SOC 2109 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Fortnite, Mass Hysteria, Social Movement
2 Dec 2018
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Collective behavior and social movements: social movement: organized activity that encourages or discourages social change, ex. Studying collective behavior: difficult to study, it"s diverse: involves a wide range of human action, it"s variable: hard to predict outcomes, much collective behavior is transitory: it can come and go quickly, ex. Localized collectivities: crowds: crowd: a temporary gathering of ppl who share a common focus of attention and who influence one another, a casual crowd: loose collective of ppl who interact little if at all, ex. Ppl at an accident: a conventional crowd: planned and follows a clear set of norms, ex. Lecture, a celebrity"s funeral: an expressive crowd: an event w/ emotional appeal, ex. New year"s eve at times square: an acting crowd: motivated by an intense, single minded purpose, ex. Fleeing from a mall after hearing gun shots. Mobs and riots: mob: highly emotional crowd that pursues a violent or destructive goal, ex.
