categories #3: crowds

From The crowd : a study of the popular mind, by Gustave Le Bon. Originally published 1895. Republished by Dover in 2002:

“A few typical and distinct categories of crowds” are listed beyond this classification:

  
April 23, 2009 | Filed Under categories 

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2 Responses to “categories #3: crowds”

  1. Simon Spero on April 26th, 2009 11:25

    Hmmm….

    Do the hetrogenous groups correspond to syntagmatic or associative membership, whereas the homogenous ones are paridigmatic?

  2. raymond wang on May 6th, 2009 7:26

    Just want to say “hi” from Manchester, UK.

    Any connection to information seeking behavior with these differentiation of groups?

    Everytime I am listening to The Cure I go back to that cateloging powerpoint slide of the Cure you made in class. You are probably the first instructor to use them as an example in a powerpoint slide.

    I was just listening to The Cure on Myspace and all their songs seem to be live recordings. Amazing I tell you. They are absolutely a flawless band.

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