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2c56405a-2a6f-4570-a6e4-65786b6a092a
Author Analytic
Miller, David; Kenneth J. Mietus; Richard A. Mathers
Author Combination
Miller, David; Kenneth J. Mietus; Richard A. Mathers
Title Analytic
A CRITICAL EXAMINATION OF THE SOICAL CONTAGION IMAGE OF COLLECTIVE BEHAVIOR: THE CASE OF THE ENFIELD MONSTER
Title Combination
A CRITICAL EXAMINATION OF THE SOICAL CONTAGION IMAGE OF COLLECTIVE BEHAVIOR: THE CASE OF THE ENFIELD MONSTER
Journal Title
Sociological Quarterly
Date of Publication
1978
Volume ID
19
Location in Work
129-140
Location URL
https://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/4105917.pdf
Notes
Last Accessed Online 2023 January 7.
Abstract
This paper makes an initial statement regarding the conceptual and empirical utility of the social contagion image as posited by Blumerand Klapp. Their position is then criticized on the basis of its assumption that unverified and unusual sensory experiences, mobilization processes. and mass preoccupations are equivalent and undifferentiated products of social ~.ontagion. Further, the social contagion approach is unable to adequately account for differential participation in these collective behavior events. Most of these problems stem from the assumed discontinuity between collective and institutional behavior embodied in the social contagion perspective. An alternative approach is posited which suggests that communication processes. availability of the population for participation. and institutional demands provide a more adequate explanation of differential participation with respect to unusual sensory experiences, mobilization, and mass preoccupation. A case study of a monster sighting in a rural community is presented and examined from this alternate perspective.
Call Number
752.M5.C7 (VF)
Keywords
Collective Behavior ;