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CauseWired : plugging in, getting involved, changing the world

Author: Tom Watson
Publisher: Hoboken, N.J. : Wiley, ©2009.
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"For today's super-wired, always-on, live-life-in-public young Americans, the causes they support define who they are. Redefining twenty-first-century activism, CauseWired: Plugging In, Getting Involved, Changing the World identifies some of the best examples of the cause culture in action and will motivate you to launch yourself down the path of wired social change." "This book showcases wired causes in action -  Read more...
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Additional Physical Format: Online version:
Watson, Tom, 1962-
CauseWired.
Hoboken, N.J. : Wiley, c2009
(OCoLC)679479616
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Tom Watson
ISBN: 9780470375044 0470375043 9780470918203 0470918209
OCLC Number: 209788410
Description: xxxiii, 237 p. ; 24 cm.
Contents: Lost in the flood : wired causes rise --
Friending for good : the facebook philanthropists --
Signing up to fight evil : the network acts --
Portfolios for change : peer-to-peer philanthropy --
Defined by causes : the public lives of millennials --
From the bottom up : the order is rapidly fading --
Spare the paperwork : the quick rise of flash causes --
Heralds of change : giving goes open source --
Aspiration and activism : armies of online leaders --
Distributing the CauseWired future.
Responsibility: Tom Watson.

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Now in paperback, an eye-opening guide to the massive societal impact of online social networks For today's super-wired, always-on, live-life-in-public young Americans, the causes they support  Read more...

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