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| Material Type: | Internet resource |
|---|---|
| Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Jaap van Ginneken |
| ISBN: | 0805843868 9780805843866 |
| OCLC Number: | 48905688 |
| Notes: | Translation of the author's: Brein-bevingen. |
| Description: | xv, 301 p. ; 24 cm. |
| Contents: | Mind Quakes -- Public Opinion as a Complex Adaptive System (CAS) -- Case Number One: The True Colors of Benetton -- The Phenomenon of Public Opinion -- The Metaprinciple of Complex Mutation -- The Continuous Mutation of Informal Messages -- Case Number Two: The Happy Disney Family -- The Phenomenon of Hearsay -- The Metaprinciple of Continuous Mutation -- Circular Reaction in Media Hypes -- Case Number Three: The Hunger for News -- The Phenomenon of Media Hypes -- The Metaprinciple of Circular Reaction -- Emerging Collective Behavior -- The Formation of Synergy in Crowds -- Case Number Four: The Moruroa Explosion -- The Phenomenon of Psychological Crowds -- The Metaprinciple of Synergy Formation -- The Emergence of Patterns in Opinion Currents -- Case Number Five: Hunting the Hunters -- The Phenomenon of Opinion Currents -- The Metaprinciple of Emerging Patterns -- The Self-Organization of Social Movements -- Case Number Six: Greenpeace Makes a Wave -- The Phenomenon of Social Movements -- The Metaprinciple of Self-Organization -- Shifting Public Moods -- The Evolving Context of Fashion and Fads -- Case Number Seven: Pog-O-Mania -- The Phenomenon of Fashion and Fads -- The Metaprinciple of Evolving Contexts -- Critical Thresholds in Fear and Panic -- Case Number Eight: The Mad Cow Madness -- The Phenomenon of Fear and Panic -- The Metaprinciple of Critical Thresholds -- Possible Attractors in Outrage and Protest -- Case Number Nine: The Dumping of Shell -- The Phenomenon of Outrage and Protest. |
| Series Title: | European Institute for the Media series. |
| Other Titles: | Brein-bevingen. |
| Responsibility: | Jaap van Ginneken. |
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