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20 Cards in this Set
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crowd?
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temp gathering of ppl who share a common focus of attention and who influence one another
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mob?
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highly emotional crowd that pursues violent or destructive goal
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riot?
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social eruption that is highly emotional violent and undirected
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mass behavior?
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collective behavior among ppl spread over a wide geographic area
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rumor?
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unconfirmed info that ppl spread informally
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gossip?
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rumor about ppls prsnl affairs
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public opinion?
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widespread attitudes about controversial issues
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propaganda?
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info presented w/ the intention of shaping public opinion
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fashion?
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social pattern favored by a large # of ppl
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fad?
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unconventional social pattern that ppl embrace briefly but enthusiasticly
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panic?
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form of collective behavior in which ppl in one place react to a threat w/ irrational, frantic, and self destructive behavior
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mass hysteria?
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dispered collective behavior in which ppl react to a real or imagined event w/ irrational/frantic fear
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disaster types?
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natural disasters, technological disasters, and intentional disaster
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social mvmt?
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activity that encourages social change
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relative deprivation?
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percieved disadvantage arising from some specific comparison
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deprivation theory?
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social mvmts seeking change arise among ppl who feel deprived
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mass society theory?
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argues that socially isolated ppl seek out social mvmts as a way 2 gain a sense of belonging
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structural strain theory?
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6 factors that encourage dvlpmt of social mvmts:
structural conductivness structural strain growth/spread of an explanation precipitating factors mobilization 4 action lack of social control |
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political economy theory?
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social mvmt arise w/in capitalist societies b/c capitalist economic system fails 2 meet needs of majority of ppl
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new social mvmts theory?
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suggests that recent social mvmtsin postindustrial societies of n america and w europe have a new focus
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