I'm quite interested in the type of transient and diffuse social phenomenon exhibited by flash mob behaviour. While the boundary between organized social action and flash mobbing seems a bit permeable, the latter fascinates me more probably because of its seeming randomness.
I found this overview of flash mobs and it even mentions Rheingold's concept of Smart Mobs. Good stuff!
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Tamara Paradis [aka "Sashay"]
...a late-30s retired IT analyst turned digital culture researcher and sociologist. Once a resident of Montreal, she has now settled into a house near downtown Toronto with her dog Sandy and two great housemates, who've got her watching a lot of TV. She's doing a joint MA at York University & Ryerson University. She hopes to find the perfect digital culture PhD program and, eventually, write the great Canadian novel. In the meantime, she plays with Sandy in the park, wanders around Second Life looking lost, reads a lot of philosophy and digital theory and concots experimental dishes in her beloved slow cooker. And this?...
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