Flash Mobs
The Flash Mobs
Nowadays, people consider electronic devices to be one of the important parts of their everyday lives because they can communicate with others whenever and from wherever they want.
There are some young people who are mobilized by social media to meet in a public place for the purpose of doing an unusual or entertaining activity for a brief time to surprise both media and society by their pointless act, often for the purposes of entertainment, satire, and artistic expression. It not only effects the young generation in one place but also the whole world. They are called the “Flash Mobs” (“Round dance flash mob joins Idle No More.”).
It sounds so strange to have the word “flash” and “mobs” combined. Are these two words even related? The answer is yes. It is actually based on a group of people communicating with each other to gather for a specific purpose. The word “flash” stands for speedy and overwhelming. Witnesses usually don’t know what’s going on because the mobs just throw out unusual ideas and disappear so quickly (“Definition of flash in English.”). People instantly stereotyped this new social activity group, so they used the word “mob.” It is a word to describe a big crowd of people that cause trouble and violence. (“Definition of mob in English.”).
The first Flash Mobs event was created by a man named Bill Wasik. He organized about 130 people and gathered in Macy’s department store in Manhattan. The crowd surrounded a rug with a $10,000 tag, and then they told every approaching clerk that they all live together and they were shopping for a “love rug”. In a flash, they were gone. That was also considered as the first social experience of the flash mobs (“Mobs in the Age of Mobile Connectivity.”).
Also, flash mobs are usually distinguished as two different types: one is called “Smart Mobs,” and the other one is called “Violent Mobs” or “Black Mobs”.
The term “Smart Mobs” is more well-known for creative dancing and singing events or
Nowadays, people consider electronic devices to be one of the important parts of their everyday lives because they can communicate with others whenever and from wherever they want.
There are some young people who are mobilized by social media to meet in a public place for the purpose of doing an unusual or entertaining activity for a brief time to surprise both media and society by their pointless act, often for the purposes of entertainment, satire, and artistic expression. It not only effects the young generation in one place but also the whole world. They are called the “Flash Mobs” (“Round dance flash mob joins Idle No More.”).
It sounds so strange to have the word “flash” and “mobs” combined. Are these two words even related? The answer is yes. It is actually based on a group of people communicating with each other to gather for a specific purpose. The word “flash” stands for speedy and overwhelming. Witnesses usually don’t know what’s going on because the mobs just throw out unusual ideas and disappear so quickly (“Definition of flash in English.”). People instantly stereotyped this new social activity group, so they used the word “mob.” It is a word to describe a big crowd of people that cause trouble and violence. (“Definition of mob in English.”).
The first Flash Mobs event was created by a man named Bill Wasik. He organized about 130 people and gathered in Macy’s department store in Manhattan. The crowd surrounded a rug with a $10,000 tag, and then they told every approaching clerk that they all live together and they were shopping for a “love rug”. In a flash, they were gone. That was also considered as the first social experience of the flash mobs (“Mobs in the Age of Mobile Connectivity.”).
Also, flash mobs are usually distinguished as two different types: one is called “Smart Mobs,” and the other one is called “Violent Mobs” or “Black Mobs”.
The term “Smart Mobs” is more well-known for creative dancing and singing events or
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