Crowd psychology

has compiled numerous explanations and theories explaining the complex dynamics of crowds and how they are essentially a living resource for politicians and democracy. He goes in depth on the behavioral discoveries that explain why humans act differently in large groups, how they adopt a sort of “hive mentality”. There are interesting conflicts between philosophers wanting governments to operate a certain way, but it ultimately fails due to human nature unable to work properly in enormous herds. The three features of this mass condition include the understanding of how masses work and what drives their decision making, secondly the implementation of social organization by controlling masses in and out of their workplaces, and…

Symbolism is the use of a person, place, or thing that represents something beyond itself. Most often it’s something concrete or tangible that represents an abstract an idea. One example of symbolism in “The Lottery” is the stones. There is a reason that Shirley Jackson put on a crowd-generated death by stoning. In other words, stones allow everyone in the village to freely take part in the ritual, from the young children to Old Man Warner. The terror of "The Lottery" isn't just that someone is…

majority is talking about which then makes it hard for people who disagree with the majority to voice out their opinions. Sam Fiorella said it best, Public debate is the foundation of a progressive society and one we all relish. Yet, it’s mostly avoided on social networks. We praise the act of “whistle-blowing” through social media channels when people call out governments or businesses that are behaving contrary to publicly accepted morals and laws, but reject those who challenge groupthink and…

Analyzation of the Biblical Text in Luke 14:25-35 The writing in Luke 14:25-35 is an adaptation of the costs of being a disciple of Christ. The setting for this pericope is crucial because it gives people insight on what Jesus was doing at that time. Furthermore, the pericope opens with “large crowds were traveling with him.”(Luke 14:25, NRSV) meaning that the crowd found something in Jesus because they were traveling with him toward Jerusalem. Moreover, these ‘large crowds’ had left their homes…

square. They appear to be average people, living ordinary lives. But a dark side of the community is revealed, supporting more of a dystopia society. The head of each household pulls a slip of paper from the familiar tattered black box, they are all blank, except one. The ill-fated Bill Hutchinson draws the only piece with a black spot, inadvertently marking his household for misfortune. Tessie, Bill Hutchinson’s wife anxiously protests. Mr. Summers, the town leader who prepares the lottery each…

Georgia Tech Moneythink is a local chapter of the national organization Moneythink. Moneythink is a non-profit organization whose purpose is to restore economic health in the United States using financial and career education by training interested and motivated college volunteers to serve as mentors and role models to low and middle income high school students. The program is a 21 week program that focuses on giving high school students the decision making power and knowledge to take on…

that much. Graduation will be the number one thing on your mind. People will always try and convince you to go and to spend time and have a good night and yeah they are probably right in some ways that you will have a great time but its still not worth all the hype that is always made about it. When you 're a senior and you look back on all of the memories you’ve already made and then you look at the cost and the time that has to be put into prom you really wont want to have to spend all the…

college campuses. Focusing primarily on Pace, NYU, Columbia, and Marymount Manhattan College, but other than those few we spend more time promoting our event online. Digital This is the main way that our group’s event, Let Go & Let Live advertised for the event. With our age group from 18-24, we felt that they would like the social media and online aspect of promoting opposed to the physical kind. Digital advertising allows advertisers a unique, cost-efficient opportunity to reach a broader…

“Democracy is a process that requires people to engage in discussions with those who disagree with them, and through discourse come to a deeper understanding of politics” (Fishkin, 1991). In our highly political climate, many deeply held beliefs are viewed as controversial. Often constructive discourse is shut down because issues are polarized and people can become angry and combative when met with an ideology that differs from their own. Deeply held views are difficult if not impossible to…

Groupthink is a psychological Phenomenon that occurs within a group in decision making.It occirs when a group of people gather together to make a decision. In group think there is no clear rule for decision making. Everyone in groupthink usually have similar backgrounds. The whole group takes an action together to prove themselves. Groupthink can be destructive if everyone agrees with the idea of one person rather than questioning. Sometimes people set aside own beliefs and agree with the group…