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A gathering of people who have limited interaction with one another and do not share clearly defined, convential norms or sense of group idenity.
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collectivity
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Relatively spontaneous social behavior which occurs when people try to develop common solutions to unclear situations.
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Collective behavior
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A temporary gathering of people who are in close enough porximity to interact.
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crowd
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The theory that people join social movements because they feel deprived relative to other people or groups with whom they identify.
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Relative deprivation theory
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Movement whose goal is a total and radical change of the social structure.
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Revolutionary movement
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The theory that resources are needed for a social movement to bring about change, regardless of the group's level of deprivation.
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Resource Mobilization Theory
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Movement whose goal is to reverse current social trends.
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Reactionary movement
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Emotionally charge collectively whose members are united by a specfic, destructive goal.
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Mob
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A collection of people who erupt into generalized destructive behavior due to social order.
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Riot
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Spontaneous and uncoordinated group action to escape some perceive threat.
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Panic
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An unfounded anxiety share by people who can be scattered over a wide geographic area.
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Mass hysteria
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When people become fearful without reason about behavior that appears to threaten society's core values.
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Moral panic
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Enthusiastic attachments among large numbers of people for particular styles of appearance or behavior.
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fashions
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An unconventional object, action, or idea that a large number of people are attached to for a short period of time.
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fad
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An unverified piece of information that is spread rapidly from one person to another.
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Rumor
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Stories that teach a lesson and seem realistic by are untrue.
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urban legends
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A group of geographically scattered people who are concerned with or engaged in a particular issue.
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Public
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Collection of differing attitudes that members of a public have about a particular issue.
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Public opinion
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An organized and deliberate attempt to shape public opinion.
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Propaganda
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A long term conscious effort to promote or prevent social change.
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Social Movement
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This type of crowd is one that forms around emotionally charged activities.
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Expressive
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The goal of most social movements is to change ...
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Society
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This is a group of people that are more likely to support efforts for change.
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College students
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