Flash Mob counducted by College students at Neyyattinkara Bus Terminal
A flash mob is a group of strangers who organize themselves, using electronic media such as cell phones or the Internet, to gather together in a public place, behave in a predetermined manner for a predetermined amount of time, and then quickly disperse.
Video – Prasanth Raj
A successful flash mob event depends on the element of surprise. Participants, called mobsters, share news about the time and place for an upcoming event through postings on blogs, chain e-mail messages, SMS text messages and social networking sites such as Facebook and Twitter.
Since then, flash mobs have been organized by many people, for many purposes, all over the world. Flash mobs have included:
- Zombie walks in various cities around the world.
- A protest against a third runway at Heathrow Airport in London.
- Mob pillow fights, known as Pillow Fight Club gatherings.
- Distribution of clothing to the homeless on Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside.
- A large group dancing to music broadcast over the public address system in a London underground station, created for a T-Mobile ad.
