Collective action Flashcards
1
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Collective action
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- A large number of people voluntarily involve in an action/movement
2
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Types of collective actions
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- Mob (focused destruction)
- Riot (widespread indiscriminate destruction)
- Disaster (aids)
- Mass panic and hysteria
- Fashion
3
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Fads and craze
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- Unconventional social patterns become popular briefly
- Unreasonable obsession with an object
4
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Crowd vs public
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- A large gathering group with a focused interest
- A dispersed group, not united or have anything in common
5
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Contagion theory
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- Crowd turns normal people irrational cause of imitation
6
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Convergence theory
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- Crowd provides people the space to do what they always want to (PSYC)
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Emergent norm theory
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- Crowd creates new norms on the spot by vocal leaders (SOC)
8
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Communication of mass action
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- Rumours
- Public opinion
- Propaganda
