Sociology / Soc 1779 · Atom · ~20 seconds
Crowd, Mass, and Public, Distinguished
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A crowd is people in close proximity; a mass shares an interest without closeness; a public shares ideas across a diffuse whole.
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A concert crowd, online-game players as a mass, and scattered supporters of a position as a public illustrate the three.
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A mass shares interests and a public shares ideas; collapsing the terms erases what each holds in common.