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A team of social scientists at the Social Change Lab, in the U.K., working with a sociologist from the University of South Carolina, has found evidence to support what has come to be known as "the positive radical flank effect"鈥攚here protests by radical groups lead to more support for less radical groups.

In their paper in the journal Nature Sustainability, the group describes how they conducted public polls designed to measure support for a moderate group of environmental protesters before and after another more radical group carried out a four-day protest that involved blocking access to part of London's M25 motorway. The editors at Nature have published a in the same journal issue outlining the work by the team.

Over the past several years, as officials and governments around the world have failed to stop the continued discharge of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere, leading to global warming, private citizens around the world such as Greta Thunberg have taken to carrying out demonstrations hoping to make a difference.

And while some groups carry out mild protests, such as lobbying public officials, instigating lawsuits or carrying out mass mailings, others have taken more drastic measures, such as blocking access to a busy motorway. In this new study, the research team wondered if such disruptive protests have any impact on the way the public perceives less radical protest groups.

The research team focused specifically on protest groups seeking to stop greenhouse gas emissions as a way to slow or stop global warming. Their work involved polling 1,415 random people about their support for a moderate environmental protest group called Friends of the Earth鈥攂oth before and after another radical environmental protest group called Just Stop Oil, forced part of the M25 motorway to be closed by physically standing, sitting, or lying down in the street.

The researchers found support for Friends of the Earth was up 3.3% after the protest, suggesting that the positive radical flank effect is both real and somewhat effective. Unfortunately, the same poll showed that the protest did not have any measurable effect on feelings about the radical group, or climate policy, such as plans by the U.K. government to drill for new fossil fuel sources.

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