Психология стихийного массового поведения. Лекции

Akop P. Nazaretyan

Psychology of Collective Behavior. Lectures

Contents

Lecture 1. Collective Behavior: the concept, phenomenon and object of research

Lecture 2. The Crowd, and Regularities of its Behavior Circular reaction and communication Typology of crowds

The basic quality of crowds

Methods of crowd control and manipulation

Lecture 3. Collective Panic: factors and mechanisms Individual and collective panic

The factors of collective panic Mechanisms of panic phenomena Prevention and elimination of panic

Lecture 4 5.Rumors as Social Psychological Processes and as Weapon for Political Struggle

Conceptualizing and researching rumors Classification of rumors

Fable perversions in rumor circulation Factors involved in the emergence of rumors

Creating of rumor proof environment: prophylaxis and operative elimination

Lecture 6. Advertising Campaigns, “Dirty Technologies” and “Black PR” Additional Literature

Akop P. Nazaretyan

Psychology of Collective Behavior. Lectures

Annotation

How do aggressive crowds emerge and are manipulated? Can mass panic be resisted either before or after it has appeared? How are rumors distributed and how can we learn to prevent and stop them once they have appeared? What are “dirty technologies” and “black PR”?

These and related questions are discussed with examples from relevant literature, belles lettres and many years of practical experience in the USSR, Russia, and abroad.

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