Identity framing is a meso-level process of attributing meaning that organizational leaders shape

Evidence

While relevant for the broader debate on class consciousness and identity, our analysis focuses upon two more concrete elements: frames and boundaries. A frame is a specific concept developed in social movement research to address the symbolic construction of an external reality. Frames can be defined as dominant worldviews guiding the behavior of social movement groups. They are very often produced by the organizational leadership, which provides the necessary ideological background within which individual activists locate their actions. Examining the organizational (meso) level, some scholars have considered the instrumental dimension of the symbolic construction of reality by collective entrepreneurs (Snow and Benford 1988). Frame analysis focuses on the process of attribution of meaning that lies behind any conflict. As we will see in our empirical analysis, identity framing varied between Amazon drivers and courier workers, with the former being more restrictively focused than the latter. — Donatella della Porta et al., Mobilizing Against the Odds, 33

Categorization

• DEFINE: Clean definition of a ‘frame’ in social movement research, distinguishing it from the broader class-consciousness debate.
• XREF: connects to: Anchoring union ties shape whether platform worker mobilization develops narrow or universalizing identity frames. — Donatella della Porta et al., Mobilizing Against the Odds: Solidarity…, 119; Leadership requires shared identity but also active identity entrepreneurship by leaders. — Stephen Reicher, S. Alexander Haslam, and Nick Hopkins, Social identity and the dynamics of…, 124

Related

• Social movement frames are leadership-produced worldviews that give activists ideological context. (similarity 0.86)
• Anchoring union ties shape whether platform worker mobilization develops narrow or universalizing identity frames. (similarity 0.86)
• Amazon drivers built workplace-only solidarity while couriers developed broader political identity frames. (similarity 0.84)
• Italian food couriers build solidarity through informal collectives and a politicized class identity (similarity 0.81)
• Sectoral union embeddedness, not platform work per se, shapes worker identity and mobilization (similarity 0.80)
• Amazon drivers mobilized a narrow identity frame demanding recognition as skilled logistics workers. (similarity 0.80)
• Platform labor fragmentation does not inherently preclude collective worker action. (similarity 0.79)
• Sector differences shape whether platform workers adopt narrow or broad solidarity identities (similarity 0.79)
• Labor-organization specifics shape whether platform workers form narrow or broad solidarities. (similarity 0.79)