ipl-logo

Mob Mentality In The 21st Century

365 Words2 Pages

In recent years, we have had a series of events that have sparked outrage across our world. This outrage sometimes leads to an issue I have in contemporary culture: mob mentality. “Herd mentality”, or more commonly known as “mob mentality” refers to how people lose their self-awareness and moral code when they are with a group of people. Mob mentality usually drives people to do things they wouldn’t normally do, such as jumping someone, Whether it be a large amount of people online harassing an artist or a movement that has been tainted by the aggressive nature of some, herd/mob mentality has become a more prevalent and pressing issue in the 21st century. A great example of herd/mob mentality consequences is what happened in October of 2015.

Show More
Related

  • Analysis: The Gangs Of New York

    413 Words  | 2 Pages

    “The Gangs of New York Assignment” “The Gangs of New York” interpreted many aspects of the Gilded Age including politics, immigration, and racism. When the immigrants, which were mostly Irish, came to New York they were treated very poorly. When arriving to America the immigrants were shouted at to go back home and had items thrown at that them when departing the boats that they arrived on. When the Irish came to America a countless amount of them had an illness, this then led to New York being called a “City of fever.” If you had an illness as an immigrant you were put back onto a ship and you were sailed back to where you had came from.

    Read More

  • Mob Mentality In Lord Of The Flies

    1726 Words  | 7 Pages

    Imagine, you are walking down the street to get to work when suddenly, someone suggests that you all start a riot. Everyone else seems eager to do it, and you do not want to be the one to back out, so you decide to do it too. Fast forward one month, and you are sitting alone in a jail cell. Individuals are found in these types of situations every day, and many can not find the courage to voice their opinion for many different reasons. Mob mentality is defined as the inclination that some humans have to be a part of a large group, often neglecting their individual thoughts in the process (Tech Target).

    Read More

  • How Do Mobsters Corrupt The 1920s

    1278 Words  | 6 Pages

    Anna Witte Adella Parnell Eng. III Pre-Ap February 13, 2023 Gangsters Corrupting the 1920s The nineteen twenties were full of many memorable moments shaped by writers, politicians, and mobsters. Yet, why do people not know about this fact? Consequently, that would be due to the corruption, bribes, and secrecy mobsters used behind the scenes to drive such social movements during those years.

    Read More

  • Essay On Mob Mentality In To Kill A Mockingbird

    873 Words  | 4 Pages

    Mob mentality is a term used to describe how certain negative characteristics surface when people are combined in large groups (Smith). Mobs usually portray an aggressive image, since people feed off of other’s negative emotions toward the victim of the mob. People were influenced by mob mentality for many reasons. Being apart of a mob alters people’s thinking, since they feel invincible whilst in the middle of a mob (Edmonds). People think that if they are in a group of people they will not be held responsible for the crime being committed (Edmonds).

    Read More

  • Are Gangs A Deviant Subculture

    1109 Words  | 5 Pages

    (Gangs) A deviant subculture is defined as a subculture, which has values and norms that differ substantially from the majority of people in society. When a neighborhood or community favors illegal activities, a criminal subculture is likely to develop such as gangs. Walter Miller states that deviant subcultures don’t arise from the inability of a community to achieve success, but because of a lower-class subculture whose values and norms are different from the rest of society. Subcultures can be a good thing, because they can provide a sense of belonging, interaction with people who have similar interests, and gives members the freedom to express individuality.

    Read More

  • Mob Mentality In Lord Of The Flies

    1560 Words  | 7 Pages

    Mob mentality occurs in The Lord of the Flies, especially when order is given to a group of people. “All at once the crowd swayed towards the island and were gone-following Jack. Even the tiny kids went and did their best among the leaves and broken branches” (Golding 38). This passage is showing leadership. The reader are also showing how Jack is the leader and everyone follows him and his orders.

    Read More

  • How Have Gangs Changed Over Time Essay

    730 Words  | 3 Pages

    Have Gangs Changed for the Better or Worse Over the Past One Hundred Years? Chicago gangs in the 1920s were notorious for prostitution, committing robberies, drug usage, and for selling alcohol during prohibition. However, they never had as much violence as the gangs in Chicago now. Al Capone was the top crime lord of the 1920s; he was never convicted for any of the crimes he did, and ended up going to jail for tax fraud. Even though Capone and other gangs did still kill, it was only rival gang members and was not nearly as often.

    Read More

  • Mob Mentality In The South

    300 Words  | 2 Pages

    I think that the fact that mob mentality is a recurring theme in these books just shows how intense the atmosphere is in the south. The stereotypical Southerner hates everyone (stereotypical southerner being someone who is involved in the KKK), in fact the only people the KKK likes are WASPs (White Anglo-Saxon Protestants, due to the fact that the South was originally settled by those types of people). That hatred is the fuel for the mob mentality in the south. There is so much hatred, which means there is a large mob mentality. I think it is also important to note that it was not only African-Americans who were segregated, but people of any color.

    Read More

  • Lord Of The Flies Mob Mentality Analysis

    1432 Words  | 6 Pages

    The issue of mob mentality happens frequently as people depend too much on one another and easily get influenced by what the majority of the people think and decide. The internal or hidden pressure among the group is another factor that leads to why people follow the majority. As everyone started to change when “All at once the crowd swayed towards the island and were gone-following Jack. Even the tiny kids went and did their best among the leaves and broken branches” (Golding 38). Once Jack had become a stubborn dictator, one by one people started to follow him.

    Read More

  • April Raintree Quotes

    668 Words  | 3 Pages

    Amongst other groups who share similar movements, today’s society is riddled with

    Read More

  • The Crucible Mob Mentality Analysis

    665 Words  | 3 Pages

    More than 20 people were executed during the Salem Witch Trials between 1692 and 1693. The play The Crucibles written by Arthur Miller a historical fiction piece based on the Salem Witch Trials. The play shows the struggles of a small town with a big controversy with mob mentality and justice themes throughout the play. Mob Mentality or otherwise called Cult Mentality which is describing humans that have been influenced by their peers around them and move together as a whole or “herd”, they adopt such behaviors from the others apart of their group. Mob Mentality is shown in multiple parts of The Crucibles examples are when the girls are all dancing together in the woods taking part in the so called ritual which happens to be very much out

    Read More

  • 12 Angry Men Groupthink Analysis

    842 Words  | 4 Pages

    It is a natural human instinct to want to be acknowledge by your peers, yet it is also important to be a critical thinker. Irving Janis in 1972 created the term groupthink. He believed groupthink occurs inside a group of similar people that want to keep from being different, resulting in incoherent decision-making. The 1957 film "12 Angry Men," uses groupthink, which influenced the verdict vote in the case of a teenager accused of murdering his father. The purpose of this essay is to examine groupthink and to represent Dr. Irving Janis’ symptoms of groupthink in the film.

    Read More

  • Merton's Theory Of Gang Formation

    908 Words  | 4 Pages

    This paper draws on existing sociological research in identifying a number of theories used in explaining the formation of gangs. The theories discussed are social structure theories, social conflict theory, and social process theories all of which highlight elements of strain in different forms as they relates to gang formation. According to Merton, (as cited in Schneider & Tilly, 2004) structural theories significantly emphasize the role of social and economic structures as the causes of delinquent behavior and tend to treat criminal behavior as the result of the undesirable and dysfunctional structures (P. 3.).

    Read More

  • Gangs Inflict Social Problems

    1495 Words  | 6 Pages

    Gangs are believed to be a type of human conflict in sociology. Some believe that gangs are a problem because they have been around within society and therefore it is assumed to be a problem. However some think that it is manufactured paranoia that is created by people who want to assert fear and panic to profit from such as to agencies and special groups. Knowing that Gangs inflict problems in society makes society believe that gangs are the roots of all problem, therefore it is a social problem, however this is argued to be contradictory as people themselves can create the problem by pinning it on what society has already agreed to be unacceptable.

    Read More

  • Frederic Thrasher: The Emergence Of Gangs

    1375 Words  | 6 Pages

    The term gang can be attached to a legion of groups which would include outlaws from back in the nineteenth century in the west of America, a congregation of unruly prison inmates, members of the triads, the mafioso, and other organised criminal entities such as sons of anarchy a know motorcycle gang, and groups of socially displaced inner city youths. Despite its diverse definition, the term gang most of the times denotes the involvement to illegal or disreputable activities. The term gang were mostly facilitated by social scientists they use this term to describe a group of juveniles, this research can be dated back to 1927 with the involvement of Frederic Thrasher's literature titled The Gang: A study of 1313 gangs in Chicago.

    Read More

More about Mob Mentality In The 21st Century

Open Document