ELIZABETH CORTEZTECH IN ED

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Flash Mobs

What is Flash Mob

It’s a group of people who assemble in a public place, performing an atypical and seemingly pointless act for a brief time, then quickly disperse, often for the purposes of entertainment, satire, and artistic expression.

Wikipedia

http://www.analogartistdigitalworld.com/2011/01/flash-mob.html

Flash Mob America“….spontaneous public event, such as mass choreographed dances, that begin with one person and grow to hundreds, then quickly disappear. Viewed by surprised an unsuspected audience and capturing it all on camera, to celebrate, honor, and bring awareness to artists, charities, campaigns, and social causes.

http://www.flashmobamerica.com

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Flash Mob? Or Smart Mob?

The term, coined in 2003, did not apply to events and performances organized for the purpose of politics (such as protests), commercial advertisement, and publicity stunts. Instead the term smart mobs is applied to these planned purpose for social activity.

Flash mobs can be seen as a specialized form of smart mob

July 8, 2004, the 11th edition of the Concise Oxford English Dictionary added Flash mob. It noted it as an "unusual and pointless act" separating it from other forms of smart mobs such as types of performance, protests, and other gatherings

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flash_mob

Smart Mob

In 2002, Howard Rheingold published Smart Mobs. Smart Mobs is when

people use modern media to coordinate collective action for better or for worse.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EhqwIuqJIA0

Dictionary.com describes smart mobs as a large group of people mobilized by social media to meet in a public place typically for the purpose of social or political protest.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2prHm1BcU1k

Additional Resources

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