According to Le Bon (1895), a crowd is a mass of individuals, composed of normal people. The uniqueness of crowds however, is the fusion of individuals into a common mind and emotion, which can be spontaneous, anarchic, or sporadic. A crowd is not just a crowd that only comprised of a large number of persons gathered closely together. In reality, each crowd has a life of its own. While some may be closely related, each crowd is relatively distinctive...
Wednesday, April 15, 2009
On crowds and crowding
Posted by Beyond commuting... on 08:56 with 3 comments
Posted in Articles, Transport in the news
Sunday, April 05, 2009
Paper accepted for SEAP 2009
Posted by Beyond commuting... on 19:05 with 1 comment
We have had a paper accepted by the Southeast Asia Psychology Conference (SEAP 2009) for publication in the proceedings and for oral presentation. The conference is organised by Psychology and Social Health Research Unit and School of Psychology and Social Work, Universiti Malaysia Sabah and it will be conducted from 09 until 11 July 2009. Here is the abstract of the version we submitted - it will be updated as per final submission on 26th June 2009....
Posted in Conferences, Publications, Systematic Review
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