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2. Lofland’s typology of Spontaneous Collective Behaviour CROWDMASS Fear - Panic Exit - Bomb Threats - Hostages -Stock Market Crash - Crime Waves - Natural Disasters Hostility - Race Riots - Strikes - Lynch Mobs - Reaction to Media - Ethnic Hatred Joy - Festivals/Carnivals - Sports Events - Rock Concerts - Holidays/Celebrations - Fads and Fashions - Patriotic expressions

3. SOCIAL MOVEMENTS An organized group that acts consciously to promote or resist change through collective action.

4. How is that different from Collective Behavior?? Collective behavior is short lived, relatively unorganized, whereas social movements are longer lasting, more organized and have specific goals or purposes.

5. Why is it important? Social movements make democracy more available to excluded groups…even when elite groups seek to discourage activism. It gives groups who would otherwise not have the resources to enter the “game of politics”.

6. Types of Social Movements: These are difficult to differentiate, but is done so based on differences in goals and the amount of change they seek to bring about. A. Reform Movements B. Revolutionary Movements C. Religious Movements D. Alternative Movements E. Resistance Movements

7. A. Reform Movements Members of reform movements work within the existing system to bring about change in pubic policy to reflect their own value system.

8. Animal Rights

9. Disability Rights Movement

10. B. Revolutionary Movements These are groups that seek to bring about TOTAL change within a society.

11. French and Russian Revolutions

12. C. Religious Movements These groups are concerned with renovating or changing people through “inner change”.

13. D. Alternative Movements These are movements that seek to bring about a limited change in some aspect of people’s behavior.

14. Vegetarianism

15. E. Resistance Movements These are groups that seek to prevent or change that has already occurred.

16. Pro-Life

17. Mothers Against Drunk Driving