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thumb|A crowd of people returning from a show of fireworks spills into the street stopping traffic at the intersection of Fulton Street (Manhattan)|Fulton Street and Gold Street in [[Lower Manhattan]] thumb|A crowd watches the Battle of the Beach 2 – Far Rockaway Skatepark – September, 2019 thumb|A crowd leaves the Vienna (WMATA station)|Vienna station on the [[Washington Metro in 2006.]] A crowd is a group of people that have gathered for a common purpose or intent. Examples are a demonstration, a sports event, or a looting (classified in sociology as an acting crowd). A crowd may also simply
A crowd is a group of people gathered together for a common purpose or intent, such as attending a demonstration, sports event, or other collective activity. Understanding crowds matters because they represent how people organize and behave together in shared spaces and situations.
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Encyclopedic overview
11 sectionsContents
- Terminology
- Social aspects
- Psychological aspects
- Types of crowd
- Movement dynamics
- Crowd analysis
- See also
- References
- Citations
- Sources and further reading
- External links
thumb|A crowd of people returning from a show of fireworks spills into the street stopping traffic at the intersection of Fulton Street (Manhattan)|Fulton Street and Gold Street in [[Lower Manhattan]] thumb|A crowd watches the Battle of the Beach 2 – Far Rockaway Skatepark – September, 2019 thumb|A crowd leaves the Vienna (WMATA station)|Vienna station on the [[Washington Metro in 2006.]] A crowd is a group of people that have gathered for a common purpose or intent. Examples are a demonstration, a sports event, or a looting (classified in sociology as an acting crowd). A crowd may also simply be made up of many people going about their business in a busy area.
The term "the crowd" may sometimes refer to the lower orders of people in general.
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