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Web of Influence, Miscellaneous books, links, and resources

1. Supplemental texts

1.1. General

  1. Locke, Christopher (2001). Cluetrain Manifesto ISBN: 0738204315, 190 pp. Perseus Books Group (January, 2001)

  2. Surowiecki, James (2004) The Wisdom of Crowds. Random House.

  3. Nexus isbn 0393041530, 235 pp., W. W. Norton & Company; 1st edition (May 1, 2002), chapter 2

  4. Rheingold, Howard (1993). Virtual Community ISBN: 0262681218, 360 pp. The MIT Press (November 1, 2000)

  5. Lakoff's "Elephant in the room"

  6. Nunberg's "The way we talk now"

  7. Orwell's "Politics of Language"

1.2. Group Behavior

  1. Mackay, Charles (2003) Extraordinary Popular Delusions & the Madness of Crowds. Harriman House.

  2. Surowiecki, James (2004) The Wisdom of Crowds. Random House.

  3. Rheingold, Howard (2002). Smart Mobs. http://smartmobs.com/

  4. Rheingold, Howard (1993). Virtual Community.

1.3. Networks

  1. Nexus (?)

  2. Watts, Duncan. Six Degrees

1.4. Emergent effects

  1. The Tipping Point, Malcolm Gladwell

1.5. About Blogging

  1. [WWW]Blogging As Typing, Not Journalism

  2. [WWW]IT Kitchen: technology behind wiki and blogs

  3. Case studies:

    1. Swift Boat Veterans for Truth

    2. CBS Bush AWOL Memos

    3. Swarthmore, PA economics professor fiasco (Astroturf)

    4. Diebold email - copyright

    5. Alex's Lemonade (local story)

  4. [WWW]What is Moblogging?

1.6. Blogs

  1. http://blogger.com/

  2. http://typepad.com/

  3. Finding blogs: http://technorati.com/

  4. http://blogdex.com/

  5. http://bloglines.com/

  6. http://blogrolling.com/

1.7. Mainstream press

  1. http://abcnews.com/

  2. http://foxnews.com/

  3. http://cbsnews.com/

  4. http://cnn.com/

  5. http://nbcnews.com/

  6. http://nytimes.com/

  7. http://washingtonpost.com/