Book Summary Smart mobs emerge when communication and computing technologies amplify human talents for cooperation. The title of this book is a mild pun. The coming wave, says Rheingold, is the result Our Stores Are Open Book Annex Membership Educators Gift Cards Stores & Events Help Smart Mobs takes us on a journey around the world for a preview of the next techno-cultural shift. The impacts of smart mob technology already appear to be both beneficial and destructive, used by some of its earliest adopters to support democracy and by others to coordinate terrorist attacks. Some readers will doubtless find familiar ideas in "Smart Mobs:" for whatever odd reason, 2002 has been The Year of Books About Self-Organizing Social Networks, thanks to writers as different at Steven Johnson ("Emergence") and Mark Taylor ("The Moment of Complexity").

The impacts of smart mob technology already appear to be both beneficial and destructive, used by some of its earliest adopters to support … Smart mobs emerge when communication and computing technologies amplify human talents for cooperation. Smart mobs are particularly known for their ability to mobilize quickly. The book covers subjects from text-messaging culture to wireless Internet developments to the impact of the web on the marketplace. Smart Mobs takes us on a journey around the world for a preview of the next techno-cultural shift. Smart mobs: the next social revolution User Review - Not Available - Book Verdict. A smart mob is a group whose coordination and communication abilities have been empowered by digital communication technologies. Smart Mobs: The Next Social Revolution is a book by Howard Rheingold dealing with the social, economic and political changes implicated by developing technology. People are using smart "mobs" (rhymes with "robes") to become smart "mobs" (rhymes with "robs"), meaning, sophisticated mobile Internet access is allowing people who don't know each other to act in concert. Rheingold coined the term smart mobs to describe groups of people able to act in concert by using mobile media and wireless computer networks to organize collective actions, even without knowing one ... Read full review milSuite provides a collection of social business tools for Department of Defense (DoD) personnel that facilitates professional networking, learning, and innovation through knowledge sharing and collaboration.