View film: Cults of Dangerous Devotion -The History Channel Specific information on…

View film: Cults of Dangerous Devotion -The History Channel
Specific information on Warren Jeffs, Aum Shinrikyo?? -4 Specifics of Jones’ childhood, early church in Indiana, why he moved to San Francisco? What happened there? Why the move to South America? What was the outcome of Jonestown in Guyana? How many people died?
View the initial segments including Warren Jeffs, Aum Shinrikyo, Jim Jones/Jonestown, then skip to Branch Davidians/David Koresh.
Response paper due. Give detailed data from the film as well as your views/thoughts/reactions to the individuals and their use of propaganda and collective behavior dynamics.
Specifically include info on the special characteristics of collective behavior: 1) Emotional contagion (2) Heightened suggestibility (3) Slackening of normal restraints as well as the use of propaganda techniques.
Summarize what happened at Jonestown. Who was Jim Jones and how did he come into power? Why did people believe him and follow him to South America?
Similarly, who was David Koresh (real name)? How did he come to be known as David Koresh? What powers did he have over his followers at the Branch Davidian compound in Waco, Texas? What was the outcome there?