Robert Brym's Efforts to Initiate Protest Among His Fellow Students

Multiple Choice

Robert Brym's efforts to initiate protest among his fellow students over air pollution by a paper mill did not succeed. According to frame alignment theory, which of the following best explains his failure to convince his classmates to join his social movement?

A) He did not provide charismatic leadership.
B) He failed to build bridges between his understanding of the situation and theirs.
C) He was unsuccessful in finding other marginalized people to form a core leadership group.
D) He failed to identify which groups lived in relative deprivation and would therefore be most likely to support his initiative.