Posting by Ji Su Park (W12)

1. SUMMARY

 #Collective behavior

 Collective behavior is social processes and social events that don’t apply established social structure and that emerge in a spontaneous way. Collective behavior is different from group behavior in 3 ways.

  1.     Term : Collective behavior < Group
  2.     Level of Clear social boundary : Collective behavior < Group
  3.     Level of convention : Collective behavior < Group

 Traditionally, there are four forms of collective behavior.: the crowd, the public the mass, the social movement.

 In todays, collective behavior included are additional behaviors.: rumors, riots, trends, and fads A crowd is people who share a thinking, purpose and affect one another. There are four types of Crowd.: Casual, Conventional, expressive, acting. And there are some theories about crowd behavior.: Contagion Theory, Convergence Theory, Emergent-Norm Theory, Crowd as ‘gatherings’.

 Panic is a sudden feeling of dread that make people act without thinking carefully. A riot is action that people behave violently in a public place. Hysteria is a state of mind that can’t control. Fad is short-term fashion. A rumor is a unverified explanation of events.

 

 #Social Movement

 Social Movement is a social alliance that block or encourage social change. In modern, there are four types of social movements.: Democratic, Labor, Ecological, peace movements. Aberle described 4 types of social movement.: Alternative social movements, Redemptive social movements, Reformative social movements, Revolutionary social movements. There are some Theories about Social movement. 1. Deprivation Theory. 2. Mass-Society Theory. 3. Structural-Strain Theory. 4. Resource-mobilization Theory. 5. Political Process Theory. 6. Culture Theory.   

 

 

2. MENTION AND QUESTION

 Before I read reading material, I just had dimly known about social movement. I thought that social movement is just means to meet interests. This week r material helped me to understand about social movement’s definition and features. Todays, In Korea, Political Social movements are very animated because of President. Korean President, ‘박근혜’ ignore citizen’s right that ensure by Korean constitution. Korean people demanded the president step down. I want to ensured people’s right and people’s wishes come true.

 I wonder that violence or illegality can be justified in social movement. What do you think about this question?        

 

 

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