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**"The Internet seems to be better at saying 'stop' than it is at saying 'go.' In this urgent overview of a decade of experiments in online organizing, Micah Sifry shows us what happened and lays out what's next." -Seth Godin "No one better grasps the interplay between innovative media technology and politics than Micah Sifry." -Kevin Phillips "A leading participant in and observer of how the Internet is changing politics and society." -Katrina vanden Heuvel**Now that communication can be as quick as thought, why hasn't our ability to organize politically-to establish gains and beyond that, to maintain them-kept pace? The web has given us both capacity and speed: but progressive change seems to be something perpetually in the air, rarely manifesting, even more rarely staying with us. Micah L. Sifry, a longtime analyst of democracy and its role on the net, examines what he calls "The Big Disconnect." In his usual pithy, to-the-point style, he explores why data-driven politics and our digital overlords have failed or misled us, and how they can be made to serve us instead, in a real balance between citizens and state, independent of corporations. The web and social media have enabled

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Author

Sifry, Micah L

Publisher

OR Books, LLC

Published

2014

Language

EN

ISBN

9781939293503

Category

science

Subjects

Sociology, Political Science, Science

Rating

3.94 / 5 (26 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14