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
Or putting it another way, it’s similar to Andy Burnham joining a direct action protest in the road in support of people protesting against a decision made by the judicial system over which he has ultimate responsibility as the leader of the national government! #NorthernIreland
September 27, 2026 at 7:57 AM
Or putting it another way, it’s similar to Andy Burnham joining a direct action protest in the road in support of people protesting against a decision made by the judicial system over which he has ultimate responsibility as the leader of the national government! #NorthernIreland
The #Belfastattack seems to have happened in a Nationalist area & I guess that the man who intervened is from the Nationalist community, as hurling is a sport associated with Ireland (& not GB). However, the current disorder seems to be coming from members of the Loyalist community
June 11, 2026 at 10:02 AM
The #Belfastattack seems to have happened in a Nationalist area & I guess that the man who intervened is from the Nationalist community, as hurling is a sport associated with Ireland (& not GB). However, the current disorder seems to be coming from members of the Loyalist community
apologies I forgot to include link in post- added it in extra post to previous thread
March 27, 2026 at 5:54 PM
apologies I forgot to include link in post- added it in extra post to previous thread
Sorry I forgot to provide link for paper with @profjohndrury.bsky.social & @evangelospsych.bsky.social on panic-buying I mentioned in previous post!
It should be freely available to all via
journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...
It should be freely available to all via
journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...
Is it really “panic buying”? Public perceptions and experiences of extra buying at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic
Shopping behaviour in response to extreme events is often characterized as “panic buying” which connotes irrationality and loss of control. However, “panic buying” has been criticized for attributing ...
journals.plos.org
March 27, 2026 at 5:53 PM
Sorry I forgot to provide link for paper with @profjohndrury.bsky.social & @evangelospsych.bsky.social on panic-buying I mentioned in previous post!
It should be freely available to all via
journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...
It should be freely available to all via
journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...
Yes words matter. When the media report stockpiling behaviour as ‘panic buying’ then it increases such behaviour exponentially. If they reported the equally true story that there is enough to go round if you just buy what you need, then stockpiling behaviour decreases
March 26, 2026 at 11:38 AM
Yes words matter. When the media report stockpiling behaviour as ‘panic buying’ then it increases such behaviour exponentially. If they reported the equally true story that there is enough to go round if you just buy what you need, then stockpiling behaviour decreases
Paper I did with @evangelospsych.bsky.social @profjohndrury.bsky.social & others explores concept of 'panic-buying' before 1st COVID-19 lockdown & argues that stockpiling behaviour happens because of broader structural factors and not people's psychological vulnerability- eg they don't 'panic'!
March 26, 2026 at 9:21 AM
Paper I did with @evangelospsych.bsky.social @profjohndrury.bsky.social & others explores concept of 'panic-buying' before 1st COVID-19 lockdown & argues that stockpiling behaviour happens because of broader structural factors and not people's psychological vulnerability- eg they don't 'panic'!