Net smart : how to thrive online /

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:Rheingold, Howard, author.
Imprint:Cambridge, MA : MIT Press, ©2012.
Description:1 online resource (322 pages) : illustrations
Language:English
Subject:
Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11146335
Hidden Bibliographic Details
ISBN:9780262301497
0262301490
9781280498992
1280498994
9780262017459
0262017458
9786613594228
6613594229
9780262526135
0262526131
9780262526135
Digital file characteristics:data file
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
English.
Print version record.
Summary:Like it or not, knowing how to make use of online tools without being overloaded with too much information is an essential ingredient to personal success in the twenty-first century. But how can we use digital media so that they make us empowered participants rather than passive receivers, grounded, well-rounded people rather than multitasking basket cases? In Net Smart, cyberculture expert Howard Rheingold shows us how to use social media intelligently, humanely, and, above all, mindfully. Mindful use of digital media means thinking about what we are doing, cultivating an ongoing inner inquiry into how we want to spend our time. Rheingold outlines five fundamental digital literacies, online skills that will help us do this: attention, participation, collaboration, critical consumption of information (or "crap detection"), and network smarts. He explains how attention works, and how we can use our attention to focus on the tiny relevant portion of the incoming tsunami of information. He describes the quality of participation that empowers the best of the bloggers, netizens, tweeters, and other online community participants; he examines how successful online collaborative enterprises contribute new knowledge to the world in new ways; and he teaches us a lesson on networks and network building. Rheingold points out that there is a bigger social issue at work in digital literacy, one that goes beyond personal empowerment. If we combine our individual efforts wisely, it could produce a more thoughtful society: countless small acts like publishing a Web page or sharing a link could add up to a public good that enriches everybody.
Other form:Print version: Rheingold, Howard. Net smart. Cambridge, MA : MIT Press, ©2012 9780262017459