Chris Cocking
@chriscocking.bsky.social
Social Psychologist interested in crowd behaviour, mass emergencies, pandemics, collective resilience, social influence, public messaging & media/social discourse. No unsolicited DMs please
Seeing more eyewitness reports about #TrainAttack on the news provides further evidence of bystanders intervening in this incident. It seems that the actions of these “zero-responders” quite possibly saved lives last night
November 2, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Seeing more eyewitness reports about #TrainAttack on the news provides further evidence of bystanders intervening in this incident. It seems that the actions of these “zero-responders” quite possibly saved lives last night
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Next, @chriscocking.bsky.social presented his preliminary findings on his collective identity research concerning the right-wing protests in the UK since the August 24 riots by exploring using visual and audio data collection methods 🧵3/5
September 10, 2025 at 10:28 AM
Next, @chriscocking.bsky.social presented his preliminary findings on his collective identity research concerning the right-wing protests in the UK since the August 24 riots by exploring using visual and audio data collection methods 🧵3/5
1) It's nonsense to claim that something said on stage at a festival could incite a riot nearly 2 months later at an entirely different event
2) Riots are complex events that involve escalating group interactions & don't usually start because 1 individual has 'incited' others to start rioting
2) Riots are complex events that involve escalating group interactions & don't usually start because 1 individual has 'incited' others to start rioting
June 30, 2025 at 4:45 PM
1) It's nonsense to claim that something said on stage at a festival could incite a riot nearly 2 months later at an entirely different event
2) Riots are complex events that involve escalating group interactions & don't usually start because 1 individual has 'incited' others to start rioting
2) Riots are complex events that involve escalating group interactions & don't usually start because 1 individual has 'incited' others to start rioting
During Kneecap's set, they called for a riot outside the court on 20/8 when Mo Chara is due to appear, but later said they didn't want people to riot. It would be ridiculous for the Police investigation to conclude that this amounts to incitement to riot for 2 main reasons as follows
June 30, 2025 at 4:38 PM
During Kneecap's set, they called for a riot outside the court on 20/8 when Mo Chara is due to appear, but later said they didn't want people to riot. It would be ridiculous for the Police investigation to conclude that this amounts to incitement to riot for 2 main reasons as follows