Civic engagement on the move
Subtitle: how mobile media can serve the public good : a report of the Aspen Institute Roundtable on Media and Civic Engagement
By: J. D. Lasica, rapporteur
Contributors: San Francisco State University. Center for Renaissance Journalism; Lasica, J. D., 1955-; Aspen Institute; Communications and Society Program (Aspen Institute)
Publisher: The Aspen Institute Publications Office
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Queenstown, MD
Language: eng
Number of pages: 95
ISBN-13: 9780898434903
Subjects: Mobile communication systems; Social aspects; Congresses; Cellular telephone systems; Community development; Civic improvement; Common good
Other titles: Civic engagement on the move; Communications and Society Program; Report of the Roundtable on Mobile Media and Civic Engagement in partnership with the Center for Renaissance Journalism
Description: Contextualizes the discussions held at the roundtable conference that attempted to untangle the puzzle: "How can we take advantage of the dramatic surge in the use of cellphones and other mobile media devices to draw people out of their cocoons and into activities that benefit community?"--Foreward (p. vii)
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 57-60) and glossary.
Table of contents: title: Setting the table: mobile media and community; title: Coming together for the solidarity and affinity; title: Glimmers of what's ahead: mobile media in the wild; title: Computerized neighborhood environment tracking (ComNET); title: Political uses of mobile media; title: Mobile information services for the public good; title: Creative uses of mobile media; title: Informing the mobile generation; title: An explosive growth in community media; title: A note of caution in the rush to citizen media nirvana; title: Civic engagement and the new mobile activism; title: SexINFO: a pilot SMS mobile project for urban youth; title: Elements of a successful mobile campaign; title: Barriers to the mobile civic sphere; title: Barriers of price; title: Barriers of closed networks; title: Barriers of access; title: Strategies for adapting mobile to the civic sphere; title: Social-cultural forms of mobile media; title: EdText; title: Journalism and mobile media; title: M-governance and civic engagement; title: Goals of m-governance; title: Horizons: mobile media and the public good; title: Appendix. Mobile advocacy do's and don'ts / Katrin Verclas; title: A mobile activism user's guide / Jed Alpert; title: Competitive representation and m-governance / Charles M. Firestone.