So Collective Behavior is:
A relatively spontaneous, brief, unstructured, social behavior that occurs on the part of a large number of people.
And what are the 6 basic structures of society that enable collective behavior to occur?
1. Structure of society makes it possible.
2. Strain in society leads to pressures, uncertainty, disaster, racism, etc.
3. Belief that it could happen.
4. Trigger incident happens to activate the action like a video, court verdict, etc.
5. Mobilization of the news to spread it fast like t.v., radio, newspapers.
6. Social controls are suppressed or nonexistent to leave it uncontrolled.
2. Strain in society leads to pressures, uncertainty, disaster, racism, etc.
3. Belief that it could happen.
4. Trigger incident happens to activate the action like a video, court verdict, etc.
5. Mobilization of the news to spread it fast like t.v., radio, newspapers.
6. Social controls are suppressed or nonexistent to leave it uncontrolled.
But can we actually predict this behavior?
Using the six structures above, can you predict what will happen in each situation? What is created?
People were trying to find a creative way to donate money to charity. They created a challenge and had their friends try it to. Using social media, they posted their challenges and kept spreading the word. What will happen next?
Police were led on a high speed chase. Eventually the driver pulled over but he was intoxicated. In order to subdue the driver, police officers brutally beat the driver. A pedestrian caught the event on camera and the video was released to the public. When the officers were taken to trial, the jury issued its verdicts: not guilty on all counts, except for one assault charge. What will happen next?
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The tension between two countries are high, and there is a constant threat of war. At school, students practice duck and cover and cities run bombing drills. People have started to fear for their safety. What will happen next?
Several videos are released about a non-profit organization accepting money for something that the organization claims to donate. What will happen next?
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Things to consider:
Structural conduciveness of surrounding social structure.
Structural strain of social conditions so people may act out for.
Growth and spread of belief that would make the structural strain personally meaningful.
Precipitating factors are triggering mechanisms that set off the event.
Mobilization for action spreads the behavior beyond its flash point or where it started.
Social control should have prevented or will end the events
Structural strain of social conditions so people may act out for.
Growth and spread of belief that would make the structural strain personally meaningful.
Precipitating factors are triggering mechanisms that set off the event.
Mobilization for action spreads the behavior beyond its flash point or where it started.
Social control should have prevented or will end the events
Exit Ticket: Can you predict what will happen at the Republican Convention?
What do you think will happen? Will there be riots like Trump predicts? Will there be protest? Will we have a brokered convention?
Could we have another convention like these?
Could we have another convention like these?
Directions:
- Make a prediction on what will happen at the GOP Convention if different candidates do not win
- Support your prediction with evidence
- Include the 6 characteristics above