How would you like to work for yourself in your own home? Sounds good right? The commute would be a breeze. Starting a small business from home can mean minimum fuss and minimum start-up costs - so it's no wonder that around 60% of new businesses are started from home.
Focusing on the interplay between political culture and social media, this book examines how specific contexts influence civic participation online. It presents a comprehensive theoretical framework for understanding civic engagement and introduces the concept of 'communicative civic-ness.' This concept aims to enhance discussions on social media's role in fostering pluralistic dialogue essential for deliberative democracy, offering insights from cutting-edge research to inform and enrich the debate on civic interactions in the digital age.
Essential reading for anyone who dreams of becoming the next Richard Branson or Duncan Bannatyne. By lunchtime.
How I Made It is essential reading for anyone who dreams of starting their own business. Gutsy and life-affirming, it features the inspirational stories of 40 successful entrepreneurs including, Duncan Bannatyne, Prue Leith, Sarah Doukas and Emma Bridgewater.
Join her on her journey as she starts up her very own enterprise, entrepreneurthings.com, and covers all the ups and downs she encounters, while giving examples along the way of how real-life entrepreneurs have coped with the same problems that beset everyone in business at some point.
Policing and Changing Communication with the Public
Bridgette Wessels provides an in-depth exploration of how key public institutions and influential organizations create digital communications and services in the public sector. Utilizing ethnographic research with the London Metropolitan Police Service, she highlights the interplay between technology and human processes in a diverse urban environment, offering a compelling case study that reveals the complexities of digital integration in public services.
This book considers the role of the open data movement in fostering transformation toward a 'knowledge society'.