Product Details
ISBN: 9780738208619
Category: History of Engineering & Technology
Format: Paperback
Publication Date: 2003-09-25
Publisher: Perseus Books
Country of origin: United States
Edition: New edition
Pages: 288
Pagination: 288 pages
Dimensions (mm): 229x153x20mm
Weight: 376g
Smart Mobs: The Next Social Revolution
A vivid mural of thenew frontier of the mobile Web. - Fast Company . Smart Mobs takes us on a journey around the world for a preview of the next techno-cultural shift. The coming wave, says Rheingold, is the result of super-efficient mobile communications-cellular phones, wireless-paging, and Internet-access devices-that will allow us to connect with anyone, anytime, anywhere.Rheingold offers a penetrating perspective on the new convergence of pop culture, cutting-edge technology, and social activism. He also reminds us that the real impact of mobile communications will come not from the technology itself but from how people use it, resist it, and adapt to it.