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Davideckstein7

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Sociologists refer to a form of dispersed collective behavior that occurs when a large number of people react with strong emotions and self-destructive behavior to a real or perceived threat as __________.
 
  a. gossip
 b. rumor
 c. a mass mob
 d. mass hysteria

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Tabloid newspapers and magazines such as the National Enquirer and People, and television entertainment news programs that present inside information on the lives of celebrities, are sources of contemporary __________.
 
  a. panic
 b. fads
 c. gossip
 d. mass hysteria


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Reply #1 on: Jul 2, 2018
Answer to Question 1

d

Answer to Question 2

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