Sociology 1021E Lecture Notes - Tent City, Occupy Wall Street, Anti-Globalization Movement
1 Dec 2012
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Exciting event: even if we have nothing in common except this event, we"ll start to bond. Million: circular reaction starts: reinforce one another. You make look to political leaders for change but the individual cannot be without the social need the social for power. Bomb scare in the lecture hall we all start to connect prof isn"t on stage alone we"re either all up there with her or she"s back with us. Next week, bomb scare"s over and business as usual. Protests: perception of injustice or mistreatment by authority: execs from wall street won"t be on occupy wall st. they already do, motivation switches from injustice to fear. Sars people cancelled flights and didn"t want to be in large public areas. Contagion theory: communication and acceptance of attitudes: anonymity in a crowd, human behaviour changes due to context/environment. Convergence theory: shared statuses (race, class: we are moving away from this is a black/gay people struggle .
