1. THESIS RESEARCH
(so far)
Rhett Bradbury
Fall 2012
Prof. Tom Kllinkowstein

2. Research (so far)
Cybering Democracy
by Diana Saco
RESEARCH (so far) PIE CHART
Here Comes Everybody
by Clay Shirky
The Penguin and the Leviathan 65ish% done
by Yochai Benkler
Reality is Broken
by Jane McGonigal
First Hand Eth. Research
by Rhett Bradbury
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3. Revised Hypothesis (so far)
This thesis presents the hypothesis that an
interactive gaming system can be utilized to
solicit ongoing surveyable civic advancement
from its participants.
In contrast to current political organizational
infrastructure, which allocates limited, and
symbolic, means of participation to its populous,
such a hypothesis will prove that a dynamic
civic engagement platform will produce
unambiguous results in tangent to traditional
governmental operations.
RHETT BRADBURY///THESIS 1///PROF. TOM KLINKOWSTEIN////FALL 2012////PRATT

4. Cybering Democracy (so far)
–Public Space and the Internet
“...Important to democracy...(is) an interactive
form of communication that enables attentiveness
and responsibility toward other participants in
a shared social space...such spaces do not reduce
to the conventionally physical spaces within
bodies move.” (p. 74)
“...Cyberspace promises a utopian ecstasy...on which
it ultimately cannot deliver. It fails to deliver because
cyberspace is not a space we can habit completely...
It is rather, a point of passage...” (p. 211)
RHETT BRADBURY///THESIS 1///PROF. TOM KLINKOWSTEIN////FALL 2012////PRATT

5. Here Comes Everybody
–The Power of Organizing without organizations
“A more remarkable and longer-lived change
will be...if people are able to start using these
(social media) tools to bypass government or
commercial entities in favor of taking on
problems directly.” (p. 318)
“...The future belongs to those who take the
present for granted.” (p. 319)
RHETT BRADBURY///THESIS 1///PROF. TOM KLINKOWSTEIN////FALL 2012////PRATT

6. The Penguin and the Leviathan (so far)
–How Cooperation Triumphs over Self-Interest
“More businesses are coming to see that they
must...harness the intrinsic motivations of their
employees and managers...rather than just the
material.” (p.25)
“Cooperation and profit can coexist.” (p. 28)
RHETT BRADBURY///THESIS 1///PROF. TOM KLINKOWSTEIN////FALL 2012////PRATT

7. Reality is Broken
–Why Games Make Us Better and How They Can
Change the World
“It's not enough to draw a crowd–you have to
ask the crowd to do something they have a
real chance of doing successfully.” (p240)
“Social engagement...increases
dramatically when gameful thinking
meets smart technology.” (p. 261)
RHETT BRADBURY///THESIS 1///PROF. TOM KLINKOWSTEIN////FALL 2012////PRATT

8. First Hand Ethnographic Observation Research (so far)
“Having constituent interactions go from
needs-based to creative problem solving.”
-Answer to Pony Session question from Catherine Zinnel,
District Director to NYC Councilman Brad Lander
RHETT BRADBURY///THESIS 1///PROF. TOM KLINKOWSTEIN////FALL 2012////PRATT

9. Further reading/research (so far)
- (The rest of) The Penguin and the Leviathan
- (The rest of) Cybering Democracy
- Cognitive Surplus
by Clay Shirky
- Internet Politics
by Andrew Chadwick
- More work with the Councilman's office
RHETT BRADBURY///THESIS 1///PROF. TOM KLINKOWSTEIN////FALL 2012////PRATT

10. THANK YOU.
(so far)
RHETT BRADBURY///THESIS 1///PROF. TOM KLINKOWSTEIN////FALL 2012////PRATT