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Public panic over Covid-19 Outbreak: Criticism toward panic theory in collective behavior study

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  • AF Sigit Rochadi

    (Universitas Nasional)

  • Nur Amalina Putri

    (Sociology Department Universitas Nasional Indonesia)

  • Zaky Arsy Fauzi

    (Sociology Department Universitas Nasional Indonesia)

Abstract

This article evaluates the issue of public panic over the coronavirus outbreak in Indonesia from March to April 2020. The study was conducted with secondary data analysis sourced from competent online media, and was aimed to expand the panic scope as well as criticize the related theories in a collective behavior study. The results showed inconsistencies in the event of public panic in a crowd. This include while dealing with natural disasters, terror, sinking ships, fires, collapsed buildings or other physical threats, and also over invisible dangers, as observed with viruses. In addition, the individual disposition persists for a long time on occasions where the authorities, both political and academic, fail to immediately strategize a convincing countermeasure. Based on these findings, the study provides a critique of several theories, comprising crowd panic, emerging norms, and moral panic.

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  • AF Sigit Rochadi & Nur Amalina Putri & Zaky Arsy Fauzi, 2020. "Public panic over Covid-19 Outbreak: Criticism toward panic theory in collective behavior study," Technium Social Sciences Journal, Technium Science, vol. 10(1), pages 544-552, August.
    • Handle: RePEc:tec:journl:v:10:y:2020:i:1:p:544-552
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    1. James Dingley & Sean Herman, 2017. "Terrorism, Radicalisation and Moral Panics: Media and Academic Analysis and Reporting of 2016 and 2017 ‘Terrorism’," Small Wars and Insurgencies, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 28(6), pages 996-1013, November.
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    Keywords

    public panic; COVID-19 outbreak; crowd; collective behavior; criticism;
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    JEL classification:

    • R00 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - General - - - General
    • Z0 - Other Special Topics - - General

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