Protest Crowds through the Lens of Distributed Cognition
Year: 2023
Type: article
Abstract: : How are ideas transformed into collective causes that can rally and sustain protest crowds? We present a theoretical framework of crowd mobilization through the perspective of distributed cognition. We look at protest crowds as distributed processes that happen across brains, bodies, social interactions, and material-technological resources. This perspective is illustrated by protest crowd dynamics as they are facilitated by social interaction, symbols, narrative forms, and physical and virtual spaces.
Source: Social research
Authors: Brady Wagoner, Sarah H. Awad, Séamus A. Power
Institutions: University of Copenhagen, Aalborg University
Language: English
Subfield: Cognitive Neuroscience
Field: Neuroscience
Domain: Life Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W4384073716