Here is one of my favorite flashmobs..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WQG_TZBfLJU Jim Jim Matiya Florida Gulf Coast University [email protected] Contributor, for Karen Huffman's Psychology in Action, Video Guest Lecturettes John Wiley and Sons. Using David Myers' texts for AP Psychology? Go to http://bcs.worthpublishers.com/cppsych/ High School Psychology and Advanced Psychology Graphic Organizers, Pacing Guides, and Daily Lesson Plans archived at www.Teaching-Point.net > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Date: Tue, 24 Mar 2009 11:53:45 -0400 > Subject: RE: [tips] Fw: A Celebration of Life > > On 24 Mar 2009 at 8:13, [email protected] wrote: > > > Anyway, as Jim pointed out, it's not really a flashmob if it's created for > > a marketing purpose. > > Yes and no, according to the CNN article you cited at > http://tinyurl.com/byrekb > > The original was a staged T-mobile commercial on January 15/09, which can > be seen at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VQ3d3KigPQM > > But this led to a real flashmob event probably on February 6 which > attracted a huge crowd to successfully imitate the commercial. The > _Telegraph_ estimated the crowd at 13,000 while the original staged event > had 400 dancers The police closed the station for 90 minutes > (http://tinyurl.com/ckarxf ). An example of life imitating and outdoing > (commercial) art. > > Here's the facebook entry which started it: > http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=48729262371 > > I wasn't able to get to any of the videos of the event CNN says were > posted on Facebook. And they're not on youtube (yet). > > Stephen > > > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > Stephen L. Black, Ph.D. > Professor of Psychology, Emeritus > Bishop's University e-mail: [email protected] > 2600 College St. > Sherbrooke QC J1M 1Z7 > Canada > > Subscribe to discussion list (TIPS) for the teaching of > psychology at http://flightline.highline.edu/sfrantz/tips/ > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > > --- > To make changes to your subscription contact: > > Bill Southerly ([email protected]) --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly ([email protected])
