Share this! : how you will change the world with social networking / Deanna Zandt.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Zandt, Deanna.

Series:

BK Currents

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Social networks.

Social networks--Political aspects.

Social media.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (193 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

San Francisco : Berrett-Koehler Publishers, c2010.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Blogger, tech guru, and leading thinker on the convergence of media, activism, and technology Deanna Zandt shows how the rising tide of social media offers an unprecedented and must-seize opportunity to advance social and economic justice.

Contents:

Contents; Preface; 1 The Power of Sharing; Welcome to the Future, or, The Birth of Sharing; Sharing for the Rest of Us; How the Magic Happens; Freedom of Information Act(ion); How Connectors Feed the Magic of Sharing; Onward, Young Sharer; 2 Are We There Yet?; Why the Aggregation of Influence Is a Bad Thing; A Brief State of the Internet Union; The Dangers of Replicating Bias and Exclusion Online; Won't Mobile Fix Everything?; Change, Not Band-Aids; 3 We Are What You Share; Trading in Karma; On the Internet, Everybody Knows You're a Dog; Your Life Makes History; Diving In

How Sharing Inspires Social ChangeAuthenticity, the Great Equalizer; Know Your Network, Know Yourself; 4 Trust Everyone; The Anatomy of Organic Authority; Institutional Authority on the Hot Seat; Size Doesn't Matter-Relationships Do; Avoiding the Newest Numbers Trap; An Abundance of Attention; Information Wildfires; I'm Not Dead Yet: Stopping Info Misflow; When Twittering Goes Awry; Lessons of Iran's Aftermath; Your Networks Save the Day; Your Network's Role in Building and Managing Your Authority-Sanely; Playing by New Rules; 5 Sharing Is Daring

Free-For-All Organizing, and the Secret Tyrants We All AreHow to Be a Useful Agent of Change; Lions and Tigers and Bears! Oh, My(Space)! The Fears People Have; The Monsters Under the Bed; The Benefits Far Outweigh the Hard Parts; CONCLUSION: What the Future Holds; RESOURCES; Yeah, But...; Tips for Individuals; Tactics for Organizations; Crowdfunding Share This!; Notes & Treats; Acknowledgments; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; About the Author

Notes:

"A BK Currents book."

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786613281555

9781283281553

1283281554

9781605094175

160509417X

OCLC:

642661384