Peace Innovation - a new undergraduate course at Stanford University taught by Prof. B J Fogg (of Computers As Persuasive Technology (CAPT-ology) fame) - aims to "help people use new technology to invent peace". Students work in small groups using Web 2.0 services (Flickr, Google maps, YouTube ....) to explore if they can be used for peacebuilding.
The course is based on the idea that noew technologies such as mobile phones and web 2.0 are great tools of persuading people into believing (belief formation) and behaving in a certain way. Very interesting indeed.
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Baljit,
Thanks for referencing our peace effort.
To keep abreast of what the class is doing, join this Facebook Group:
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=25747795577.
The Peace Innovation work goes beyond the classroom and we will keep updates on our website: http:// peace.stanford.edu.
BJ Fogg
Stanford Persuasive Technology Lab
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