Book Review: The Big Bang Theory: Charlene Li and the Groundswell How the emergence street-level public opinion has made the public relations industry rethink and retool Books mentioned in this review: LiCharlene. (2019). The Disruption Mindset. Why Some Organizations Transform While Others Fail. New York: Idea Press Publishing.LiCharleneBernhoffJosh. (2008). Groundswell. Winning In A World Transformed By Digital Technologies. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard Business Review Press.ShirkeyClay. (2008). Here Comes Everybody. The Power of Organizing Without Organizations. New York: Penguin Press.WeberLarry. (2009). Sticks and Stones: How Digital Business Reputations Are Created Over Time and Lost in a Click. New York: Wiley & Sons.

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  title        = {{Book Review: The Big Bang Theory: Charlene Li and the Groundswell How the emergence street-level public opinion has made the public relations industry rethink and retool Books mentioned in this review: LiCharlene. (2019). The Disruption Mindset. Why Some Organizations Transform While Others Fail. New York: Idea Press Publishing.LiCharleneBernhoffJosh. (2008). Groundswell. Winning In A World Transformed By Digital Technologies. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard Business Review Press.ShirkeyClay. (2008). Here Comes Everybody. The Power of Organizing Without Organizations. New York: Penguin Press.WeberLarry. (2009). Sticks and Stones: How Digital Business Reputations Are Created Over Time and Lost in a Click. New York: Wiley & Sons.}},
  author       = {Robert Brown},
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Book Review: The Big Bang Theory: Charlene Li and the Groundswell How the emergence street-level public opinion has made the public relations industry rethink and retool Books mentioned in this review: LiCharlene. (2019). The Disruption Mindset. Why Some Organizations Transform While Others Fail. New York: Idea Press Publishing.LiCharleneBernhoffJosh. (2008). Groundswell. Winning In A World Transformed By Digital Technologies. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard Business Review Press.ShirkeyClay. (2008). Here Comes Everybody. The Power of Organizing Without Organizations. New York: Penguin Press.WeberLarry. (2009). Sticks and Stones: How Digital Business Reputations Are Created Over Time and Lost in a Click. New York: Wiley & Sons.

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