Group behaviour in sociology refers to the situations where large number of people in a given area behave simoultanesly in similar way and have a similar goal, but they individaully and without coordiantion. Social interactions of people and their consequences are the subject of sociology studies. ...

For example, a large group of people (crowd, mob) is likely to show examples of group behaviour when a group of people, gathered in a given place and time will act in a similar way - for example, they will join a protest or a march, take place in a fight or welcome an idol. The Crowd an influencial and acclaimed American film released in 1928, and nominated for the Academy Award for Unique and Artistic Production that same year. ... The word mob has its origins in the 17th century when it was formed from the latin mobile vulgus, meaning a vacillating crowd. ... 2003 GMO USDA protest Protest expresses relatively overt reaction to events or situations: sometimes in favour, more often opposed. ... March is the third month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of seven Gregorian months with the length of 31 days. ... A fight is an act to establish dominance over an opposition by causing harm by physical or mental damage. ... The term idol (derived from Greek eid-, videre, to see. ...

Special forms of group behaviour are:

• crowd
• spectators - when a group of people gathered togheter on purpose to participate in an event like theatre play, cinema movie, football match, a concert, etc.
• public - exception to the rule that the group must occupy the same physical place. People watching same channel on television may react in the same way, as they are occupying the same type of place - in front of TV - although they may physically be doing this all over the world

Group behaviour differs from mass actions because mass action refers to people behaving similary on a more global scale (for example, shoppers in different shops), while group behaviour refers to people in one place. If the group behaviour is coordinated, then it is called group action. The Crowd an influencial and acclaimed American film released in 1928, and nominated for the Academy Award for Unique and Artistic Production that same year. ... The Spectator is a British conservative political magazine, established 1828, published weekly. ... Theatre is that branch of the performing arts concerned with acting out stories in front of an audience using combinations of speech, gesture, music, dance, sound and spectacle — indeed any one or more elements of the other performing arts. ... This article deals with the history and development of the different sports around the world known as football. For links to articles on each of those sports, please see the list in the Football today section of this article. ... Singer-songwriter Dayna Manning performs. ... Public is of or pertaining to the people; belonging to the people; relating to, or affecting, a nation, state, or community; opposed to private; as, the public treasury, a road or lake Public also refers to the general body of mankind, or of a nation, state, or community; the people... Mass action in science is the idea that a large number of small units (especially atoms or molecules) acting randomly by themselves can in fact have a larger pattern. ... Group action in sociology refers to the situations where large number of people in a given area behave simoultanesly in similar way with have a similar goal, and their actions are and coordinated. ...

See also

• crowd psychology
• mob rule (ochlocracy)
• social behaviour