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Here comes everybody : the power of organizing without organizations /

By: Shirky, Clay
Material type: BookPublisher: New York : Penguin Press, 2008.Description: 344 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.ISBN: 9781594201530; 1594201536Subject(s): Information technology -- Social aspects | Computer networks -- Social aspects | Internet -- Social aspects | Online social networks | Social networking -- Internet resourcesDDC classification: 303.48/33 Online resources: Location Map
Summary:
Looks at how tools such as instant messaging, mobile phones, Weblogs, and wikis have amplified group communications, and discusses how changes in communications are transforming society.
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REGULAR University of Wollongong in Dubai
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303.4833 SH HE (Browse shelf) Available T0050086
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [308]-319) and index.

It takes a village to find a phone -- Sharing anchors community -- Everyone is a media outlet -- Publish, then filter -- Personal motivation meets collaborative production -- Collective action and institutional challenges -- Faster and faster -- Solving social dilemmas -- Fitting our tools to a small world -- Failure for free -- Promise, tool, bargain.

Looks at how tools such as instant messaging, mobile phones, Weblogs, and wikis have amplified group communications, and discusses how changes in communications are transforming society.

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