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Cybercitizen: How to Use Your Computer to Fight for ALL the Issues You Care About

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I've had an issue that I've been trying to put on my Congressman's radar screen, and I have had no luck. Cybercitizen gave me some great ways to convince my Congressman, or any politician for that matter, to do what I think is the right thing to do. It's not just web sites.. it's ideas that motivate!

For anyone who wants to get involved with a cause and doesn't know where to start. It goes beyond finding websites and writing to Congress and gives a useful primer on how grassroots advocacy works. One of the best things this book does is to dispel all the myths about how the Internet makes the government more accessible to voters. It's as important to know what the Internet can't do as it what it can.

"Cybercitizen" provides a crashcourse in the ways that you can use your computer to make a difference, especially in ways that you can convey your concerns to government officials. I think a good word to describe this book is "index", for it provides an index of nice sites that you can check out. I'm kind of worried however, that given that internet information (from website to email addresses) changes all the time, the book may become quickly out of date. I was expecting the author to not only give examples of websites but also to write about ways that you can organize on the internet (like how to use email lists, websites, internet outreach, etc.), but it doesn't have anything like that. I think this is one of the first "how-to" book focusing on cybera-advocacy. It is a good attempt, but it leaves a lot of room for another book.