SOC 110 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Ecofeminism, Radical Change, Collective Behavior
11 Dec 2016
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Ex: crowds, mobs, riots, fads, fashions, and public opinion. Ch16 collective behavior, social movements and social change. Social change: the alteration, modification, or transportation of public policy, culture or social institutions overtime. Collective behavior: voluntary, often spontaneous activity that is engaged in by a large # of people anr typically violates dominant group norms and values -lacks official division of labor, hierarchy of authority, rules and procedures. 1)structural factors that increase the chances of people responding in a particular way 2)timing. 3)breakdown in social control mechanisms and a corresponding feeling of normlessness. Crowd: relatively large # of people who are in one another;s immediate vicinity. Mass: # of people who share an interest in a specific idea or issue but who are not in one another"s immediate vicinity. 1)casual: large gatherings of people who happen to be in the same place at the same time. 2)conventional: people who come together for a scheduled event and thus share a common focus.
