Unstructured social situations {collective behavior}| involve crowds, riots, protests, revolutions, revivals, fads, rumors, public opinion, social movements, panics, bank runs, crazes, esprit de corps, parties, and ceremonies. People share common mood or emotional state, such as cause, hostility, self-sacrifice, or danger. Collective behavior is emotional, is personal, has shifting loyalties, is power-oriented, and relates to broader-society conflicts and changes. Unstructured social situations feature high stimulation, high suggestibility, low discipline, and anonymity, which encourage unconventional behavior. Collective behavior allows individual decisions that old values do not control.
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