Books to help you better understand Word-of-Mouth

Good Gossip Good Gossip
by Robert F. Goodman and Aaron Ben–Ze’ev

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From Hand to Mouth: The Origins of Language From Hand to Mouth: The Origins of Language
by Michael C. Corballis

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Blog! How the Newest Media Revolution Is Changing Politics, Business, and Culture Blog! How the Newest Media Revolution Is Changing Politics, Business, and Culture
by David Kline and Dan Burstein

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Grooming, Gossip, and the Evolution of Language Grooming, Gossip, and the Evolution of Language
by Robin Dunbar

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The Language Instinct The Language Instinct
by Stephen Pinker

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The Virtual Community: Homesteading on the Electronic Frontier The Virtual Community: Homesteading on the Electronic Frontier
by Howard Rheingold

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Growing Up Digital: The Rise of the Net Generation Growing Up Digital: The Rise of the Net Generation
by Don Tapscott

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Six Degrees: the science of a connected age Six Degrees: the science of a connected age
by Duncan J. Watts

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Related Links

“Meet Joe Blog”
by Lev Grossman
 Article from Time on the popularity of blogs.
 
“We are the web”
by Kevin Kelly
 Wired article on the increase of individual power on the Internet.
 
“The law of acceleration returns”
by Ray Kurzweil
 
iPod’s Dirty Secret
by The Neistat brothers’
 The Neistat brothers’ popular video on the iPod battery.
 
“The real slant on gossip”
by Robin Westen
 Psychology Today article on the benefits and purpose of gossiping.
 
“The book stops here”
by Daniel H. Pink
 Wired article on Wikipedia.
 
“Ubiquitous message technology can be powerful tool for good or ill”
Technology Review article on text messaging.
 
“New Zealand students may ‘text-speak’ in exams”
Report on national exams in New Zealand allowing text message abbreviations.
 
 

Internet User Statistics

Technorati
Blog search engine.
 
Wikipedia
Wikipedia encylopedia.
 
Second Life
Wikipedia overview of Second Life.
 
“Educators explore ‘Second Life’ online”
Second Life community as an educational tool.
 




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