flash mobs

(noun)

a group of people who assemble suddenly in a place, perform an unusual and seemingly pointless act for a brief time, then disperse, often for the purposes of entertainment, satire, and artistic expression.

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Examples of flash mobs in the following topics:

  • Marketing as an Entrepreneurial Force

    • ., flash mobs, crowdsourcing) to develop clever and relevant campaigns.

  • Understanding Apps in a Marketing Context

    • Viral marketing may take the form of video clips, interactive Flash games, ebooks, brandable software, images, text messages, email messages, or web pages.

  • Consumer Privacy Issues

    • Some websites use numerous advertisements like flashing banners to distract users or feature misleading images designed to look like error messages from a user's operating system rather than advertisements.