Howard Rheingold, Free-range Instigator
Independent: http://www.rheingold.com
UC Berkeley; Stanford
Three Expertise Keywords:
civic-engagement, participatory-media, public-voice
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Why Digital Media and Learning?
democratization of access to media won’t guarantee a richer culture or a healthier democracy—what people know about media and how to use it matters.
Recent Posts:
- Howard Rheingold on participatory media, public voice, civic engagement (December 7, 2006)
Description of Current Work:
Teaching theory and practice of virtual community and social media, participatory media and collective action, digital journalism at UC Berkeley and Stanford. Developing syllabi, resource repositories, material for teachers, including screencasts and videos, working developing a free/open source social media media classroom—and operating instructions.
Selected Publications/Projects/Articles/Press:
http://www.rheingold.com has two of my books
http://www.smartmobs.com is blog follow up to most recent book
various press at http://del.icio.us/hrheingold/rheingold
“Using Participatory Media and Public Voice to Encourage Civic Engagement”, in MacArthur Series Volume Civic Life Online: Learning How Digital Media Can Engage Youth
Available Online: http://www.mitpressjournals.org/doi/abs/10.1162/dmal.9780262524827.097
http://weblogs.annenberg.edu/diy/ DIY Media Seminars at USC/Annenberg
http://traumwerk.stanford.edu:3455/Rheingold/79 Digital Journalism at Stanford
