ANTA01H3 Lecture Notes - Smart Mob, 2009 Flu Pandemic, Mass Hysteria
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Mob a disorderly crowd of people (when an acting crowd is incited to become a riot) Police officers were beating protestors, and rounded up many protestors, but in the end, very few were charged. Fear and collective behaviour in some cases, fear is motivated by real/perceived events of a frightening/harmful nature. Mass hysteria is the widespread irrational reaction to a perceived danger. Panic (emotional/irrational response on the part of an individual/group to a social event that is believed to be dangerous/harmful) is similar to mass hysteria (irrational response to a perceived danger; it"s widespreaed) Mass hysteria tends to accompany acute medical/health issues, such as pandemics (a rapid spread of an infectious disease) During the 2009 h1n1 pandemic, news stations began reporting on the deaths, causing mass hysteria people began to demand access to a vaccine. Smart mobs smart mob is a large group of strangers who use electronic media to organize an d stage surprise public gatherings.
