This interview with Smart Mobs author Howard Rheingold (over four pages; hit the 'Next' link at the bottom of each page) leads the reader into a discussion of the role of blogs and instant messaging in the battle for control over new media. Rheingold sounds an ominous note: "I never said that democracy and free expression has a good chance of determining or shaping the outcome of present regulatory and legislative battles. I did say that unless citizens understand the technopolitical regime that is coming, what the interests are that are clashing over it, and what the power struggles are about, we don't have any chance at all."
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