Shared identity creates orderliness that makes routine dangerous crowding survivable

Evidence

Moreover, we should not expect a linear effect of increasing density on subjective safety for those high in identification with the crowd; at a certain level (>5 ppm2), crowd density becomes dangerous. Above this level, people lose the ability to move independently (Fruin, 2002) let alone to be considerate or give support to others; and any minor collision can be amplified in a wave effect, leading to a fatal crowd crush (Still, 2014), Nevertheless, the key point to emerge from the Hajj study was an explanation for how an event that routinely reaches levels of density that most experts would regard as dangerous has involved relatively few fatalities over the years. As with BBB2, the weight of the evidence strongly suggests that this has to do with the spontaneous orderliness of the crowd, based on a shared identity. — John Drury, The role of social identity processes…, 151

Categorization

• XREF: The claim that felt safety in numbers can draw high-identifiers into denser areas connects to the reader’s literature on crowd dynamics and risk compensation in disaster response. — connects to: Shared identity with a crowd converts density from threat into safety — John Drury, The role of social identity processes…, 150; Facing a shared threat transforms individuals into a psychological crowd with emergent shared identity — John Drury, The role of social identity processes…, 49; Shared identity turns crowds from irrational mobs into solidarity-based adaptive resources — John Drury, The role of social identity processes…, 164 (+7 more)

Related

• Shared identity with a crowd converts density from threat into safety (similarity 0.92)
• Shared identity turns crowds from irrational mobs into solidarity-based adaptive resources (similarity 0.89)
• Shared identity in crowds produces solidarity and expected mutual support. (similarity 0.87)
• Shared identity with a crowd increases helping and decreases pushing others aside. (similarity 0.86)
• Crowd density lowers felt safety only for those weakly identifying with the crowd. (similarity 0.85)
• Shared identity that enables crowd helping often emerges during an emergency rather than pre-existing. (similarity 0.84)
• A shared identity can emerge within a crowd only after an emergency begins. (similarity 0.84)
• Facing a shared threat transforms individuals into a psychological crowd with emergent shared identity (similarity 0.84)
• Shared identity can emerge rapidly during, not before, an emergency. (similarity 0.83)
• Shared fate in danger makes strangers act as one group offering help. (similarity 0.83)
• Shared danger makes people feel close to strangers and motivates mutual help. (similarity 0.83)
• Shared social identity is the causal variable predicting solidarity among disaster strangers. (similarity 0.82)
• Crowd identification predicts helping and reduces pushing in evacuation simulations. (similarity 0.82)
• Greater perceived threat of death produces more solidarity among strangers, not more competition. (similarity 0.82)
• Shared danger of death heightens unity among strangers in an emergency. (similarity 0.82)

Broader Connections

• Shared identity turns crowds from irrational mobs into solidarity-based adaptive resources #corroborates (0.92) — John Drury, The role of social identity processes…, 164
• Shared identity in crowds produces solidarity and expected mutual support. #corroborates (0.90) — John Drury, The role of social identity processes…, 104
• Shared identity with a crowd increases helping and decreases pushing others aside. #expands (0.85) — John Drury, The role of social identity processes…, 56
• People act together because shared identity lets each expect others will join #expands (0.83) — John Drury and Rupert Brown and Roberto González and Daniel Miranda, Emergent social identity and observing…, 130
• Facing a shared threat transforms individuals into a psychological crowd with emergent shared identity #qualifies (0.80) — John Drury, The role of social identity processes…, 49
• Shared identity underpins commoner formation and collective action. #expands (0.78) — Jessica Carrick-Hagenbarth, Institutional Bricolage and Commoning…, 133
• Shared identity generates expectations of support and trust among group members #corroborates (0.78) — John Drury, The role of social identity processes…, 16
• Witnessing identity-mates panic or flee can spread that behaviour through crowds #complicates (0.75) — John Drury, The role of social identity processes…, 17
• Crowds arouse sub-individual instincts while organized groups transcend individuals #contradicts (0.72) — Georg Simmel, on individuality and social forms_…, 345