Here comes everybody : the power of organizing without organizations / Clay Shirky.
Material type: TextPublication details: New York : Penguin Books, 2009.Description: 344 p. : ill. ; 21 cmISBN:- 9780143114949
- 0143114948
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Standard Loan | Clonmel Library Main Collection | 303.4833 SHI (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | R09288KRCC |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
"A fascinating survey of the digital age . . . An eye-opening paean to possibility." -- The Boston Globe
"Mr. Shirky writes cleanly and convincingly about the intersection of technological innovation and social change." -- New York Observer
An extraordinary exploration of how technology can empower social and political organizers
For the first time in history, the tools for cooperating on a global scale are not solely in the hands of governments or institutions. The spread of the internet and mobile phones are changing how people come together and get things done--and sparking a revolution that, as Clay Shirky shows, is changing what we do, how we do it, and even who we are. Here, we encounter a whoman who loses her phone and recruits an army of volunteers to get it back from the person who stole it. A dissatisfied airline passenger who spawns a national movement by taking her case to the web. And a handful of kids in Belarus who create a political protest that the state is powerless to stop. Here Comes Everybody is a revelatory examination of how the wildfirelike spread of new forms of social interaction enabled by technology is changing the way humans form groups and exist within them. A revolution in social organization has commenced, and Clay Shirky is its brilliant chronicler.
"With an updated epilogue"--Cover.
Includes bibliography (p. [325]-336) and index.