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Entries Tagged as 'The Wisdom of Crowds'

Social Software: the Runtime Effect

November 7th, 2008 · 1 Comment

In yesterday’s post I alluded to the idea that Barack Obama’s recent US Presidential Election win could, in no small part, be attributed to his effective utilization of social media, including the use of tools and technologies like YouTube, Facebook, blogs, and even PayPal (and other online payment solutions). Citing James Surowiecki’s 2004 text The [...]

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Tags: Noam Chomsky · Propaganda Model · The Wisdom of Crowds · e-learning ecosystem · social impact of e-learning · social networks · social software