Share This!

How You Will Change the World with Social Networking

Author: Deanna Zandt
ISBN: 9781605094168

The development of the social web--the set of digital tools that allow people to connect with one another and share their stories—offers extraordinary potential to change what voices get heard in the global conversation.  This is unlike anything the world has seen in a thousand years.  Change agents working to make the world a better place need not just to be on board with social media--we also need to drive and shape the conversation. Because whoever’s story gets heard is in the driver’s seat.   Share This! explains the importance of social media as a part of an overall ecosystem of tools for change, and examines how broader participation by marginalized voices can foster opportunity on both the individual and collective levels.  Tech-savant Zandt devotes special attention to the challenges that women face, including concerns about privacy, security and reputation, and includes interviews with Shireen Mitchell, Danah Boyd, Cheryl Contee, Beka Economopoulos, and other social

Publisher: Berrett-Koehler Publishers
Publish Date: 2010

Subjects: Computers / Web / Social Networking, Political Science / Civics & Citizenship, Political Science / Political Process / Political Advocacy

This book is available in the following Community Centers: Women's Center (Location: Social Media )