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Anonymity - The quality or state of having no known name or identity or known source. Takes away accountability for one's actions.
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Crowd - Groups of people bonded by some common interest.
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Deindividuation - Loss of self-awareness and evaluation apprehension; occurs in group situations that foster responsiveness to group norms, good or bad.
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Flash Mob - A group of strangers organized by electronic media, who gather together in a public place, behave in a pre-determined (and often silly) manner for a pre-determined amount of time, and quickly disperse.
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Group - Any number of people considered a unit.
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Herd Instinct - Characterized by a lack of individuality, herd instinct is associated with people thinking and acting like the general population.
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Mob - A highly emotional crowd whose members engage in, or are ready to engage in, violence against a specific target, which may be a person, a category of people, or physical property.
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