The experience of collective participation : shared identity, relatedness and emotionality
Date
2011Metadata
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This paper presents three studies that explore the experience of participating in crowd events. Analysis of semi-structured interviews with football supporters and student demonstrators is used to illustrate the role that shared identity plays in transforming within-crowd social relations (relatedness), and the positive impact this has upon emotionality of collective experience. Questionnaire data collected at a music festival are then used to confirm these claims. The paper argues for a conceptual distinction between shared identity and self-categorisation, and against the contention in classic crowd psychology that a loss of identity is at the root of collective emotion. It concludes by suggesting avenues for future research, including the potential role for collective experience in encouraging future co-action.
Citation
Neville , F G & Reicher , S D 2011 , ' The experience of collective participation : shared identity, relatedness and emotionality ' , Contemporary Social Science , vol. 6 , no. 3 , pp. 377-396 . https://doi.org/10.1080/21582041.2012.627277
Publication
Contemporary Social Science
Status
Peer reviewed
ISSN
2158-2041Type
Journal article
Description
This research was supported by an ESRC Postgraduate Studentship (PTA-030-2006-00100) awarded to the first author.Collections
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