Ronald T Wohlstein
Biographic Data
| ID | 298245 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Ronald T Wohlstein |
| GIVEN NAMES | Ronald T |
| FAMILY NAME | Wohlstein |
| SIGNATURE | WOHLSTEIN R T |
| AFFILIATIONS | Eastern Illinois University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 85 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 8 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1977 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2005 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
The Madding Crowd Goes to School
The authors examined the crowd sections of 20 introduction to sociology textbooks, coding them for the presence of seven crowds myths—claims about crowds that have no empirical support and have been rejected by scholars in the field. The number of myths per book ranges from five to one. The authors conclude by making suggestions for rewriting these chapters and for improving the book reviewing process
Syllabi & Teaching Resources for Courses on Collective Behavior and Social Movements
Deaf President Now! The 1988 Revolution at Gallaudet University
Collective Locomotion as Collective Behavior
Milling clusters, surges within gatherings, street actions, demonstration marches, and state processions are forms of social behavior with which we mark points along a continuum of collective locomotion. A theoretical framework, field observations, measurement criteria and procedures are presented to systematically describe variations in the complexity of collective locomotion. An explanation for these variations is drawn from the ideas of G. H. …
Individual and Collective Behaviors Within Gatherings, Demonstrations, and Riots
The life cycles of gatherings, demonstrations, and riots begin with an assembling phase and end with a dispersal phase. The three types of events are primarily distinguished by the form and content of individual and collective behaviors that occur in the interim phase when a number of people are in the same locale at the same time. We review the past 15 years' research on behaviors in this phase. We first consider some elementary forms of collect…
Using Film to Analyze Pedestrian Behavior
Previous research on individual, interpersonal, and collective units of pedestrian behavior is briefly summarized and critically evaluated. An alternative theoretical framework and methodological procedure are presented. The imposition of cartesian coordinates on a film record, corrected for 'foreshortened perspective,' permits the accurate location, and systematic measurement of distances between, directions, and velocities of individual pedestr…
Judging the Presence and Extent of Collective Behavior from Film Records
We report the development and successful use of a method for systematically analyzing film records of collective behavior. Existing theoretical definitions of collective behavior are critically examined and an alternative is advanced. We specify and discuss an important elementary form of collective behavior: collective locomotion, e.g., marching. Criteria and procedures are presented for making systematic judgments of the presence and extent of …
Filming Collective Behavior and the Problem of Foreshortened Perspective
Individual and Collective Behaviors Within Gatherings, Demonstrations, and Riots
The life cycles of gatherings, demonstrations, and riots begin with an assembling phase and end with a dispersal phase. The three types of events are primarily distinguished by the form and content of individual and collective behaviors that occur in the interim phase when a number of people are in the same locale at the same time. We review the past 15 years' research on behaviors in this phase. We first consider some elementary forms of collect…
Collective Locomotion as Collective Behavior
Milling clusters, surges within gatherings, street actions, demonstration marches, and state processions are forms of social behavior with which we mark points along a continuum of collective locomotion. A theoretical framework, field observations, measurement criteria and procedures are presented to systematically describe variations in the complexity of collective locomotion. An explanation for these variations is drawn from the ideas of G. H. …
The Madding Crowd Goes to School
The authors examined the crowd sections of 20 introduction to sociology textbooks, coding them for the presence of seven crowds myths—claims about crowds that have no empirical support and have been rejected by scholars in the field. The number of myths per book ranges from five to one. The authors conclude by making suggestions for rewriting these chapters and for improving the book reviewing process
Judging the Presence and Extent of Collective Behavior from Film Records
We report the development and successful use of a method for systematically analyzing film records of collective behavior. Existing theoretical definitions of collective behavior are critically examined and an alternative is advanced. We specify and discuss an important elementary form of collective behavior: collective locomotion, e.g., marching. Criteria and procedures are presented for making systematic judgments of the presence and extent of …
Filming Collective Behavior and the Problem of Foreshortened Perspective
Using Film to Analyze Pedestrian Behavior
Previous research on individual, interpersonal, and collective units of pedestrian behavior is briefly summarized and critically evaluated. An alternative theoretical framework and methodological procedure are presented. The imposition of cartesian coordinates on a film record, corrected for 'foreshortened perspective,' permits the accurate location, and systematic measurement of distances between, directions, and velocities of individual pedestr…
Filming Collective Behavior and the Problem of Foreshortened Perspective
Judging the Presence and Extent of Collective Behavior from Film Records
We report the development and successful use of a method for systematically analyzing film records of collective behavior. Existing theoretical definitions of collective behavior are critically examined and an alternative is advanced. We specify and discuss an important elementary form of collective behavior: collective locomotion, e.g., marching. Criteria and procedures are presented for making systematic judgments of the presence and extent of …
Using Film to Analyze Pedestrian Behavior
Previous research on individual, interpersonal, and collective units of pedestrian behavior is briefly summarized and critically evaluated. An alternative theoretical framework and methodological procedure are presented. The imposition of cartesian coordinates on a film record, corrected for 'foreshortened perspective,' permits the accurate location, and systematic measurement of distances between, directions, and velocities of individual pedestr…
Individual and Collective Behaviors Within Gatherings, Demonstrations, and Riots
The life cycles of gatherings, demonstrations, and riots begin with an assembling phase and end with a dispersal phase. The three types of events are primarily distinguished by the form and content of individual and collective behaviors that occur in the interim phase when a number of people are in the same locale at the same time. We review the past 15 years' research on behaviors in this phase. We first consider some elementary forms of collect…
Collective Locomotion as Collective Behavior
Milling clusters, surges within gatherings, street actions, demonstration marches, and state processions are forms of social behavior with which we mark points along a continuum of collective locomotion. A theoretical framework, field observations, measurement criteria and procedures are presented to systematically describe variations in the complexity of collective locomotion. An explanation for these variations is drawn from the ideas of G. H. …
Deaf President Now! The 1988 Revolution at Gallaudet University
Syllabi & Teaching Resources for Courses on Collective Behavior and Social Movements
The Madding Crowd Goes to School
The authors examined the crowd sections of 20 introduction to sociology textbooks, coding them for the presence of seven crowds myths—claims about crowds that have no empirical support and have been rejected by scholars in the field. The number of myths per book ranges from five to one. The authors conclude by making suggestions for rewriting these chapters and for improving the book reviewing process
Sociology (6 works) · Computer Science (5 works) · Political science (4 works) · Psychology (4 works) · Artificial Intelligence (3 works) · Media studies (3 works) · Social science (3 works) · Collective behavior (2 works) · Epistemology (2 works) · Social Psychology (2 works)