Collective Behavior in Mass Incidents: a study of contemporary China.

Mass incidents are inevitable in contemporary China and the first thing we should learn is to adopt a correct attitude towards them. Based on the three elements—activity, interaction and sentiment—of collective behaviors in 52 mass incidents in China during 2007–2011, we find that collective behavio...

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Publicado en:Journal of Contemporary China Vol. 23; no. 88; pp. 715 - 736
Autores principales: Wei, Jiuchang, Zhou, Lei, Wei, Yufang, Zhao, Dingtao
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: Taylor & Francis Ltd Jul2014
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        Public demonstrations
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        Resistance to government
        Group formation
        Social interaction
        Emotions & society
        Social conditions in China
        Demonstrations in the press
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          Public demonstrations
          Collective behavior
          Resistance to government
          Group formation
          Social interaction
          Emotions & society
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          Social conditions in China
          Demonstrations in the press
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          Homans, George Caspar
      ab: Mass incidents are inevitable in contemporary China and the first thing we should learn is to adopt a correct attitude towards them. Based on the three elements—activity, interaction and sentiment—of collective behaviors in 52 mass incidents in China during 2007–2011, we find that collective behaviors in mass incidents show significant differences in activity, interaction and sentiment. A grade evaluation method is proposed to estimate the evolution of collective behaviors in 52 mass incidents and to classify such behaviors into five grades. Then the influence factors on the three elements are analyzed using multiple linear regression. The regression results demonstrate that the impacts of location, casualties, inner-group relations, group scale and duration on the three elements are very significant. Finally, in the light of the regression results, some implications of collective behavior in mass incidents are proposed for the relevant authorities in responding to mass incidents.
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