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Prominent in Barack Obama's political campaigns and presidency has been a promise to use social media tools to engage American citizens in the business of democratic governance, stirring the hopes of millions who believe in the democratizing potential of information and communication technology. Yet what has become of these promises? To what extent have they been realized? Shattering views of social media as a cure-all for limits on citizen deliberation and governmental representation, The Socia...

With clear analysis and practical frameworks, this book provides step-by-step guidance businesses can use to prosper in the new era of digital media "An incredibly useful and valuable guidebook to the new consumer economy. Buy it. Learn from it. Succeed with it."-Jeff Jarvis, author of What Would Google Do "This is the stuff that every business and nonprofit needs to embrace if they're going to succeed in a changing world."-Vivian Schiller, CEO of NPR With clear analysis and practical framewor...

With the odds stacked against them from the start, retail traders need to track an unconventional path if they're going to succeed in the market. In Unconventional Forex Trading, Marc Principato explains the underlying structure of the market; the intentions and behaviors of key market participants; and why many retail traders largely function as revenue-generators for brokers taking the other side of their trades. By presenting a thorough and brutally honest description of the market, Principat...