The work focuses on the study of the phenomenon of political flash mob. The authors have analyzed the riots of 2014 in Ferguson, the US with similar processes that occured in the United States in 2011. It is shown that the strengthening of the protest movement in the United States has bared social problems of the American society, designating the risks of strengthening the role of the state above law and society. The impact of the new trend of network technology on the traditional forms of political participation is analyzed. The authors also identified the communication mechanism of political flash mobs in Russia and the US – political hashtags.

political flash mob, political management, networking technologies, Ferguson, the Internet, USA, virtual reality, political hashtags

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