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August 27, 2004
Ads for influencers
I posted at Red Herring yesterday about the Swift Boat ads as an innovation in campaign strategy: Swift results. The ads were designed for a target audience that would amplify their messages rather than for voters in general. In the long run, it signals a fundamental change in the way ideas are disseminated.
Posted by Mitch Ratcliffe at 8:11 PM
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August 26, 2004
Chapter 11. eVoting
Chapter 11. eVoting by Phil Windley, Ph.D.
Posted by Jon Lebkowsky at 12:43 AM
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August 15, 2004
Potential Chapter: The Calculus of Political Power
This PDF is a draft of a chapter that we are considering including in the book to address the widespread application of the notion of "scale-free networks" to social systems, which, while it is a powerful idea, ignores all the externalities that actually shape social decisions.
Your comments are welcomed!
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August 14, 2004
Chapter 10. Social Network Dynamics and Participatory Politics
Posted by Jon Lebkowsky at 8:58 PM
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Chapter 9. It's the Conversations, Stupid! The Link between Social Interaction and Political Choice
Posted by Jon Lebkowsky at 8:51 PM
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August 12, 2004
Open Thread, August 11, 2004
Here's the place to start discussions about general issues related to the book, the forum or democracy. In the words of P.D. Eastman, "Go, dog, go."
Posted by Mitch Ratcliffe at 7:08 AM
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August 11, 2004
There's more on the way
What you see on the site now consists of about half the book. The second half is being formatted and produced as you read.
Posted by Mitch Ratcliffe at 7:22 AM
August 10, 2004
Chapter 8. The dead hand of modern democracy: Lessons for emergent post-modern democrats
Posted by Jon Lebkowsky at 8:42 PM
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Chapter 7. From the Screen to the Streets
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Chapter 6. Two ways to emerge, and how to tell the difference between them
Posted by Jon Lebkowsky at 8:41 PM
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Chapter 5. Building on Experience
Posted by Jon Lebkowsky at 8:40 PM
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Chapter 4. Deep Confidence in the People
Posted by Jon Lebkowsky at 8:34 PM
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Chapter 3. Power Laws, Weblogs, and Inequality
Posted by Jon Lebkowsky at 7:53 PM
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Chapter 2. The Second Superpower
Posted by Jon Lebkowsky at 7:52 PM
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Chapter 1. Emergent Democracy
1. Emergent Democracy by Joi Ito (Edited and revised by Jon Lebkowsky)
Posted by Jon Lebkowsky at 7:51 PM
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Foreword
Posted by Jon Lebkowsky at 7:50 PM
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August 9, 2004
Preface
Posted by Jon Lebkowsky at 12:27 AM
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