Increasingly, community is a part of technology, a driver of technology, and an emergent effect of technology. Rheingold has appeared on today, good morning america, abc primetime live, cnn, cbs news, nbc news, macneilllehrer report, nprs fresh air and marketplace. Homesteading on the electronic frontier both published by the mit press, and smart mobs. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read smart mobs. The impacts of smart mob technology already appear to be both beneficial and destructive, used by some of its earliest adopters to support democracy and by others to coordinate terrorist attacks. Howard rheingold is the wellknown author of smart mobs and many other books describing the evolution of our societies. The next social revolution perseus, 2002, the most recent book by the man who described the desktop revolution in 1994.
Top 25 quotes by howard rheingold of 119 az quotes. Cyberculture chronicler howard rheingold on smart mobs, smart environments, and smart choices in an age of connectivity, pp. This is the second part of a general introduction to the book and project no straight lines. Howard rheingolds video blog ted speaker writer, artist and designer, theorist and community builder, howard rheingold is one of the driving minds behind our netenabled, open, collaborative life. I think we are already seeing political demonstrations in the philippines, korea, spain, and china. Howard rheingolds latest book is a kind of travelogue, wending. Howard rheingold on what makes a community a community duration. The next social revolution new ed by rheingold, howard isbn. Homesteading on the electronic frontier 1993, which was one of the first books to treat the internet as a social and cultural environment worthy of popular and academic attention.
Howard rheingold, born july 17, 1947, phoenix, arizona, u. The next social revolution kindle edition by howard rheingold. Howard rheingold, an influential writer and thinker on social media, is the author of tools for thought. Its typical of howard rheingold to throw down such a brightlycolored rhetorical gauntlet, and then to describe how smart mobs are emerging in places as diverse as tokyo, antiglobalization protests, and virtual communities. All of these things were theories or isolated subcultures when he wrote his book, now they are the reality.
Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading smart mobs. The weblog associated with the book has become one of the top 200 of the 8 million blogs tracked by technorati, and won utne magazines independent press award in 2003 in 2005, howard taught a course at stanford university on a literacy of cooperation, part of a longterm. The concept was introduced by howard rheingold in his book smart mobs. If you define smart mob as the use of internet andor mobile telephones to organize collective action in the social, cultural, economic, andor political spheres. A website and weblog about topics and issues discussed in howard rheingolds book smart mobs. Howard rheingolds most popular book is exploring the world of lucid dreaming. I was interested in reading a new topic that was relevant to today, and the title smart mobs was a phrase that i was not all too familiar with that caught my attention howard rheingold is known as a writer and critic of the social implications of modern technology. Rheingold offers a penetrating perspective on the new convergence. The next social revolution 2003 the virtual community. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Smart mobs are particularly known for their ability to mobilize quickly. The next social revolution ebook written by howard rheingold. The social implications of that revolution are discussed in smart mobs. Howard rheingold has 30 books on goodreads with 15624 ratings.
Howard rheingold s most popular book is exploring the world of lucid dreaming. A smart mob is a group whose coordination and communication abilities have been empowered by digital communication technologies. People are using smart mobs rhymes with robes to become smart mobs rhymes with robs, meaning, sophisticated mobile internet access is allowing. Smart mobs use mobile media and computer networks to organize collective actions, from swarms of techosavvy youth in urban asia and scandinavia to citizen revolts on the streets of seattle, manila, and caracas. In 2002, rheingold published smart mobs, exploring the potential for technology to augment collective intelligence. Rheingold offers a penetrating perspective on the new convergence of pop culture.
The coming wave, says rheingold, is the result of superefficient mobile communicationscellular phones, wirelesspaging, and internetaccess devicesthat will allow us to connect with anyone, anytime, anywhere. Author, smart mobs howard rheingold fell into the computer realm from the typewriter dimension, then plugged his computer into his telephone and got sucked into the net. People are using smart mobs rhymes with robes to become smart mobs rhymes with robs, meaning. The next social revolution kindle edition by rheingold, howard. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. November 04, 2002 howard rheingolds smart mobs is not the first book to be written about the adhocratic times we find ourselves living in, and it wont be the last, but page for page, you wont find a better summingup of all the disparate bitzenpieces that add up to a genuine social revolution. The history and future of mindexpanding technology, the virtual community. Smart mobs emerge when communication and computing technologies amplify human talents for cooperation. Howard rheingold howard rheingold, an influential writer and thinker on social media, is the author of tools for thought.
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