CauseWired : plugging in, getting involved, changing the world
Title:
CauseWired : plugging in, getting involved, changing the world
Author:
Watson, Tom, 1962-.
ISBN:
9780470375044
9780470918203
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Publication Information:
Hoboken, N.J. : Wiley, c2009.
Physical 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.
Abstract:
"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 - from Facebook causes and campaigns on MySpace to startups like Kiva, DonorsChoose, and Change.org. It covers the massive societal impact of online social networks in raising money for charity, changing the political climate, electing candidates, and raising consciousness for causes, from the local to the global."--BOOK JACKET.
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