In this article, http://www.worldchanging.com/archives/005507.html, Ethan Zuckerman offers bloggers an overview and a review of Cass Sunstein’s book, Infotopia: How Many Minds Produce Knowledge.  The review is fairly long and covers a large amount of information and Sunstein’s argument about how today’s society aggregates information—for better of worse.  While I cannot cover all of Sunstein’s points, […]

Article Link: http://blogs.zdnet.com/micro-markets/?p=1022
In this article, Donna Bogatin questions whether online social networks have benefited the campaign of former Senator John Edwards, a Democratic candidate for the 2008 election. She suggests that Edwards is trying to adopt a “User Generated Politics Approach,” but has failed. Bogatin defines this approach as using social networking […]

In “Social Networks in Silicon Valley,” a chapter of The Silicon Valley Edge: A Habitat for Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Emilio J. Castilla, Hokyo Hwang, and Mark and Ellen Granovetter profile the social networks and institutions that make Silicon Valley a unique social […]