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Crowd surfing - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Crowd surfing generally occurs only towards the front of an audience where the crowd is dense enough to support a person's body. Since then, crowd surfing has been made illegal at most festivals and concerts in Europe, and patrons can, in theory, expect to be ejected from the venue for partaking in the act. Supporters of crowd surfing say that by standing in the mosh pit patrons should expect such behaviour as part of a rock show and by standing more towards the side or rear of the venue they can easily avoid such behaviour. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Crowd_surfing   (762 words)

Flash mob - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Flash mob computing is a temporary supercomputer made when a large group of people get together and tie computers together for a single purpose or event. Following this flash mob, about 200 people flooded the lobby and mezzanine of the Hyatt hotel in synchronized applause for about 15 seconds, and next a shoe boutique in Soho was invaded by participants pretending to be tourists on a bus trip. Several Canadian flash mobs have taken the form of zombie mobs, in which people gather at a prearranged place in makeup and walk to a predetermined location in a "zombie" style, shuffling stiffly and moaning "braaains" at passers-by. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Flash_mob   (1336 words)

Crowd psychology - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Crowds begin as collectivities, acting, and protest crowds – norms may be vague and changing as when, say, one person at a rock concert holds up a lit cigarette lighter to signal praise for the performers, and other follow suit. Crowd behavior reflects the desires of participants, but it is also guided by norms that emerge as the situation unfolds. Convergence theory claims that crowd behavior is not irrational; rather, people in crowds express existing beliefs and values. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Crowd_psychology   (1336 words)

Crowd psychology - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Crowds begin as collectivities, acting, and protest crowds – norms may be vague and changing as when, say, one person at a rock concert holds up a lit cigarette lighter to signal praise for the performers, and other follow suit. Social scientists have developed several different theories for explaining crowd psychology, and the ways in which the psychology of the crowd differs significantly from the psychology of those individuals within it. Crowd behavior reflects the desires of participants, but it is also guided by norms that emerge as the situation unfolds. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Crowd_psychology   (641 words)

Collective behavior - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Blumer distinguishes the crowd, in which a common emotion is disseminated, from a "public," in which a single issue is discussed. The "mass," Blumer's third form, differs from the crowd and the public in that it is not defined by a form of interaction. Most of the examples of collective behavior mentioned above are instances of crowd behavior, which both Park and Blumer treat as one but not the only form of collective behavior. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Collective_behavior   (641 words)

Hooligans, rioters, officers: observing riots Crowd behavior is often characterized as irrational, instinctive, bestial or demonical, produced by emotions that are disconnected from reason or moral. Speculations are made on the processes that occur in the crowd, based on events prior to the crowd or on the results of the crowd's behavior, without these speculations being verified. The extensive social-scientific literature about the behavior of crowds and the behavior of people in crowds is often based on restricted information and unsubstantiated interpretations according to the American sociologist Berk (1970). policestudies.homestead.com /riots.html   (641 words)

Uncle Cleans Up - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The crowd began to hiss, and, as Uncle didn't want a row, he decided to withdraw and take action later. Old Monkey, and a great battle is fought in which the Badfort Crowd are completely defeated -- until next time. The incident is seized on by the Badfort Crowd and written up in the usual lying and distorted way in en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Uncle_Cleans_Up   (641 words)

Crowd psychology Crowd psychology characterises the group dynamics of a large group (or "crowd"). Negatively construed as a "mob", positively seen as the expression of popular democracy, crowds have a reputation for fickle, often irrational and potentially violent behaviour. Early work on crowd psychology came from Gustave Le Bon. www.serebella.com /encyclopedia/article-Crowd_psychology.html   (319 words)

Aubrey Immelman - Group Dynamics Text Casual crowds are distinct from other types of crowds in that they represent a group of otherwise unrelated individuals who, while going about their business, spontaneously end up in the same vicinity and share a common experience. Of all collectives, the audience (conventional crowd) is the most closely related to true groups; its members deliberately become part of a crowd, are loosely bound by social conventions that dictate their location, movements, and behavior, and disperse in an orderly fashion. The casual crowd is prototypical of crowds in that its description corresponds to the general definition of a crowd. www.users.csbsju.edu /~aimmelma/text0022.htm   (319 words)

Crowd Management Crowd management must take into account all the elements of an event especially the type of event (circus, sporting, theatrical, concert, rally, parade, etc.), characteristics of the facility, size and demeanor of the crowd, methods of entrance, communications, crowd control, and queueing. As the Task Force sought information on crowds and public safety, it became increasingly clear that the primary factor in assuring a safe and comfortable environment for large crowds is the planning for their management. Whenever large crowds gather for the purpose of peaceably entering an area it is vital that the processing of those people be organized, orderly and disciplined, and, if ticket taking is going to take place, that it be coordinated with the queueing of patrons. www.crowdsafe.com /taskrpt/chpt1.html   (319 words)

Crowd Control - WoWWiki Crowd Control also involves aggro management, both sides of CC serving to keep attackers doing exactly what the Party wants them to do; or at the very least, not doing what the party doesn't want them to do, which is kill valuable members. Warrior crowd control differs from most other classes in that instead of keeping monsters out of the fight, they have abilities that keep the ones that are fighting firmly locked on the warrior, who is best equipped to tank. Paladins are a mixed bag of Crowd Control, with variety of abilities to both control aggro and shields prevent their damage(see Paladin for more info on shields). wowwiki.com /Crowd_control   (978 words)

the badfort crowd He is one of the most objectionable of the Badfort crowd. The other ghosts, of which there are many living at the haunted tower in Homeward, would have nothing to do with him and so he came to live in Badfort. In his spare time he is developing his skills as an author by writing his 'hating' book. www.uncle-tv.com /badfortcrowd.html   (978 words)

surfing maui surfing maui The two hundred or so years since are really just a "drop in the bucket" geologically speaking and scientists expect "the House of the Sun" to become active again someday. surfinghome.275mb.com /resources/surfing-maui.html   (63 words)

Crowds, Psychology, and Politics, 1871—1899:0521404185:Jaap van Ginneken:eCampus.com Crowds, psychology, and politics, 1871-1899 also brings together the important events of the nineteenth century and the work being done on crowd psychology, examining the effects that events, such as the Paris Commune revolt and the Dreyfus affair, had on the founders of crowd psychology. Examining the work of five social scientists in the late nineteenth century, Jaap van Ginneken traces the history of crowd psychology from its inception to the work of the French physician Le Bon--widely considered to be the founder of the field--just before the turn of the century. The inability of crowd psychology to establish itself as an academic discipline resulted from its multidisciplinary approach toward popularevents, although the work of Le Bon remained influential with twentieth-century politicians ranging from Theodore Roosevelt to Adolf Hitler. www.ecampus.com /bk_detail.asp?isbn=0521404185   (282 words)

SocioSite: PECULIARITIES OF CYBERSPACE: FLASH MOBS A flash mob is a group of people who are mobilized via the internet and other electronic media to come together somewhere at a certain time for a short period of time in order to do something absurdist or provocative. The participants of flash mobs share a secret (the instructions of the script for the flash mob) and thus create an alliance that is reinforced by the collective perception of the action. Immediately after their action the organizers of the altruistic flash mob announced that this would be the last flash mob in Birmingham [source]. www2.fmg.uva.nl /sociosite/websoc/flashmob.html   (4732 words)

ISU_crowd Protest crowd behavior is a mix of individual and social behaviors. These researchers maintain that collective or crowd behavior is the result of purposive behavior by individuals engaged in a problem solving process brought on by a perceived grievance. Options were made known to the crowd by means of a police car sound system and a hand vote was taken. www.users.muohio.edu /brownc1/isu_crowd.htm   (4732 words)

Stanchions and Crowd Control Crowd control ropes and posts are sold separately. While providing continued crowd control, this post, with its belt no higher than 27 inches, can be detected by the visually impaired using a cane or guide dog. Jarco crowd control stanchions are stylish, durable and are sold at factory direct wholesale pricing. www.concessionstands.com /Posts.htm   (600 words)

FM 19-15 Chptr 8 Crowd Control Formations Crowd control formations, when properly employed and executed against a crowd of limited size, are one of the most practical methods of crowd control. At the commander's discretion, the members of the crowd control formation may carry their weapons in any of the positions prescribed in FM 22-5. In a crowd control formation, HQ personnel, at the commander's discretion, may be positioned near the commander. www.globalsecurity.org /military/library/policy/army/fm/19-15/CH8.htm   (5552 words)

David Langford: Second Childhood: JP Martin - the creator of Uncle - infinity plus non-fiction The Badfort crowd spend their days lounging around dressed in unclean sacking, swilling Black Tom and Leper Gin, writing down bad thoughts in their Hating Books, and hatching terrible schemes to entrap Uncle. It's not only the Badfort mob who are sick to death of hearing about his great deeds of benevolence, like the Opening of the Dwarfs' Drinking Fountains. Also, ever-guzzling Uncle isn't terribly bright: the third novel features a hunt for buried treasure described by the enigmatic code-word "dlog", the gag being that everyone except our hero cracks this cipher at first glance. www.infinityplus.co.uk /introduces/uncle.htm   (5552 words)

The Daily Texan The crowd participation is always key in an old show as such, and as fans shouted the choruses for the majority of the past hits, the tracks like "Ya Mama" took the crowd to the next level, with fans eventually taking to the stage to rhyme with the band. After the antics, the crowd was relaxed into a calm groove through the utilization of classics like "Passin' Me By" and "Runnin'." A time that was spent by most fans for regrouping and reflourishing their energy before the encore, which left the crowd exhausted and satisfied. They involved the crowd in chants of soul power and then took time to speak their minds on the subject of the utilization of marijuana. tspweb02.tsp.utexas.edu /webarchive/02-07-01/2001020714_s03_Hip-hop.html   (396 words)

Crowd Surfing. Crowd surfing usually occurs at bigger gigs and can be a very convient way of transport. This is usually done by either asking someone to give you a boost on the crowd or by putting your hands on the person in front of you and climbing up their back. To initiate a crowd surf it's much like a stage dive in the sense that you have to get on top of the crowd. members.aol.com /rik0lar/moshing/surfsup.htm   (156 words)

Community psychology - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia It is the study of how to use the principles of psychology to create communities of all sizes that promote mental health of their members. See Community Psychology: In Pursuit of Well-Being and Liberation edited by Nelson and Prilleltensky (in press, New York: Palgrave Macmillan) for further definitions and fields of work. Any non-biological mental illness can either be caused by or aggravated by a mismatch between a person's personality and the community environment in which he or she exists. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Community_psychology   (197 words)

Psychology of Suggestion, Chap. 27 In the entranced crowd, in the mob, social consciousness is disaggregated, thus exposing to the direct influence of the environment the reflex consciousness of the social subwaking self. In the entranced crowd, in the mob, everyone influences and is influenced in his turn; every one suggests and is suggested to, and the surging billow of suggestion swells and rises until it reaches a formidable height. When the preacher, the politician, the stump orator, the ringleader, the hero gains the ear of the crowd, an ominous silence sets in, a silence frequently characterized as "awful." The crowd is in a state of overstrained expectation; with suspended breath it watches the hero or the interesting, all-absorbing object. www.sidis.net /ps27.htm   (2816 words)

Dr John Drury Crowd research also suggests that minorities or deviants within an ingroup might come to be regarded as prototypical, and hence influential, over the course of an intergroup dynamic. Crowd events are a locus of both psychological determination and transformation. I have carried out research on processes of crowd conflict and change in relation to anti-poll tax protests, anti-roads direct actions and football crowds. www.sussex.ac.uk /psychology/profile92858.html   (541 words)

Charisma, Crowd Psychology and Altered States of Consciousness Crowd psychology therefore unites Durkheim and Weber by placing an ecstatic and convulsive charismatic at the center of a receptive group. In so demonizing the altered states of charisma and group participation, crowd psychology prefigures the modern attitude, though unlike modern writers, the crowd psychologists retained a fearful appreciation of the potency of group consciousness. The crowd psychologists thus come to the pessimistic conclusion that the group's devotion has "never been bestowed on easy-going masters, but on the tyrants who vigorously oppressed them" in order to serve their own driven obsessions (Le Bon 1952: 54). www.bu.edu /anthrop/faculty/lindholm/ASCCharisma.html   (6818 words)

The Crowd: A Study of the Popular Mind Crowds will hear no more of the words divinity and religion, in whose name they were so long enslaved; but they have never possessed so many fetishes as in the last hundred years, and the old divinities have never had so many statues and altars raised in their honour. Crowds are to some extent in the position of the sleeper whose reason, suspended for the time being, allows the arousing in his mind of images of extreme intensity which would quickly be dissipated could they be submitted to the action of reflection. A crowd which slowly slaughters a defenceless victim displays a very cowardly ferocity; but for the philosopher this ferocity is very closely related to that of the huntsmen who gather in dozens for the pleasure of taking part in the pursuit and killing of a luckless stag by their hounds. etext.lib.virginia.edu /etcbin/browse-mixed-new?id=BonCrow&images=images/modeng&data=/lv1/Archive/eng-parsed&tag=public   (19595 words)

DrunkenBlog: Comment on Of sharing logs and breaking expectations Flash crowds in the scope of social interactions, memes, or marketing is one thing; flash crowds with regard to spikes in bandwidth is trivial and relational to the author's content and/or the hosting providers' expertise. My primary concern with their research is that a flash crowd is almost a growing pain for a site...usually it only happens a little bit and the site grows up to handle the crowds or dies and there is no crowd. I think 'flash crowds' and dealing with them is going to be an easy problem to solve and not require the complexities of peer to peer. www.drunkenbatman.com /cgi-bin/mt/mt-comments.cgi?entry_id=522   (2132 words)

Resources & Activities: New Words flash crowd, which was the title of a 1973 science fiction short story by author Larry Niven. flash crowd is also used in Internet contexts to describe the situation where a website suddenly and unexpectedly attracts a surge of interest from large numbers of people. Flash mobbing is an uncountable noun used to refer to the general concept or process, and as a countable noun, it refers to an individual event. www.macmillandictionary.com /New-Words/030822-flash-mob.htm   (415 words)

>>WANTICKETS.COM ARTIST// Hybrid Flash and his then-partner, Mean Gene (DJ Grand Wizard Theodore's older Brother), Later played for small house parties and discos, Where he came upon Pete DJ Jones, A popular disco DJ for the older crowd. Flash was the first to debut track DJing skills like mixing records behind his back or beneath table, kicking mixing faders with his feet, and the like. Flash was involed in several notable ones, including challenging DJ Tex and Afrika Bambaataa, Where Flash retaliated with an army of sound systems. www.wantickets.com /dj/Grandmaster_Flash.htm   (1636 words)

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