Encyclopedia > Smartmob

  Article Content

Smartmob

As technology grows, methodology like peer to peer networking, mobile communications and pervasive computing[?] are changing the ways in which people organize and share information. This decentralized organizational structure powered by readily available technology is termed a "Smartmob".

Smartmobs have begun to have an impact in current events, as cell phones and text messages have empowered everyone from revolutionaries in Malaysia to individuals protesting the second Iraq war. Individuals who have divergent worldviews and methods have been able too coordinate in short term goals thanks to these technologies.


See the Smartmob (http://www.smartmobs.com) weblog for more information and current event updates.



All Wikipedia text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License

 
  Search Encyclopedia

Search over one million articles, find something about almost anything!
 
 
  
  Featured Article
Bullying

... have inherently negative implications, it merely designated anyone who assumed power for any period of time without a legitimate basis of authority. The first to hav ...

 
 
 
This page was created in 23.8 ms