This book shows anyone in business how to profit from the wisdom of crowds. Drawing on their own research and the insights from a community of more than 4,000 people, the authors have written a book that reveals what works, and what doesn't, when you are building community into …
"This timely collection of theoretical and applied studies examines the pedagogical potential and realities of digital technologies in a wide range of disciplinary contexts across the educational spectrum. By mixing content-based chapters with a theoretical perspective with case…
Wikipedia, the online encyclopedia, is built by a community - a community of Wikipedians who are expected to "assume good faith" when interacting with one another. In Good Faith Collaboration, Joseph Reagle examines this unique collaborative culture. Wikipedia, says Reagle, is …
Web 2.0 tools, including blogs, wikis, and photo sharing and social networking sites, have made possible a more participatory Internet experience. Much of this technology is available for mobile phones, where it can be integrated with such device-specific features as sensors and…
"A leading specialist on social networks writes a shocking exposé of the widespread misuse of our personal online data and creates a Constitution for the web to protect us. Social networks are the defining cultural movement of our time. Over a half a billion people are on Facebo…
"With the vast majority of Facebook users caught in a frenzy of 'friending', 'liking' and 'commenting', at what point do we pause to grasp the consequences of our info-saturated lives? What compels us to engage so diligently with social networking systems? Networks Without a Cau…
How did a nineteen-year-old Harvard student create a company that has transformed the Internet and how did he grow it to its current enormous size? In half a decade, Facebook has gone from a dorm-room novelty to a company with 500 million users. It is one of the fastest growing …
In 'The Zen of Social Media Marketing', Shama Hyder Kabani, social media expert and president of The Marketing Zen Group (MarketingZen.com), teachesyou the "Zen" of social media marketing: how to use the most popular social media tools to find marketing nirvana" --[P. 4 de la co…
Digital technologies are an everyday part of life for students and this text explores the ways in which they can be used in schools. The authors provide an insight into the research on digital technologies, stressing its relevance for schools, and suggest ways to develop new, mo…
"Facebook is now used by nearly 500 million people throughout the world, many of whom spend several hours a day on this site. Once the preserve of youth, the largest increase in usage today is amongst the older sections of the population. Yet until now there has been no major st…
"Les ressources du Web 2.0 sont devenues un réflexe et un mode de vie! Comment bien démarrer sur les réseaux sociaux, choisir la bonne stratégie en fonction de ses objectifs, bien cibler ses clients ou ses interlocuteurs? Chefs d'entreprise, étudiants, demandeurs d'emploi, auto-…
"Networks and computer-mediated communication now penetrate the spaces of everyday life at a fundamental level. We communicate, work, bank, date, check the weather, and fuel conspiracy theories online. In each instance, users interact with network technology as much more than a …