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John Hand, EPRSC (Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council) http://www.epsrc.ac.uk/default.htm on their Digital Economy Programme.Part of Wealth of Networks 2008 conference, 24 July 2008, Imperial College Internet Centre http://www.internetcentre.imperial.ac.uk/  

Yochai Benkler presents a lecture entitled "The Wealth of Networks: How U.S. Internet policies are undermining both freedom and growth." The lecture was presented at the Center for American Progress on May 31, 2006.

The economic impact of digital technologies: how the news industry is changing, why people pirate music etc, why DRM doesn't work, the economic inefficiencies of Web 2.0, impact on privacy, and possible new business models. Chaired by Thierry Rayna (Imperial College Internet Centre), with Paul Bourgine (Ecole Polytechnique, France), Gary Graham (University of Manchester), Samuel Landau (Comwax CTO), Ludmila Striukova (University College London). Part of Wealth of Networks 2008 conference, 24 July 2008, Imperial College Internet Centre

Today, information and communication technologies such as Facebook, MySpace, and Twitter are some of the most popular technologies available on the Internet, with millions of users worldwide. Research is still trying to discover how people use them, for what purposes, and in what settings, and investigate how they may be shaping the ways they think, work, and communicate. In this article, the author describes two of the trends in using these tools that she and her colleagues see happening, based on their own research. First, social bookmarking sites, such as Delicious, Diigo, and CiteULike, can provide the resources to facilitate a scholarly approach to teaching where teachers concerned with developing research-based best practices can collectively assemble, annotate, recommend, and share scholarly resources, such as books, journal articles, websites, and contacts. Second, social networking tools, such as Facebook, Classroom 2.0, Ning, and Twitter, can be used to garner collective emotional support and recognition for one's creative practices. In their work studying the potential educational benefits and challenges of social network site use among urban teenagers, the author and her colleagues found that such technologies could function as social learning resources and spaces for new literacy practices. (Contains 9 resources.)

Today, information and communication technologies such as Facebook, MySpace, and Twitter are some of the most popular technologies available on the Internet, with millions of users worldwide. Research is still trying to discover how people use them, for what purposes, and in what settings, and investigate how they may be shaping the ways they think, work, and communicate. In this article, the author describes two of the trends in using these tools that she and her colleagues see happening, based on their own research. First, social bookmarking sites, such as Delicious, Diigo, and CiteULike, can provide the resources to facilitate a scholarly approach to teaching where teachers concerned with developing research-based best practices can collectively assemble, annotate, recommend, and share scholarly resources, such as books, journal articles, websites, and contacts. Second, social networking tools, such as Facebook, Classroom 2.0, Ning, and Twitter, can be used to garner collective emotional support and recognition for one's creative practices. In their work studying the potential educational benefits and challenges of social network site use among urban teenagers, the author and her colleagues found that such technologies could function as social learning resources and spaces for new literacy practices. (Contains 9 resources.)

Today, information and communication technologies such as Facebook, MySpace, and Twitter are some of the most popular technologies available on the Internet, with millions of users worldwide. Research is still trying to discover how people use them, for what purposes, and in what settings, and investigate how they may be shaping the ways they think, work, and communicate. In this article, the author describes two of the trends in using these tools that she and her colleagues see happening, based on their own research. First, social bookmarking sites, such as Delicious, Diigo, and CiteULike, can provide the resources to facilitate a scholarly approach to teaching where teachers concerned with developing research-based best practices can collectively assemble, annotate, recommend, and share scholarly resources, such as books, journal articles, websites, and contacts. Second, social networking tools, such as Facebook, Classroom 2.0, Ning, and Twitter, can be used to garner collective emotional support and recognition for one's creative practices. In their work studying the potential educational benefits and challenges of social network site use among urban teenagers, the author and her colleagues found that such technologies could function as social learning resources and spaces for new literacy practices. (Contains 9 resources.)

The Wealth of Networks: How Social Production Transforms Markets and Freedom is a book by Harvard Law School professor Yochai Benkler published by Yale University Press on April 3, 2006. The book has been recognized as one of the most influential works of its time concerning the rise and impact of the Internet on the society, particularly in the sphere of economics. It also helped popularize the term Benkler coined few years earlier, the commons-based peer production (CBPP). A PDF of the book is downloadable under a Creative Commons Noncommercial Sharealike license. Benkler has said that his editable online book is "an experiment of how books might be in the future", demonstrating how authors and readers might connect instantly or even collaborate.

The Wealth of Networks: How Social Production Transforms Markets and Freedom is a book by Harvard Law School professor Yochai Benkler published by Yale University Press on April 3, 2006. The book has been recognized as one of the most influential works of its time concerning the rise and impact of the Internet on the society, particularly in the sphere of economics. It also helped popularize the term Benkler coined few years earlier, the commons-based peer production (CBPP). A PDF of the book is downloadable under a Creative Commons Noncommercial Sharealike license. Benkler has said that his editable online book is "an experiment of how books might be in the future", demonstrating how authors and readers might connect instantly or even collaborate.

Mike Benedetti reads Yochai Benkler's "The Wealth of Networks." Thanks to Nick Nassar, Avera Morrison, and Doug Higgs for equipment solidarity.