Creative Commons Aotearoa New Zealand discussion

[Danyl Strype <strypey AT riseup.net>]

Kia ora koutou

This isn't directly related to CC but I think it's fascinating to see  
evidence emerging to support a notion I've always believed, that what  
people do online exposes them to new things, causing them to  
re-evaluate their ideas and carry these new perspectives into the  
actions they take in daily life.

Kotahi te ao
Strypey

> > An excerpt from the "Digital Future Report 2007" (press release) by
the University of Southern California - Center for the Digital Future
- Annenberg School for Communication:


Online communities and offline action -- The Digital Future Project
found that involvement in online communities leads to offline actions.
 More than one-fifth of online community members (20.3 percent) take
actions offline at least once a year that are related to their online
community.  (An "online community" is defined as a group that shares
thoughts or ideas, or works on common projects, through
electronic communication only.)

Social activism - Participation in online communities leads to social
activism.  Almost two-thirds of online community members who
participate in social causes through the Internet (64.9 percent) say
they are involved in causes that were new to them when they began
participating on the Internet. And more than 40 percent (43.7 percent)
of online community members participate more in social activism since
they started participating in online communities. <<

http://www.digitalcenter.org/pdf/2007-Digital-Future-Report-Press-Release-112906.pdf

--
"But libertarians do not defend the right of people to smash holes in the hull
of a crowded ship, or to let off bombs in city centres. Freedom does not
include the freedom to trash the habitat we all depend on for survival."
- Johann Hari, Independent, 5.9.06

mobile: 021 11 77 578
Community Access News: http://www.indymedia.org.nz/
Artist Rights: http://www.creativecommons.org/

Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free by using Mozilla
Thunderbird instead of Outlook Express. Windows on a PC
block viruses like windows on a house block sunlight ;)