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Sunday Feature: Crowd Psychology

24/06/2012

Crowd Psychology

BBC Radio 3 - Sunday Feature, Crowd Psychology

Geneticist Steve Jones investigates the science of crowds.

Geneticist Steve Jones investigates crowd behaviour and finds that modern science disputes myths of mad mobs out of control.

Collective behaviour and how it can be managed is a burgeoning field of science, driven by the demands of music festivals, sporting events and managing protests.

The origins of this topical specialism lie in the turn of the last century, when academics argued that crowds were a hostile force to be reckoned with - mad mobs where indviduals lose their rational behaviour and get caught up in the crowd. However there's a growing body of evidence to suggest the opposite. Geneticist Steve Jones investigates.

Producer: Erika Wright

First broadcast in June 2012.

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