05494nam 2200697Ia 450 991078447750332120230207223922.01-280-52222-497866105222241-4175-3971-20-7821-5109-4(CKB)1000000000348233(EBL)267306(OCoLC)475991974(SSID)ssj0000225353(PQKBManifestationID)11202549(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000225353(PQKBWorkID)10229659(PQKB)10444767(MiAaPQ)EBC267306(Au-PeEL)EBL267306(CaPaEBR)ebr10131905(CaONFJC)MIL52222(EXLCZ)99100000000034823320040624d2004 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrThe power of many[electronic resource] how the living Web is transforming politics, business, and everyday life /Christian CrumlishSan Francisco Sybexc20041 online resource (288 p.)Includes index.0-7821-4346-6 The Power of Many: How the Living Web Is Transforming Politics, Business, and Everyday Life; Front matter; Contents; Acknowledgments; Foreword; Introduction; Chapter 1: People Get Ready; In My Day, We Shared Music via Snail; Who Was Howard Dean and How Did He Go So Far?; When Did Everyone Get a Blog?; There's Something Happening Here--What It Is Ain't Exactly Clear; Television Not Meeting Our Needs; Ridiculously Easy Group Formation; The Smart Mob; The Web Comes Alive; It's the People, Stupid; Sources and Further Reading; Chapter 2: All Politics Is Personal; From Insurgents to FrontrunnersWho Was That Brusque Man? Learning from Webloggers; First-Mover Advantage; The Move On Example; Meetup Ties the Web to the Real World; Adopting Internet Technologies; Developing Custom Solutions; Producing Results: The 100 Revolution; A Virtual War Room Isn't Enough; Backspin: ""They're Not Trying to Stop Me. They're Trying to Stop You.""; The Blogging of the President 2004; Peer-to-Peer Democracy; Incumbency vs. Disruptive Technologies; The Whole World Is Watching; Watching the Whole World; Let 1,000 Flowers Bloom; An Open Civic Space; Sources and Further ReadingChapter 3: Getting Off the Couch What Motivates People; What People Need; Critical Mass; The Second Superpower; Think Globally, Act Locally; Online Methods for Real-World Organizers; Bringing It Home; Urban Activism; Saving the Bay; Identifying Stakeholders; Millions of Moms; Who Gets the Data?; To Your Health; To Nonprofit or Not to Nonprofit; ""Give Me What Move O's Got""; Sources and Further Reading; Chapter 4: Meet the Neighbors; A Sense of Place; Portland Communique; Habitat for Humanity; A ""You Are Here"" Toolkit; Educating Locally; Serious Tools for Playing AroundLocalized Social Networking All Politics Is Local; Somebody Call 311; Moving into Communities of Interest; Sources and Further Reading; Chapter 5: Visible Means of Support; Mutual Support from Shared Experiences; The Unique Experiences of Veterans; Getting Beyond the Stigma of Asking for Help; A Tale of Two Mail Lists; From Shared Needs to Concerted Action; Sources and Further Reading; Chapter 6: Culture Jamming the Hollywood Megalith; Jamming in Real Time; Jamming in Unreal Time; It's My Happening . . .; First Person, Confessional; Fandom as Contemporary Folk Culture; Temporary Autonomous ZonesCommunity Creativity The Oldest Established Permanent Floating Flash Mob in New York; Now Appearing; Sources and Further Reading; Chapter 7: Doing Business with Strangers; Six Degrees of Hesitation; Another Day, Another Social Network Software Launch; Handshakes and Letters of Recommendation; Doing Deals without Meeting; The Downsides of YASNs; Privacy, Security, Terms of Service; Open Source Social Networks; Social Software versus Social Network Software; Providing Presence; Business Blogging; The End of Mass-Market Advertising; Permission Marketing; Real Customer ServiceSources and Further Reading""A lot of people are starting to use the Internet to reconnect themselves to their neighborhood, their community, and the world. The Power of Many is a great survey of the way this is really being accomplished by many individuals working together.""-Craig Newmark, founder of craigslist.org ""What a fascinating topic. If you're interested in the future, the past, or the present, then you should read this book.""-Scott Heiferman, Co-Founder of Meetup.com and Fotolog.net The development of social networks on the Web touches countless aspects of our everyday lives. With instantWorld Wide WebSocial aspectsWorld Wide WebPolitical aspectsInternetPolitical aspectsInformation societyInternetSocial aspectsWorld Wide WebSocial aspects.World Wide WebPolitical aspects.InternetPolitical aspects.Information society.InternetSocial aspects.303.48/33Crumlish Christian41867MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910784477503321The power of many3833059UNINA