protest on the Fly: Toward a Theory of Spontaneity in the Dynamics of Protest and Social Movements (56 citations)
  • Framing and Social Movements (37 citations)

In his most recent research, the most cited papers focused on:

  • Social science
  • Law
  • Linguistics

David A. Snow mainly focuses on Social movement, Framing, Epistemology, Social psychology and Media studies. David A. Snow performs multidisciplinary study on Social movement and Frame in his works. He is involved in the study of Framing that focuses on Frame analysis in particular.

His studies in Epistemology integrate themes in fields like The Symbolic and Social control. His work deals with themes such as Ethnography, Collective action, Grounded theory, Everyday life and Dynamics, which intersect with Social psychology. His research on Media studies also deals with topics like

  • Social science and related Narrative,
  • New social movements and related Collective identity.

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Best Publications

Framing Processes and Social Movements: An Overview and Assessment

Robert D. Benford;David A. Snow.
Review of Sociology (2000)

11875 Citations

Frame alignment processes, micromobilization, and movement participation.

David A. Snow;E. Burke Rochford;Steven K. Worden;Robert D. Benford.
American Sociological Review (1986)

8862 Citations

Master-frames and cycles of protest

D. P. Snow;Robert D. Benford.
(1992)

4654 Citations

Identity Work Among the Homeless: The Verbal Construction and Avowal of Personal Identities

David A. Snow;Leon Anderson.
American Journal of Sociology (1987)

1932 Citations

Social Networks and Social Movements: A Microstructural Approach to Differential Recruitment

David A. Snow;Louis A. Zurcher;Sheldon Ekland-Olson.
American Sociological Review (1980)

1674 Citations

Framing Processes, Ideology, and Discursive Fields

David A. Snow.
(2007)

1338 Citations

Down on Their Luck: A Study of Homeless Street People

David A. Snow;Leon Anderson.
(1993)

1251 Citations

The Blackwell companion to social movements

David Alan Snow;Sarah Anne Soule;Hanspeter Kriesi.
(2003)

1023 Citations

The Outcomes of Homeless Mobilization: The Influence of Organization, Disruption, Political Mediation, and Framing

Daniel M. Cress;David A. Snow.
American Journal of Sociology (2000)

1012 Citations

MOBILIZATION AT THE MARGINS: RESOURCES, BENEFACTORS, AND THE VIABILITY OF HOMELESS SOCIAL MOVEMENT ORGANIZATIONS*

Daniel M. Cress;David A. Snow.
American Sociological Review (1996)

596 Citations

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