May 2011
13 posts
April 2011
67 posts
Social Control
“Informal social control is exercised by a society without explicitly stating these rules and is expressed through custom, norms, and mores using informal sanctions such as criticism, disapproval, guilt and shaming. This implied social control usually has more control over individual minds because they become ingrained in their personality.”
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“JANUARY’S EARTHQUAKE IN Haiti sparked enormous generosity worldwide....”
Hit and Run →
Don't Just Stand There - Do Something (Cathy... →
Bystander Effect
The bystander effect or Genovese syndrome is a social psychological phenomenon that refers to cases where individuals do not offer any means of help in an emergency situation to the victim when other people are present. The probability of help has in the past been thought to be inversely related to the number of bystanders; in other words, the greater the number of bystanders, the less likely it...
“Altruism—the unselfish action for the welfare of others without regard for one’s...”
– Transportation; September 2006, Vol. 33 Issue: Number 5 p447-462, 16p
return to sender
“Other studies have looked at the relationship between population density and more everyday examples of altruistic behaviour. A common way of investigating this area is the ‘lost letter’ method, in which researchers leave stamped, addressed letters in public locations and wait to find out how many are eventually posted by members of the public. Since picking up the letter and taking it to...
cultural probe/observation? →
Definition:
Chivalry is a code of right action used by knights, which is why the word is derived from a word for knight. It was extended to be a code of action for all members of the nobility and gentle classes. The code of Chivalry required bravery, reverence, mercy, charity, protection for people who were weak or in need, faithful obedience, and truthfulness.
“Chivalry is dead, baby”
“Yes, I guess you could say I am a loner, but I feel more lonely in a crowed room...”
– Henry Rollins (via thorninyourside)
The Crowds – A Study of the Popular Mind «... →
gfbertini:
The following work is devoted to an account of the characteristics of crowds. The whole of the common characteristics with which heredity endows the individuals of a race constitute the genius of the race. When, however, a certain number of these individuals are gathered together in a crowd for purposes of action, observation proves that, from the mere fact of their being assembled,...
“Crowds are the most lonely thing of all”
– L.S. Lowry (via justthatgirl)
BLASTA DIAMOND.: Gerard, maybe European crowds are... →
loookaliivesunshiine:
My Chemical Romance have been constantly saying how much they love UK crowds because of their raw energy and the passion they bring to each concert. Gerard always says that it’s his favourite place to play because of those reasons.
But what he doesn’t know is that what he can see from up on the…
