~20 minute video of Clay Shirky on Here Comes Everybody
Dr. Maximilian C. Forte, anthropologist at Concordia University, takes apart Shirky's Here Comes Everybody, social media and the power of group forming in this interesting and thought-provoking blog post.
The article that started a rigorous debate about the value and role of social media in activism.
Be sure to read the transcript from Ask the Author: http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/ask/2010/09/malcolm-gladwell-twitter-social-media.html
The Net Delusion argues that technology isn't necessarily good for freedom – but how else can the oppressed have a voice?
Video about whether social media influences social change in a meaningful, direct relationship way.
By 2015, technology and social networks will change the way people organize, a new report from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation and Monitor Institute finds.
The report, Connected Citizens: The Power, Peril and Potential of Networks (55 pages, PDF), draws on more than seventy examples to illustrate how networks are being used to drive transparency in government, better care for the elderly, and more effective emergency assistance in the wake of disasters. Part of Knight's Technology for Engagement initiative, the report imagines three scenarios of how society might change as a result of the evolving way people connect to information and each other. One scenario projects a world of distrust where concerns about privacy dominate and people retreat from the public space; another foresees a more trusting environment where residents are willing to connect to improve their communities at a local level; and a third depicts an extremely mobile society shaped more by personal preferences than place.
(From: http://www.ncgrantmakers.org/news/62431/Social-Networking-Tools-Will-Continue-to-Drive-Change-Report-Suggests.htm)
I'd like to thank all who participated in my study, "Networked Neighborhood: Hyperlocal Media and Community Engagement in Columbia Heights, Washington, D.C.", when I sent the survey to this list earlier this spring. I greatly appreciate the input of all who were willing to share their experiences with me, and now I'd like to share my findings with you. I presented my thesis in the form of a website, so you can visit it here:
https://commons.georgetown.edu/blogs/networkedneighborhood/
There are a few multimedia tools built into the site, including a news aggregator/visualization tool powered by Dipity, that I think you might find interesting, as well. There's also a chapter on the history of Columbia Heights.
The title says it all. Includes links to other ruminations about the topic.
Book review published in Journal of Policy Analysis and Management Volume 29, Issue 2, Article first published online: 10 MAR 2010
A 6-minute video in which the author summarizes his book.