Burrel Vann
Biographic Data
| ID | 304136 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Burrel Vann |
| GIVEN NAMES | Burrel |
| FAMILY NAME | Vann |
| SIGNATURE | VANN B |
| AFFILIATIONS | San Diego State University |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-3066-5815 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 51 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 10 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Headstrong, Flagged Later
Head injury has been associated with impaired neurobehavioral regulation, including increased impulsivity and aggression. National Football League (NFL) players experience a disproportionately high incidence of head trauma relative to the general public, yet limited research has examined whether documented concussions are associated with criminal justice system contact. Using publicly available data on documented concussions 2010–2020 and arrests…
A bootstrapped robustness assessment for qualitative comparative analysis
Visualizing the Evolution of Discourse in Cannabis Ballot Initiatives
The past decade has seen numerous efforts to enact cannabis policy reform at the state level. This visualization captures discursive shifts in statewide ballot initiatives devoted to legalizing cannabis for recreational use between 2012 and 2022. The topics discussed in ballot initiatives exhibited substantial variability over time, with discussions of drug use consequences and legislative processes becoming more dominant in later years. The evol…
The Framing of Marijuana in Black Newspapers
Recent scholarship has demonstrated a shift in media discourse about marijuana, yet few studies investigate how structural conditions influence variation in engagement with frames about marijuana. Moreover, given the long history of racialized discourse surrounding marijuana, it is surprising that scholars have not investigated framing in media produced by and for communities of color. Drawing on news articles about marijuana in regional Black ne…
Direct democracy and the adoption of recreational marijuana legalization in the United States, 2012–2019
Persuasive Action and Ideological Polarization in Congress
What drives polarized voting in Congress? This article develops a persuasive action model which argues that polarization in Congress depends on the assertive capacities of social movements, the vulnerability of political officials, and the partisanship of the environments they represent. Using multilevel analyses, I demonstrate that endorsements by the Tea Party movement influenced an increase in extreme (conservative) voting among legislators in…
Making Good News
When social movement organizations receive extensive newspaper coverage, why is it sometimes substantive and sometimes not? By “substantive,” we mean coverage that reflects serious treatment of the movement's issues, demands, or policy claims. Scholars agree that the news media are key to movement organizations' influence, helping them alter public discourse and effect political change, but often find that protests are covered nonsubstantively. E…
Movement-Countermovement Dynamics and Mobilizing the Electorate
Social movements draw attention to how their goals align with political candidates but also intensify tensions in local settings. These tensions can take the form of oppositional voter mobilization when the movement is perceived as a formidable threat. In this article, I argue that protest signals the potential for electoral victory, and that the mobilization of opposing voters results when countermovement organizations frame the potential for vi…
From bias to coverage
Why do newspapers cover social movement actors, and why is this coverage sometimes favorable? Early scholarship saw the news media mainly as a source of data on collective action, and sought to ascertain its biases, but scholarship has increasingly focused directly on why movements gain coverage, especially coverage that can advance their goals. To understand why and how newspapers cover movement actors, we start with the insight that movements r…
Educational Segregation, Tea Party Organizations, and Battles over Distributive Justice
Competing visions of who is deserving of rewards and privileges, and different understandings of the fairness of reward allocation processes, are at the heart of political conflict. Indeed, social movement scholars generally agree that a key component of most, if not all, social movements is a shared belief that existing conditions are unfair and subject to change (Gamson 1992; McAdam 1982; Snow et al. 1986; Turner and Killian 1987). In this arti…
Educational Segregation, Tea Party Organizations, and Battles over Distributive Justice
Competing visions of who is deserving of rewards and privileges, and different understandings of the fairness of reward allocation processes, are at the heart of political conflict. Indeed, social movement scholars generally agree that a key component of most, if not all, social movements is a shared belief that existing conditions are unfair and subject to change (Gamson 1992; McAdam 1982; Snow et al. 1986; Turner and Killian 1987). In this arti…
Making Good News
When social movement organizations receive extensive newspaper coverage, why is it sometimes substantive and sometimes not? By “substantive,” we mean coverage that reflects serious treatment of the movement's issues, demands, or policy claims. Scholars agree that the news media are key to movement organizations' influence, helping them alter public discourse and effect political change, but often find that protests are covered nonsubstantively. E…
From bias to coverage
Why do newspapers cover social movement actors, and why is this coverage sometimes favorable? Early scholarship saw the news media mainly as a source of data on collective action, and sought to ascertain its biases, but scholarship has increasingly focused directly on why movements gain coverage, especially coverage that can advance their goals. To understand why and how newspapers cover movement actors, we start with the insight that movements r…
Movement-Countermovement Dynamics and Mobilizing the Electorate
Social movements draw attention to how their goals align with political candidates but also intensify tensions in local settings. These tensions can take the form of oppositional voter mobilization when the movement is perceived as a formidable threat. In this article, I argue that protest signals the potential for electoral victory, and that the mobilization of opposing voters results when countermovement organizations frame the potential for vi…
Persuasive Action and Ideological Polarization in Congress
What drives polarized voting in Congress? This article develops a persuasive action model which argues that polarization in Congress depends on the assertive capacities of social movements, the vulnerability of political officials, and the partisanship of the environments they represent. Using multilevel analyses, I demonstrate that endorsements by the Tea Party movement influenced an increase in extreme (conservative) voting among legislators in…
Educational Segregation, Tea Party Organizations, and Battles over Distributive Justice
Competing visions of who is deserving of rewards and privileges, and different understandings of the fairness of reward allocation processes, are at the heart of political conflict. Indeed, social movement scholars generally agree that a key component of most, if not all, social movements is a shared belief that existing conditions are unfair and subject to change (Gamson 1992; McAdam 1982; Snow et al. 1986; Turner and Killian 1987). In this arti…
From bias to coverage
Why do newspapers cover social movement actors, and why is this coverage sometimes favorable? Early scholarship saw the news media mainly as a source of data on collective action, and sought to ascertain its biases, but scholarship has increasingly focused directly on why movements gain coverage, especially coverage that can advance their goals. To understand why and how newspapers cover movement actors, we start with the insight that movements r…
Movement-Countermovement Dynamics and Mobilizing the Electorate
Social movements draw attention to how their goals align with political candidates but also intensify tensions in local settings. These tensions can take the form of oppositional voter mobilization when the movement is perceived as a formidable threat. In this article, I argue that protest signals the potential for electoral victory, and that the mobilization of opposing voters results when countermovement organizations frame the potential for vi…
Making Good News
When social movement organizations receive extensive newspaper coverage, why is it sometimes substantive and sometimes not? By “substantive,” we mean coverage that reflects serious treatment of the movement's issues, demands, or policy claims. Scholars agree that the news media are key to movement organizations' influence, helping them alter public discourse and effect political change, but often find that protests are covered nonsubstantively. E…
Persuasive Action and Ideological Polarization in Congress
What drives polarized voting in Congress? This article develops a persuasive action model which argues that polarization in Congress depends on the assertive capacities of social movements, the vulnerability of political officials, and the partisanship of the environments they represent. Using multilevel analyses, I demonstrate that endorsements by the Tea Party movement influenced an increase in extreme (conservative) voting among legislators in…
Direct democracy and the adoption of recreational marijuana legalization in the United States, 2012–2019
Visualizing the Evolution of Discourse in Cannabis Ballot Initiatives
The past decade has seen numerous efforts to enact cannabis policy reform at the state level. This visualization captures discursive shifts in statewide ballot initiatives devoted to legalizing cannabis for recreational use between 2012 and 2022. The topics discussed in ballot initiatives exhibited substantial variability over time, with discussions of drug use consequences and legislative processes becoming more dominant in later years. The evol…
The Framing of Marijuana in Black Newspapers
Recent scholarship has demonstrated a shift in media discourse about marijuana, yet few studies investigate how structural conditions influence variation in engagement with frames about marijuana. Moreover, given the long history of racialized discourse surrounding marijuana, it is surprising that scholars have not investigated framing in media produced by and for communities of color. Drawing on news articles about marijuana in regional Black ne…
A bootstrapped robustness assessment for qualitative comparative analysis
Headstrong, Flagged Later
Head injury has been associated with impaired neurobehavioral regulation, including increased impulsivity and aggression. National Football League (NFL) players experience a disproportionately high incidence of head trauma relative to the general public, yet limited research has examined whether documented concussions are associated with criminal justice system contact. Using publicly available data on documented concussions 2010–2020 and arrests…
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