Panic, Irrationality, and Herding: Three Ambiguous Terms in Crowd Dynamics Research

Figure 3

Visualising the frequency of quotes on the term irrationality that convey support for the theory versus those that challenge it. The pie charts on the left show the frequency of the supporting comments across the disciplines (on the top) and across the study types (in the bottom). Similarly, the pie charts on the right show the frequency of the contradicting comments again across the disciplines (on the top) and across the study types (in the bottom). The column chart in the middle compares the frequency of these comments in total regardless of the discipline or type of the study from which the comments were extracted.