Without a perceived shared threat, crowds fracture into antagonistic competitors for space.

Evidence

In contrast, and again as we would expect, those who reported no shared threat tended to report little unity with the rest of the crowd. For example, ‘Fatboy Slim 3’ was a partygoer who did not perceive any threat from the tide. She approached the event with an initial feeling of ‘being part of something’. But this changed very rapidly when she perceived other crowd members as antagonistic competitors for space rather than part of a common group of fellow party-goers (see Extract 1 above). — John Drury and Chris Cocking and Steve Reicher, Everyone for themselves? A comparative…, 74

Categorization

• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — John Drury and Chris Cocking and Steve Reicher, Everyone for themselves? A comparative…, 74
• XREF: connects to: Crowds turn psychological when members share perceived antagonism. — John Drury and Chris Cocking and Steve Reicher, Everyone for themselves? A comparative…, 16; A psychological crowd forms from mere co-presence under shared threat. — John Drury and Chris Cocking and Steve Reicher, Everyone for themselves? A comparative…, 104; An ambiguous, unconcretized threat fragments rather than unites a crowd. — John Drury and Evangelos Ntontis, A SOCIAL IDENTITY MODEL OF COLLECTIVE…, 27 (+3 more)

Related

• Crowds turn psychological when members share perceived antagonism. (similarity 0.84)
• An ambiguous, unconcretized threat fragments rather than unites a crowd. (similarity 0.81)
• A psychological crowd forms from mere co-presence under shared threat. (similarity 0.79)
• Facing a shared threat transforms individuals into a psychological crowd with emergent shared identity (similarity 0.78)

Broader Connections

• Crowds turn psychological when members share perceived antagonism. #corroborates (0.92) — John Drury and Chris Cocking and Steve Reicher, Everyone for themselves? A comparative…, 16
• A psychological crowd forms from mere co-presence under shared threat. #contradicts (0.90) — John Drury and Chris Cocking and Steve Reicher, Everyone for themselves? A comparative…, 104
• Facing a shared threat transforms individuals into a psychological crowd with emergent shared identity #contradicts (0.88) — John Drury, The role of social identity processes…, 49
• Shared danger dissolves in-group rivalries into common humanity #contradicts (0.85) — John Drury and Chris Cocking and Steve Reicher, Everyone for themselves? A comparative…, 66
• An ambiguous, unconcretized threat fragments rather than unites a crowd. #expands (0.80) — John Drury and Evangelos Ntontis, A SOCIAL IDENTITY MODEL OF COLLECTIVE…, 27
• Crowds arouse sub-individual instincts while organized groups transcend individuals #expands (0.72) — Georg Simmel, on individuality and social forms_…, 345