UNIT 5: WARMUP #2In a hypothetical situation, you are sitting in a

movie theater watching a film & the film breaks.How does the audience respond? Why would they respond in that manner?

A social movement is a _______________________________.

Make a list of all the social movements you can think of from United States & World History.

Please be detailed in your responses, providing 2-3 sentences per question & prompt.

Collective Behavior &Social Movements

Chapter 17

ObjectivesThe student will be able to contrast the

various types of collectivities & analyze the explanations for collective behavior that have been proposed.

The student will be able to identify the preconditions necessary for collective behavior to occur & explain how they build on one another.

The student will be able to describe the types of social movements that exist & explain how they differ.

The student will be able to identify the stages present in the life cycle of social movements & describe ways in which the existence of social movements can be explained.

Collective Behaviorthe relatively spontaneous social behavior that occurs when people try to develop common solutions to unclear situations

Characteristics of Collectiveslimited interactionunclear normslimited unitygroup that share these characteristics known

as a collectivity

Types ofCollective Behavior

Crowds MobsRiots PanicsMass Hysteria FashionsFads RumorsUrban Legends Public

Opinion

Crowdstemporary gathering of people who are in close enough proximity to interact

Mobsan emotionally charged collectivity whose members are united by a specific destructive or violent goal

Riotscollection of people who erupt into generalized destructive behavior, resulting in social disorder

less unified & focused than mobsLondon Graffiti Riot: Students &

Police Clash!

Panicsspontaneous & uncoordinated group action to escape some perceived threat

Mass Hysteriaunfounded anxiety shared by people who can be scattered over a large geographic area

Fashionsenthusiastic attachments among large numbers of people for particular styles of appearance or behavior

Fadsan unconventional object, action, or idea that a large number of people are attached to for a very short period of time

Rumorsunverified pieces of information that spread rapidly from one person to another

Urban Legendsstories that teach a lesson & seem realistic but are untrue

Urban Legends Decoded: The Hook

Public Opinioncollection of different attitudes that members of the public have about a particular issue

ExplainingCollective Behavior

Contagion TheoryEmergent-Norm Theory

Value-Added Theory

Contagion Theorydeveloped by Gustave LeBon1st systematic theory of collective behavior

3 factors give crowds power over individuals:numbers create anonymity of individual members

spread of emotion like epidemicmembers rapidly enter state of suggestibility

Emergent-Norm Theorydeveloped by Ralph Turner & Lewis Killian

people in a crowd often faced with a situation in which traditional norms do not applyno clear standards of behavior

new norms gradually emerge

Value-Added Theoryproposed by Neil Smelserattempted to predict if collective behavior

would occur & the direction it might taketaken from economic theory of the production process

6 basic preconditions for social behavior:1) structural conduciveness2) structural strain3) growth & spread of generalized belief4) precipitation factors5) mobilization for action6) social control

Review of: Collective Behavior

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lPV1NWA_16s

Social Movementsa long-term, conscious effort to promote or prevent social change

Prohibition in the United States: 1920s & 1930s

Types of Social MovementsReactionary, Conservative,Revisionary, Revolutionary

Reactionary Movementsmain goal is to reverse current social trend or “turn back the clock”example: Tea

Party, Occupy Wall Street

Conservative Movementstry to protect what they see as society’s prevailing values from change that they consider to be a threat to those values

example: Republican Party within the United States

Revisionary Movementsgoal is to improve or revise some part of society through social change

example: women’s suffrage movement (1820s- 1920)

Ending Women’s Suffrage?

Revolutionary Movementsgoal is a total & radical change to the existing social structure

example: French Revolution

Life Cycle ofSocial Movements

Agitation, Legitimation,Bureaucratization, Institutionalization

Agitationbegins with belief that a problem exists

small group begins to stir up public awareness

Legitimationsocial movement becomes more respectable as it gains increasing acceptance

Bureaucratizationmovement develops a ranked structure of authority, official policies & efficient strategies for the future

Institutionalizationmovement becomes established as a part of society

ExplainingSocial Movements

Relative Depravation Theory,Resource Mobilization Theory

Relative Deprivation Theoryeconomic theory that suggests that social movements arise when large numbers of people feel economically or socially deprived of what they think they deserve

Resource Mobilization Theorynot even the most ill-treated group will be able to bring about change without resources

money ($$$)peoplemedia outlets

Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear

Highlights: Jon Stewart's Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear

Final Speech: Jon Stewart @ Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear

In what ways is Jon Stewart’s speech related to, or a commentary on, social movements?

Would you define the Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear as a social movement? Why or why not?

If you would classify it as a social movement, what kind of movement is it? How do you know?

If you would not classify it as a social movement, what would it need to become one? Will it?

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Page 458: #1-7 Understanding Main Ideas

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