[ecrea] Wikiworld - Political Economy and the Promise of Participatory Media

>Dear colleagues, We have just published an open 
>access book entitled Wikiworld - Political 
>Economy and the Promise of Participatory Media. 
>We hope that you find it of interest in your 
>work. Please feel free to download and  link the 
>book from http://wikiworld.wordpress.com and 
>spread the word. WIKIWORLD Political Economy and 
>the Promise of Participatory Media  In the 
>digital world of learning there is a progressive 
>transformation  from the institutionalized and 
>individualized forms of learning to open 
>learning and collaboration. The book provides a 
>view on the use of new technologies and learning 
>practices in furthering socially just 
>futures,  while at the same time paying critical 
>attention to the constants, or  "unmoved movers" 
>of the information society development; the West 
>and  Capitalism. The essential issue in the 
>Wikiworld is one of  freedom ­  levels and 
>kinnds of freedom. Our message is clear: we 
>write for the  radical openness of education for all.

>In solidarity, Juha Suoranta & Tere Vadén Tere 
>Vadén Assistant professor, Hypermedia,
>University of Tampere http://www.uta.fi/%7Efiteva/

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Nico Carpentier (Phd)
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Vrije Universiteit Brussel - Free University of Brussels
Centre for Studies on Media and Culture (CeMeSO)
Pleinlaan 2 - B-1050 Brussels - Belgium
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NEW BOOKS OUT
Understanding Alternative Media
by Olga Bailey, Bart Cammaerts, Nico Carpentier
(December 2007)
http://mcgraw-hill.co.uk/html/0335222102.html
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Participation and Media Production. Critical Reflections on Content Creation.
Edited by Nico Carpentier and Benjamin De Cleen
(January 2008)
<http://www.c-s-p.org/Flyers/Participation-and-Media-Production--Critical-Reflections-on-Content-Creation1-84718-453-7.htm>http://www.c-s-p.org/Flyers/Participation-and-Media-Production--Critical-Reflections-on-Content-Creation1-84718-453-7.htm 

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E-mail: (Nico.Carpentier /at/ vub.ac.be)
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