NetActivism: How Citizens Use the Internet

Abstract

From the Publisher: NetActivism's author, Ed Schwartz, has been a leader in citizen movements for more than 30 years and a major figure in Philadelphia politics for 20 years. He maintains a Web site that serves community activists across the country, a mailing list that discusses civic values, and ties to a community network that organizes citizens across the city. Schwartz was among the first political activists to see and understand the potential of the Internet to return political power to the grassroots. In this book Schwartz shows how political and social activists can marshal their forces, broadcast their views, and build alliances on the Internet. NetActivism is the first book to explain how citizens can use the Internet to level the playing field with the political power brokers. Those already active in politics and community issues will find NetActivism to be an instruction manual for Internet activism. Those who still feel powerless will be energized by the prospect of once again having a meaningful voice in the political debate.

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