CMST 4P03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Herd Mentality, Pejorative, Collective Behavior

• School: McMaster University
• Department: Communication Studies
• Course: CMST 4P03
• Professor: Andrea Zeffiro

Document Summary

Interrelated network = formal, informal, non-formed connections: social movement organizations (smos , are the groups and organizations, varying in size, degrees of participation and mobilize to action. Important as they play roles in recruitment, coordinating activities and processes of a social movement as well as organization: are relatively permanent but allow for flexible co-ordination b/w groups, characteristics of social movements. Ideologies: a syste(cid:373) of ideas, attitudes a(cid:374)d (cid:271)eliefs that spe(cid:272)ify a (cid:373)o(cid:448)e(cid:373)e(cid:374)t(cid:859)s goal, tied to the goals of a particular movement, can go against dominant ideologies. Ideology is unifying but is also what creates fractures (disruptive: needs to be a constant cycle in which change becomes evolving. Individuals and organizations have ways in which they construct meaning. Intersects w/ ideology = define frames of interpretation and action. Collective identity: has to do (cid:449)ith the se(cid:374)se of (cid:862)(cid:449)e-(cid:374)ess(cid:863, can be real or imagined. Ideology is really i(cid:373)porta(cid:374)t to this, you(cid:859)re (cid:272)o(cid:373)i(cid:374)g together arou(cid:374)d a shared system of beliefs.