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Emotion in crowds

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Emotion in crowds

Being in a crowd doesn’t make you part of a mindless mob

You’re in the crowd at the cup final, supporting your football team, when your side suddenly scores. Instantly, you join thousands of others in the stadium roaring with joy: you hug the stranger standing next to you, you jump up and down, you’re ecstatic. But when, in the last minute of the match, your team’s victory is snatched away by a controversial refereeing decision, a very different reaction unfolds. Outrage and anger quickly spread across your section of the stadium. People around you boo loudly and furiously shout abuse at the referee – and you do too. ….[READ]

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