Smart mob

A smart mob is defined as a group that, contrary to the usual connotations of a mob, behaves intelligently or efficiently because of its quadratically increasing network links, enabling people to connect to information and others, to perform a task allowing a form of social coordination.

Smart Mobs: The Next Social Revolution is a book by Howard Rheingold  dealing with the social, economic and political changes implicated by developing technology. The book covers subjects from text-messaging culture to wireless Internet developments to the impact of the web on the marketplace. The author highlights the many ways in which technology alters and impacts the way in which people live and think.