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Davis, Peter Davis, Peter A. Robinson, Valleri Mitchell, Tom Bishop, Mardia Gailey, Benjamin Joseph 2015-09-29T21:03:12Z 2015-09-29T21:03:12Z 2017-09-30T09:15:18Z 2015-08 2015-07-17 2015-8 This dissertation analyzes the performance methodology and reception of various flash mobs performed from 2003 to 2015. This twelve year history is separated into three periods. The first period consists of Bill Wasik’s initial flash mob performances, a series of eight events known as the Mob Project. These performances establish the three commonalities I use to define and identify flash mob performance- the anonymity between performer and spectator, the overloading of space, and the performance of incongruous action. The second period begins with the popularity of the T-Mobile flash mob commercial “Dance,” which introduced the use of a Protagonist and the “performer/spectator.” The third period is characterized by the use of flash mobs as advertisements by sponsoring organizations in order to achieve authentic alignment between themselves and their audience. All three periods are unified by a common potential reception on the part of the spectator- a reception that corresponds to Tzvetan Todorov’s theory of the Fantastic. Submission published under a 24 month embargo labeled 'Closed Access', the embargo will last until 2017-08-01 The student, Benjamin Gailey, accepted the attached license on 2015-07-10 at 17:04. The student, Benjamin Gailey, submitted this Dissertation for approval on 2015-07-10 at 17:10. This Dissertation was approved for publication on 2015-07-17 at 09:07. DSpace SAF Submission Ingestion Package generated from Vireo submission #8412 on 2015-09-29 at 15:05:58 Made available in DSpace on 2015-09-29T21:03:12Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 2 GAILEY-DISSERTATION-2015.pdf: 1294638 bytes, checksum: 4945f7b7d4fe94212e9649fc1d4eb358 (MD5) LICENSE.txt: 4212 bytes, checksum: 5520cd0dcdda32cc6e350af725ee6c33 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2015-07-17 Embargo set by: Seth Robbins for item 89556 Lift date: 2017-09-29T21:03:28Z Reason: Author requested closed access (OA after 2yrs) in Vireo ETD system Embargo set by: Seth Robbins for item 89556 Lift date: 2017-09-29T21:08:35Z Reason: Author requested closed access (OA after 2yrs) in Vireo ETD system Limited Restriction Lifted for Item 89556 on 2017-09-30T09:15:18Z. application/pdf http://hdl.handle.net/2142/88276 en Copyright 2015 Benjamin Gailey Flash mobs YouTube Fantastic Authenticity Theatre Performance Studies The performance and reception of flash mobs: authenticity, YouTube, and the fantastic text text Theatre Theatre University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Dissertation Ph.D.