Rebooting America

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by: danah boyd

For those who haven’t seen it already, Rebooting America is out. Edited by Allison Fine, Micah Sifry, Andrew Rasiej and Josh Levy, this book contains a collection of essays from a bunch of super awesome folks, including Yochai Benkler, Susan Crawford, Esther Dyson, Newt Gingrich, Craig Newmark, Howard Rheingold, Doug Rushkoff, Clay Shirky, David Weinberger …. and moi. You can download the whole book here or buy it here. If you just want to read my essay, check it out:

Can Social Network Sites Enable Political Action?

This essay complements "Digital Handshakes in Networked Publics: Why Politicians Must Interact, Not Broadcast" from Ben Rigby’s Mobilizing Generations 2.0.

Original Post: http://www.zephoria.org/thoughts/archives/2008/07/31/rebooting_ameri.html