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May 7, 2008
Mobilizing Generation 2.0
Ben Rigby and Rock the Vote have put together a book for activists, politicos, and organizers called "Mobilizing Generation 2.0: A Practical Guide to Using Web 2.0." It is a how-to guide to help those who want to mobilize using the web, focusing on how organizers can leverage blogging, social network sites, photo/video sharing, mobile phones, wikis, maps and virtual worlds. Interspersed between the directly practical and usable are a handful of "Big Picture" essays which are intended to help organizers put the practical and usable into a broader context. I had the honor of writing one of these based on my talk last year at Personal Democracy Forum. My essay is called "Digital Handshakes in Networked Publics: Why Politicians Must Interact, Not Broadcast." In short, I outline why it is important the politicians treat the online world as another form of public space where direct outreach and interaction is critical. If you see networked publics as a modern-day street, it only makes sense to login to the street and start shaking hands.
If you're only looking to read what I've written, you can check my essay out here. If you're an organizer or activist, you might enjoy it better in the context of the whole book.
Category: politics
Tags: activism

Posted by zephoria at May 7, 2008 12:40 PM
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danah, do you know if there are online resources associated with the book?
Posted by Jon | May 7, 2008 3:47 PM
Posted on May 7, 2008 15:47
I don't know actually.
Posted by zephoria | May 7, 2008 4:09 PM
Posted on May 7, 2008 16:09
www.mobilizingyouth.org
Posted by LS | May 8, 2008 12:17 AM
Posted on May 8, 2008 00:17
Thanks LS. Some very good stuff there. I added this to the links section on the wiki page for the May 22 Computers, Freedom, and Privacy workshop on activism and education using social networks. If any readers of this thread know of other good resources, please add them to the wiki!
Posted by Jon | May 8, 2008 11:37 AM
Posted on May 8, 2008 11:37