
PsychologyJuly 19, 2022
What Keeps a Crowd from Becoming a Mob?
Amid COVID, studies in Denmark suggest that crowds do not always engage in bad behavior—and that mass-gatherings sometimes offer meaningful connection
Séamus A. Power is a cultural psychologist at the University of Copenhagen.

What Keeps a Crowd from Becoming a Mob?
Amid COVID, studies in Denmark suggest that crowds do not always engage in bad behavior—and that mass-gatherings sometimes offer meaningful connection