The assumption that social movements are an interactive,symbolically defined,and negotiated process that involves participants,opponents,and bystanders is characteristic of which of the following?
A) resource mobilization
B) frame analysis
C) relative deprivation
D) value-added

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Frame analysis emphasizes the way in which social movements use language and symbols to construct frames that define the problem and motivate collective action. This approach highlights that social movements are a socially constructed phenomena that involves interactions between participants, opponents, and bystanders who are all shaping the collective meaning of the movement. Resource mobilization, relative deprivation, and value-added all focus on different aspects of social movements but do not necessarily emphasize the interactive and symbolic nature of social movement processes.

The Assumption That Social Movements Are an Interactive,symbolically Defined,and Negotiated