A Book & Concepts Discussion Series

Paul Schumann – CenTexWFS

Taylor Willingham – Texas Forums

Jon Lebkowsky – Extreme Democracy

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How?

• The book as a guide:12 online interactive discussions

• Discussion Guide ()

• Extreme Democracy blog ()

• Networking ()

• Texas Forums blog ()

• Survey ()

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Activist Technology

• Virtual Bonfire: A Brief History of Activist Technology: Jon Lebkowsky

• The Weblog: An Extremely Democratic Form of Journalism: Jay Rosen

• The Revolution Will Be Engineered: An Assessment of the Present and Possible Future Net-based Political Tools: Britt Blaser

• From the Screen to the Streets: Howard Rheingold

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Questions

• Of these four essays, what influenced your thinking the most?

• Was there anything controversial?

• Was there anything you can apply to your work now?

• What technology do you think will most influence the future of activism?

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Next Week

• Political tools

  • Campaign Tools: Adina Levin

  • eVoting: Phillip Windley