SOCIOL 103 Chapter Notes - Chapter 21: Neil Smelser, Crowdsourcing, Symbolic Interactionism
6 Dec 2017
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The occupy wall street movement has run the most contrary to theory of social movements. Its target (financial institutions instead of the government) Flash mobs: spontaneous gatherings that are often captured on video and. Collective behavior: noninstitutionalized activity in which several or many people voluntarily engage. Crowd: a fairly large number of people who share close. Casual crowd: consists of people who are in the same place at the same time but who are not really interacting with each other. Ex: people standing in line at a post office. Conventional crowds: those who come together for a. Active crowds: a group of people that focus on a specific scheduled event that occurs regularly emotion goal or action. Mass: a relatively large group with common interests, even if they may not be in close proximity. Public: an unorganized, relatively diffuse group of people.
