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Tuesday, May 29, 2012

'Boredom' Proves To Be Trigger For 'Flash Mobs'

A new study suggests “flash mobs” are launched because of boredom and the desire to “provoke older people and make havoc.”

Described by one youth in a newly published study as a gathering in which “a certain age group of children go … to provoke older people and make havoc,” some flash mobs have turned violent, with large-scale attacks taking place most recently in Norfolk, Va., and Newark, N.J.

Organizers in Cleveland Heights, Ohio, recently canceled the annual Coventry Arts Street Fair because 1,000 young people disrupted the event in “flash mob fashion” last year by fighting and “running at reckless abandon.”

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1 comment:

Anonymous said...

What's the difference between a cash mob and a flash mob?