Collective behavior
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The expression collective behavior was first used by Franklin Henry Giddings[1] and employed later by Robert Park and Ernest Burgess,[2] Herbert Blumer,[3] Ralph H. Turner and Lewis Killian,[4] and Neil Smelser[5] to refer to social processes and events which do not reflect existing social structure (laws, conventions, and institutions), but which emerge in a "spontaneous" way. Use of the term has been expanded to include reference to cells, social animals like birds and fish, and insects including ants.[6] Collective behavior takes many forms but generally violates societal norms.[7][8] Collective behavior can be tremendously destructive, as with riots or mob violence, silly, as with fads, or anywhere in between. Collective behavior is always driven by group dynamics, encouraging people to engage in acts they might consider unthinkable under typical social circumstances.[8]
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