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Ideal for art and media educators within preservice and higher education spaces, this book equips readers to prepare their students to be thoughtful and critical producers of their own media that can effectively advocate for social change.
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TorontoWe have led more than 50 Reference Panels and Citizens’ Assemblies contributing approximately 71,000 volunteer hours to policy-making in Canada — making MASS internationally recognized for its work in public deliberation.
Sharing economy and urban commons are inherently intertwined.
Shira Eve Epstein provides the best practical guide for teachers who want their students to confront social problems.” —Peter Levine, Lincoln Filene Professor of Citizenship & Public Affairs, Tufts University
This is what happens with most technologies: They begin in the hands of the few, and they end up in the hands of the many
Who Counts? is the story of the lawsuits, congressional hearings, and bureaucratic intrigues surrounding the 1990 census
This clear-eyed guide steps back from hyperbolic hopes and fears to offer a balanced account of what aspects of politics are being shaped by digital media and what remains unchanged
Exploring the relationship between technology and cities, this book brings together an outstanding group of authors in the field to provide a critical and necessary examination of the disruption that is under way.
In this eBook, Designing the Urban Future: Smart Cities, we take a good look this relatively new concept, starting with Section 1, "Cities of the Future," which tackles what makes a city smart.
As we move into an era of unprecedented volumes of data and computing power, the benefits aren't for business alone. Data can help citizens access government, hold it accountable and build new services to help themselves. Simply making data available is not sufficient. The use of data for the public good is being driven by a distributed community of media, nonprofits, academics and civic advocates. This report from O'Reilly Radar highlights the principles of data in the public good, and surveys areas where data is already being used to great effect, covering: Consumer finance Transit data Government transparency Data journalism Aid and development Crisis and emergency response Healthcare
This White Paper sets out clearly how the UK will continue to unlock and seize the benefits of data sharing in the future in a responsible way.
This book dives into the practical applications of AI, revealing its potential to enhance services, reduce costs, and boost efficiency in local government.
This is an especially powerful volume for those interested in the strengths and weaknesses of third world structures
However, this book also shows that citizens can become disappointed by the little decision-making power they are granted, as they leave the process often more cynical than before.
In Citizen Science in the Digital Age: Rhetoric, Science, and Public Engagement, Wynn analyzes the discourse that enables these scientific ventures, as well as the difficulties that arise in communication between scientists and lay people and the potential for misuse of publicly gathered data.
This book discusses spatial practices of autonomous social movements, the movements who ‘see their everyday experiences and creations as the revolution they are making’, together with these movements and in taking the diversity of their ...
It shows how public managers need toretain and develop their own IT expertise and to carefully maintain well-contested markets if they are to deliver value for money in their dealings with the very powerful global IT industry
Whether you're an IT specialist, a city planner, a human resources manager, or any other professional in local government, this book offers a wide array of prompts designed to stimulate innovative solutions, streamline operations, and ...
This book will help today's leaders and thinkers implement these practices in their own pursuit of creative solutions that are both innovative and achievable.
This book is the story of Delmer and his modern investigator, as they each embark on their own quest to manipulate the passions of supporters and enemies, and to turn the tide of an information war, an extraordinary history that is ...
The volume explores the likely long-term effects of such uses on the conduct of politics in the USA and other nations that declare themselves modern democracies and assesses the extent to which they help or hinder viable democratic ...
The world is a heavily segregated place where we are first separated by the seven continents, broken down into many countries, then by cities, trickling all the way down to towns branching off into neighborhoods and individual homes that ...
A San Francisco Chronicle Best Book of 2016: “Intelligent and impassioned, Citizen Scientist is essential reading for anyone interested in the natural world
In this counterintuitive study of digital democracy, Jen Schradie shows how the web has become another weapon in the arsenal of the powerful, and a potent weapon for conservative activists
The book covers issues presented by the technological changes on policy making and offers a wide array of perspectives
This volume provides an important update to our current understanding of politics and the internet in a variety of new contexts, both geographically and institutionally
PRAISE FOR SMART CITIES, SMART FUTURE "Mike and Cornelia have managed to distill hundreds of ideas, sources, milestones, technologies and dreams into a thoughtful 'showcase of tomorrow'. . . their analysis, synthesis and narrative make this ...
In this book, the real-world implementations of successful Smart City technology in places like New York, Amsterdam, Copenhagen, and more are analyzed, and insights are gained from recorded attempts in similar urban centers that have not ...
Hence the volume offers an intellectual resource that expands on the current literature, but also provides a pedagogical resource to universities as well as a reflective opportunity for practitioners.
The powerful potential of digital media to engage citizens in political actions has now crossed our news screens many times
In Sharing Cities, Duncan McLaren and Julian Agyeman argue that the intersection of cities' highly networked physical space with new digital technologies and new mediated forms of sharing offers cities the opportunity to connect smart
From a perspective of practice, this research offers new insights into how organizations might recognize and more confidently integrate key design attitude capabilities that can result not only in social innovation outcomes, but also in ...
Why are some civic associations better than others at getting - and keeping - people involved in activism? From MoveOn.org to the National Rifle Association, Health Care for America Now to the Sierra Club, membership-based civic associations constantly seek to engage people in civic and political action. What makes some more effective than others? Using in-person observations, surveys, and field experiments, this book compares organizations with strong records of engaging people in health and environmental politics to those with weaker records. To build power, civic associations need quality and quantity (or depth and breadth) of activism. They need lots of people to take action and also a cadre of leaders to develop and execute that activity. Yet, models for how to develop activists and leaders are not necessarily transparent. This book provides these models to help associations build the power they want and support a healthy democracy. In particular, the book examines organizing, mobilizing, and lone wolf models of engagement and shows how highly active associations blend mobilizing and organizing to transform their members' motivations and capacities for involvement. This is not a simple story about the power of offline versus online organizing. Instead, it is a story about how associations can blend both online and offline strategies to build their activist base. In this compelling book, Hahrie Han explains how civic associations can invest in their members and build the capacity they need to inspire action.
Unleash the power of open data. Learn how to implement an open data program at your organization and use open data for transparency efforts, innovation, data analysis, and reporting.
The essays in this collection use case studies to address four vital issues of modern social advocacy
This is a unique, timely, and distinctly Australian look at a global phenomenon by two 'reflective practitioners'
The book can empower social entrepreneurs and innovators to develop and implement ideas for the betterment of society at large.
Just what is the “participatory condition”? It is the situation in which taking part in something with others has become both environmental and normative
This open access book discusses how the involvement of citizens into scientific endeavors is expected to contribute to solve the big challenges of our time, such as climate change and the loss of biodiversity, growing inequalities within ...
This second edition examines new strategies, tactics, issues, and grassroots campaigns, and revisits whether activists have learned from past mistakes.
This book was originally published as a special issue of the Journal of Civil Society.
This book provides a sophisticated and nuanced analysis of the role of mapping in contemporary global governance, and will be of interest to students and researchers within politics, geography, sociology, media, and digital culture and
This is the first book to provide much needed guidance and case studies from marine and coastal conservation.
The emergence of sharing mobility is having a profound impact on urban landscapes
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The Scottish Government's Digital Directorate's analysis of 31 digital participation platforms
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LondonA tool that provides targeted legislative insights and AI-powered analysis, delivering updates and impact assessments on legislation.
An open-source Chrome extension powered by GPT-4 that demonstrates how AI can be used to subtly manipulate the content users consume
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