We're in an age of information overload, and too much of what we
watch, hear and read is mistaken, deceitful or even dangerous. Yet
you and I can take control and make media serve us -- all of us --
by being active consumers and participants. Here's how. With a
Foreword by Clay Shirky Praise for Mediactive: "Dan Gillmor has
thought more deeply, more usefully, and over a longer period of
time about the next stages of media evolution than just about
anyone else. In Mediactive, he puts the results of his ideas and
experiments together in a guide full of practical tips and
longer-term inspirations for everyone affected by rapid changes in
the news ecology. This book is a very worthy successor to his
influential We the Media." --James Fallows, Atlantic Magazine,
author of Postcards from Tomorrow Square and Breaking the News
"Dan's book helps us understand when the news we read is reliable
and trustworthy, and how to determine when what we're reading is
intended to deceive. A trustworthy press is required for the
survival of a democracy, and we really need this book right now."
--Craig Newmark, founder of craigslist "A master-class in
media-literacy for the 21st century, operating on all scales from
the tiniest details of navigating wiki software all the way up to
sensible and smart suggestions for reforming law and policy to make
the news better and fairer. Gillmor's a reporter's reporter for the
information age, Mediactive made me want to stand up and salute."
--Cory Doctorow, co-editor/owner, Boing Boing; author of For the
Win "As the lines between professional and citizen journalists
continue to blur, Mediactive provides a useful roadmap to help us
become savvier consumers and creators alike." -- Steve Case,
chairman and CEO of Revolution and co-founder of America Online
"It's all true - at least to someone. And that's the problem in a
hypermediated world where everyone and anyone can represent his own
reality. Gillmor attacks the problem of representation and reality
head on, demanding we become media-active users of our emerging
media, instead of passive consumers. If this book doesn't get you
out of Facebook and back on the real Internet, nothing will."
--Douglas Rushkoff, author of Program or Be Programmed: Ten
Commands for a Digital Age "An important book showing people how to
swim rather than drown in today's torrent of information. Dan
Gillmor lives on the front line of digital information - there's
no-one better to help us understand the risks and opportunities or
help us ask the right questions." --Richard Sambrook, Global Vice
Chairman and Chief Content Officer at Edelman, and former BBC
Director of Global News "With the future of journalism and
democracy in peril, Mediactive comes along with sage and practical
advice at a crucial time. Dan Gillmor, pioneering journalist and
teacher of journalists, offers a practical guide to citizens who
now need to become active producers as well as critical consumers
of media. Read this book right away, buy one for a friend and
another one for a student, and then put Gillmor's advice into
action." --Howard Rheingold, author of the Smart Mobs and other
books about our digital future "Through common-sense guidelines and
well-chosen examples, Gillmor shows how anyone can navigate the
half-truths, exaggerations and outright falsehoods that permeate
today's media environment and ferret out what is true and
important. As Gillmor writes, 'When we have unlimited sources of
information, and when so much of what comes at us is questionable,
our lives get more challenging. They also get more interesting.'"
--Dan Kennedy, assistant professor of journalism at Northeastern
University, former Boston Phoenix media critic, and author of the
Media Nation blog at www.dankennedy.net
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