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Flash mob

A flash mob (or flashmob) is a group of people that assembles suddenly in a public place, performs for a brief time, then quickly disperses, often for the purposes of entertainment, satire, and/or artistic expression. Flash mobs may be organized via telecommunications, social media, or viral emails.

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Flash mob

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Avg. degree1.96
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Flash mob

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related to Further reading · 58
Flash mob → A13, Agar, Andrew, Archived, August, BBC News, Bill, Cambridge, Carey, Century Protest, Christopher, CNN, Communication, Constant Touch, Culture, Dadaist Lunacy, Dickey, Dull Month, Essays, Flash Mob Craze Spreads
related to First flash mob · 13
Flash mob → Anyone, Bill Wasik, Harper's Magazine, Hyatt, June, Macy's, Manhattan, More, New York, SoHo, Subsequently, The, Wasik
related to Precedents and precursors · 13
Flash mob → Commenting, Flash, Flash Crowd, Howard Rheingold, In, Larry Niven, Lev Grossman, Smart Mobs, The Next Social Revolution, We, While, With, Yippies
related to Use of the term · 11
Flash mob → Also, China, Concise Oxford English Dictionary, English, Flash, Internet, July, The, This, Wasik's, Webster's New Millennium Dictionary
related to Crime · 8
Flash mob → Bill Wasik, Duke University, In, Mark Leary, NRF, Referred, The National Retail Federation, What
related to Legality · 7
Flash mob → Braunschweig, Brunswick, Germany, In, The, The British Transport Police, United Kingdom
related to External links · 5
Flash mob → Flash, The, Wikimedia Commons, Wiktionary Media, Wiktionary-logo-en-v2

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the Yippies used street theatre to expose the public to political issuesinstance ofgroups0.80text
types of performanceinstance ofseparating it from other forms of smart mobs0.80text
protestsinstance ofseparating it from other forms of smart mobs0.80text
and other gatheringsinstance ofseparating it from other forms of smart mobs0.80text
Flash mobrelated to CrimeReferred0.60section
Flash mobrelated to CrimeThe National Retail Federation0.60section
Flash mobrelated to CrimeIn0.60section
Flash mobrelated to CrimeNRF0.60section
Flash mobrelated to CrimeMark Leary0.60section
Flash mobrelated to CrimeDuke University0.60section
Flash mobrelated to CrimeWhat0.60section
Flash mobrelated to CrimeBill Wasik0.60section

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