tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-126076462011-04-21T11:26:20.467-07:00Participatory Innovations in the Politics.Gregory D. Saxtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02956082960206564192noreply@blogger.comBlogger11100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12607646.post-1115084575643786232005-05-02T18:42:00.000-07:002005-07-16T08:53:37.770-07:00The <a href="http://www.smartmobs.com/">Smart Mobs</a> site features a blog related to the issues covered in Howard Rheingold's latest book, <i>Smart Mobs: The Next Social Revolution.</i> "Smart mobs" are an excellent example of a wholly decentralized approach to the organization and mobilization of stakeholders. Using dynamically updated websites, cell phones, and "swarming" tactics, smart mobs have thus far played crucial roles in the anti-WTO protests of "The Battle in Seattle" and in the toppling of Philippine President Estrada.<br /><br />Rheingold sees tremendous changes in society as a result of smart-mob technology: "Already, governments have fallen, youth subcultures have blossomed from Asia to Scandinavia, new industries have been born and older industries have launched furious counterattacks."<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/12607646-111508457564378623?l=participatorysociety-politics.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Gregory D. Saxtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02956082960206564192noreply@blogger.com1