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This programme shows a new approach to understanding the behaviour of crowds. It focuses on the tensions and conflicts between the crowd and the authorities at the Notting Hill Carnival. It also lo...oks at how crowd violence is portrayed in the media. At the end of the programme Professor Stuart Hall from the Open University talks to the consultant who made it, Dr Steve Reicher from the University of Exeter about the ideas underpinning notions seen in the programme like collective mind, collective conflict and collective understandings.
This programme shows a new approach to understanding the behaviour of crowds. It focuses on the tensions and conflicts between the crowd and the authorities at the Notting Hill Carnival. It also lo...oks at how crowd violence is portrayed in the media. At the end of the programme Professor Stuart Hall from the Open University talks to the consultant who made it, Dr Steve Reicher from the University of Exeter about the ideas underpinning notions seen in the programme like collective mind, collective conflict and collective understandings.
| Module code and title: | D317, "Social psychology: personal lives, social worlds" |
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| Item code: | D317; 03 |
| First transmission date: | 1996 |
| Published: | 1996 |
| Rights Statement: | Rights owned or controlled by The Open University |
| Restrictions on use: | This material can be used in accordance with The Open University conditions of use. A link to the conditions can be found at the bottom of all OUDA web pages. |
| Duration: | 00:49:08 |
| Note: | Loan copy available on compilation video D317/02,03 |
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| Producer: | Vic Lockwood |
| Contributors: | Richard Cullen; Stuart Hall; Stephen Reicher |
| Publisher: | BBC Open University |
| Keyword(s): | Carnival; Notting Hill; Policing |
| Subject terms: | Carnival; Collective behaviour--Psychology; Crowds; Notting Hill carnival |
| Master spool number: | DOU8098 |
| Production number: | FOUD481A |
| Videofinder number: | 5141 |
| Available to public: | no |
