The next book presented in our TINST207 class is titled “Smart Mobs” by Howard Rheingold. These five gentlemen did an awesome job in their book presentation (hands down!). I found this book very riveting and this book is my favorite of all case studies in this class. The author talks about how people from Manila (in the Philippines) used text messaging to ignite an ouster of the their corrupt Philippine president. They used their wireless devices or cellphones through text transmissions to convene and circumvent military barricades. They successfully deposed their president and the rest is history: all because of the high-tech digital revolution. In conclusion, the author tells about the capabilities of network technological gadgets such as cell phones, SMS, pagers, and Web on transforming, changing and shaping different parts of the world such as Tokyo (in Japan), Helsinki (in Finland), and our very own World Trade protest in Seattle. I'm telling you, aside from buying “Burn Rate” by Michael Wolff, I have plans on owning this book too. I love this class! Thanks Professor Fry for giving us this wealth of knowledge!
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