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This presentation provides a comprehensive overview of crowd behavior, exploring its definition, key characteristics, and classification. It delves into the reasons for studying crowds, highlighting their significance in understanding human behavior, managing public events, and analyzing social movements. The presentation also examines blumer's classification of crowds, categorizing them into casual, conventional, expressive, and acting crowds, and provides examples of each type. It further explores other classifications based on interaction and size.
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Understanding crowd behavior is crucial. It helps us manage public events and analyze social movements. This presentation explores the definition, characteristics, and classification of crowds. Join us to learn about group dynamics in different contexts.
Gaining insights into human behavior within large groups.
Improving the management of public events and ensuring safety.
Analyzing social movements and understanding mass psychology.
Close contact in a confined space.
Shared activity or interest.
Heightened emotions like excitement or anger.
Herbert Blumer categorized crowds based on their behavior and purpose. He identified four main types. They are casual, conventional, expressive, and acting crowds.
Structured crowd for a planned event.
Sports match audience Religious ceremony attendees
Crowd expressing shared experiences.
Festival attendees Peaceful protestors
Active Crowd Passive Crowd
Small vs. Large Temporary vs. Permanent
