![]() ![]() 's attempt to facilitate group op-ed writing. Shirky is at his best deconstructing Web failures like “Wikitorial,” the Los Angeles Times ![]() Print journalism falters as publishing methods are transformed through the Web. Likewise, user/contributor-managed Wikipedia raises the bar for production efficiency by throwing traditional corporate hierarchy out the window. Grassroots activism stands among the winners-Belarus's “flash mobs,” for example, blog their way to unprecedented antiauthoritarian demonstrations. ![]() He contextualizes the digital networking age with philosophical, sociological, economic and statistical theories and points to its major successes and failures. Blogs, wikis and other Web 2.0 accoutrements are revolutionizing the social order, a development that's cause for more excitement than alarm, argues interactive telecommunications professor Shirky. ![]()
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