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Internet Policies & Issues - Volume 11 (Hardcover): B.G. Kutais Internet Policies & Issues - Volume 11 (Hardcover)
B.G. Kutais
R4,801 Discovery Miles 48 010 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

In the ever-changing realm of the Internet, lawmakers face a steady stream of new areas potentially requiring regulation and oversight. This book is part of a series exploring the dynamic universe of the 21st century. This volume of the series discusses topics on computer networks, the internet and green IT; remote automatic checking systems for multiple emergency lights via the internet; internet gambling; internet pharmacies; internet infrastructure in native communities; and China's censorship of the internet and social media.

#newpower (Paperback): Jeremy Heimans, Henry Timms #newpower (Paperback)
Jeremy Heimans, Henry Timms 1
R230 R182 Discovery Miles 1 820 Save R48 (21%) Ships in 3 - 5 working days

For most of human history the rules of power were clear: power was something to be seized, and then jealously guarded. Under this 'Old Power' we lived in a world of rulers and subjects.

Now, we all sense that something has changed. From #MeToo to Harvey Weinstein; Corbyn to Trump; from YouTube sensations to darker phenomena such as the emergence of ISIS – in our new hyper-connected world, ideas and movements can spread and flourish with astonishing force and speed.

In New Power, Jeremy Heimans and Henry Timms confront the biggest story of our age and trace how New Power is the key to understanding where we are and will prosper in the 21st Century.

Drawing on examples from business, politics, popular culture and social justice, as well as case studies of organisations like LEGO and TED, they explain the forces that are changing the course of our age.

In a world increasingly shaped by New Power, this book will show you how to shape your future.

Virtual English - Queer Internets and Digital Creolization (Paperback): Jillana B. Enteen Virtual English - Queer Internets and Digital Creolization (Paperback)
Jillana B. Enteen
R1,170 Discovery Miles 11 700 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Virtual English examines English language communication on the World Wide Web, focusing on Internet practices crafted by underserved communities in the US and overlooked participants in several Asian Diaspora communities. Jillana Enteen locates instances where subjects use electronic media to resist popular understandings of cyberspace, computer-mediated communication, nation and community, presenting unexpected responses to the forces of globalization and predominate US value systems. The populations studied here contribute websites, conversations and artifacts that employ English strategically, broadening and splintering the language to express their concerns in the manner they perceive as effective. Users are thus afforded new opportunities to transmit information, conduct conversations, teach and make decisions, shaping, in the process, both language and technology. Moreover, web designers and writers conjure distinct versions of digitally enhanced futures -- computer-mediated communication may attract audiences previously out of reach. The subjects of Virtual English challenge prevailing deployments and conceptions of emerging technologies. Their on-line practices illustrate that the Internet need not replicate current geopolitical beliefs and practices and that reconfigurations exist in tandem with dominant models.

Internet Entrepreneurship in Europe - Venture Failure and the Timing of Telecommunications Reform (Hardcover, illustrated... Internet Entrepreneurship in Europe - Venture Failure and the Timing of Telecommunications Reform (Hardcover, illustrated edition)
Niko Marcel Waesche
R3,806 Discovery Miles 38 060 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

From its launch in 1997, the Frankfurt technology stock exchange developed spectacularly as did other European technology exchanges. Many Europeans thought that a new age of entrepreneurship had dawned. Following the downturn, however, the search for blame began. Much of this blame was undifferentiated and subjective. Public policy lessons were not drawn. Written by a well-known commentator of the European venture capital community, this book analyses the rise and decline of European internet entrepreneurship. The effects of both the public promotion of venture capital investments as well as the timing of telecommunications reform are examined in detail in various European countries, in particular in Germany and Sweden. The book contains a wealth of unique data on the failure of European internet ventures and draws several technology and telecommunications policy conclusions.

Talking Back to Psychiatry - The Psychiatric Consumer/Survivor/Ex-Patient Movement (Paperback): Linda J. Morrison Talking Back to Psychiatry - The Psychiatric Consumer/Survivor/Ex-Patient Movement (Paperback)
Linda J. Morrison
R1,616 Discovery Miles 16 160 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Linda Morrison brings the voices and issues of a little-known, complex social movement to the attention of sociologists, mental health professionals, and the general public. The members of this social movement work to gain voice for their own experience, to raise consciousness of injustice and inequality, to expose the darker side of psychiatry, and to promote alternatives for people in emotional distress. Talking Back to Psychiatry explores the movement's history, its complex membership, its strategies and goals, and the varied response it has received from psychiatry, policy makers, and the public at large.

Ten Arguments for Deleting Your Social Media Accounts Right Now (Paperback): Jaron Lanier Ten Arguments for Deleting Your Social Media Accounts Right Now (Paperback)
Jaron Lanier
R328 R244 Discovery Miles 2 440 Save R84 (26%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Virtual Reality Designs (Hardcover): Adriana Pena Perez Negron, Graciela Lara Lopez, Hector Rafael Orozco Aguirre Virtual Reality Designs (Hardcover)
Adriana Pena Perez Negron, Graciela Lara Lopez, Hector Rafael Orozco Aguirre
R4,942 Discovery Miles 49 420 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Virtual Reality is not real life. Instead it is life-like creations using computer-generated scenarios. Human behavior is replicated in virtual scenarios, where every detail is controlled by computers, and in situations that can be repeated under the same conditions. Based on technology and design, the user can experience presence. In the virtual world, users are embodied in avatars that represent them and are the means to interact with the virtual environment. Avatars are graphical models that behave on behalf of the human behind them. The user avatar is a proxy that also backs interaction with others, allowing computer-mediated interactions. Analyses directed to understand people's perceptions, personal and social behavior in computer mediated interactions, comprise a multidisciplinary area of study that involves, among others, computer science, psychology and sociology. In the last two decades a number of studies supported by Virtual Reality have been conducted to understand human behavior, in some cases the implications of the technology, or to reproduce artificial human behavior. This book presents a collection of studies from recognized researchers in the area.

Human Rights and the Digital Divide (Hardcover): Anne Peacock Human Rights and the Digital Divide (Hardcover)
Anne Peacock
R3,913 Discovery Miles 39 130 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The Internet's importance for freedom of expression and other rights comes in part from the ability it bestows on users to create and share information, rather than just receive it. Within the context of existing freedom of expression guarantees, this book critically evaluates the goal of bridging the 'digital divide' - the gap between those who have access to the Internet and those who do not. Central to this analysis is the examination of two questions: first, is there a right to access the Internet, and if so, what does that right look like and how far does it extend? Second, if there is a right to access the Internet, is there a legal obligation on States to overcome the digital divide? Through examination of this debate's history, analysis of case law in the European Court of Human Rights and Inter-American Court of Human Rights, and a case study of one digital inclusion programme in Jalisco, Mexico, this book concludes that there is indeed currently a legal right to Internet access, but one that it is very limited in scope. The 2012 Joint Declaration on Freedom of Expression and the Internet is aspirational in nature, rather than a representative summary of current protections afforded by the international human rights legal framework. This book establishes a critical foundation from which some of these aspirations could be advanced in the future. The digital divide is not just a human rights challenge nor will it be overcome through human rights law alone. Nevertheless, human rights law could and should do more than it has thus far.

International Relations in Latin America - Peace and Security in the Southern Cone (Paperback): Andrea Oelsner International Relations in Latin America - Peace and Security in the Southern Cone (Paperback)
Andrea Oelsner
R1,423 Discovery Miles 14 230 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This work studies the development of bilateral relations in two pairs of states (dyads): Argentina-Brazil and Argentina-Chile. It takes on a moderate constructivist approach that incorporates into the analysis of international relations the role of identities, ideas and perceptions as well as of material forces, and understands that the former are affected and changed during interaction. It also uses to securitization theory to explain how issues come or cease to be considered security matters through social constructions.

Mobile Access to Government Information & Services - Trends & Federal Actions (Paperback): Jordan L. Weaver Mobile Access to Government Information & Services - Trends & Federal Actions (Paperback)
Jordan L. Weaver
R2,050 Discovery Miles 20 500 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Today, millions people use mobile devices like smartphones and tablet computers on a daily basis to communicate and obtain information. Further, due to recent technical advances in mobile technology, consumers can use these devices to carry out a broad range of activities that previously required a desktop or laptop computer including shopping, banking, and accessing government services. Given these trends, providing government information and services "anytime, anywhere, and on any device" has become increasingly important, particularly as some mobile users may not have any other means of online access. This book describes the demographics of mobile users and the factors that might be associated with the increased use of mobile devices; the devices individuals are using to access government services and the challenges people face; and the actions the federal government has taken to enhance access to government services via mobile devices. This book also examines a report on Congress Member adoption and use of two social networking services: Twitter and Facebook. The book analyses data on Member use of Twitter and Facebook collected by an academic institution in collaboration with the Congressional Research Service during a two-month period between August and October 2011 and the adoption of both platforms as of January 2012.

Google Scholar and More - New Google Applications and Tools for Libraries and Library Users (Hardcover): William Miller, Rita... Google Scholar and More - New Google Applications and Tools for Libraries and Library Users (Hardcover)
William Miller, Rita Pellen
R5,089 Discovery Miles 50 890 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

In only a few years, Google has become an authoritative provider of multiple products which have changed the digital information landscape. This book discusses how libraries can go beyond Google's basic search and Scholar functions to expand services for their patrons. Respected authorities reveal the expanding variety of new Google applications developed in the past few years, many of which have not received wide attention and are as yet not often used in libraries. Applications explored include Google Co-op, Google News, Google Docs & Spreadsheets, Google Calendar, and Google Talk. This book also discusses different important aspects of the company's expansion of functions, such as the failure of the Google Answers experiment, the broad variety of free Google applications that librarians can use to collaborate, and the success of Google's Blogger, among others. A helpful chronology of Google's growth is provided, as well as comparative analyses between various Google functions and other functions that are currently available. The book is extensively referenced. This book is an invaluable resource for academic librarians, public librarians, school librarians, library science faculty, and special librarians. This book was published as a special issue of the Journal of Library Administration.

Google Scholar and More - New Google Applications and Tools for Libraries and Library Users (Paperback): William Miller, Rita... Google Scholar and More - New Google Applications and Tools for Libraries and Library Users (Paperback)
William Miller, Rita Pellen
R1,356 Discovery Miles 13 560 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

In only a few years, Google has become an authoritative provider of multiple products which have changed the digital information landscape. This book discusses how libraries can go beyond Google's basic search and Scholar functions to expand services for their patrons. Respected authorities reveal the expanding variety of new Google applications developed in the past few years, many of which have not received wide attention and are as yet not often used in libraries. Applications explored include Google Co-op, Google News, Google Docs & Spreadsheets, Google Calendar, and Google Talk. This book also discusses different important aspects of the company's expansion of functions, such as the failure of the Google Answers experiment, the broad variety of free Google applications that librarians can use to collaborate, and the success of Google's Blogger, among others. A helpful chronology of Google's growth is provided, as well as comparative analyses between various Google functions and other functions that are currently available. The book is extensively referenced. This book is an invaluable resource for academic librarians, public librarians, school librarians, library science faculty, and special librarians. This book was published as a special issue of the Journal of Library Administration.

The Routledge Handbook of Media and Technology Domestication (Hardcover): Maren Hartmann The Routledge Handbook of Media and Technology Domestication (Hardcover)
Maren Hartmann
R6,432 Discovery Miles 64 320 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This Handbook offers a comprehensive overview of media domestication - the process of appropriating new media and technology - and delves into the theoretical, conceptual and social implications of the field's advancement. Combining the work of the long-established experts in the field with that of emerging scholars, the chapters explore both the domestication concept itself and domestication processes in a wide range of fields, from smartphones used to monitor drug use to the question of time in the domestication of energy buildings. The international team of authors provide an accessible and thorough assessment of key issues, themes, and problems with and within domestication research, and showcase the most important developments over the years. This truly interdisciplinary collection will be an important resource for advanced undergraduates, postgraduates and academic scholars in media, communication and cultural studies, sociology, anthropology, cultural geography, design studies and social studies of technology.

Plagiarism, the Internet, and Student Learning - Improving Academic Integrity (Hardcover, New): Wendy Sutherland-Smith Plagiarism, the Internet, and Student Learning - Improving Academic Integrity (Hardcover, New)
Wendy Sutherland-Smith
R4,157 Discovery Miles 41 570 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Written for Higher Education educators, managers and policy-makers, Plagiarism, the Internet and Student Learning combines theoretical understandings with a practical model of plagiarism and aims to explain why and how plagiarism developed. It offers a new way to conceptualize plagiarism and provides a framework for professionals dealing with plagiarism in higher education. Sutherland-Smith presents a model of plagiarism, called the plagiarism continuum, which usefully informs discussion and direction of plagiarism management in most educational settings. The model was developed from a cross-disciplinary examination of plagiarism with a particular focus on understanding how educators and students perceive and respond to issues of plagiarism. The evolution of plagiarism, from its birth in Law, to a global issue, poses challenges to international educators in diverse cultural settings. The case studies included are the voices of educators and students discussing the complexity of plagiarism in policy and practice, as well as the tensions between institutional and individual responses. A review of international studies plus qualitative empirical research on plagiarism, conducted in Australia between 2004-2006, explain why it has emerged as a major issue. The book examines current teaching approaches in light of issues surrounding plagiarism, particularly Internet plagiarism. The model affords insight into ways in which teaching and learning approaches can be enhanced to cope with the ever-changing face of plagiarism. This book challenges Higher Education educators, managers and policy-makers to examine their own beliefs and practices in managing the phenomenon of plagiarism in academic writing.

The Internet of Things - From RFID to the Next-Generation Pervasive Networked Systems (Hardcover): Lu Yan, Yan Zhang, Laurence... The Internet of Things - From RFID to the Next-Generation Pervasive Networked Systems (Hardcover)
Lu Yan, Yan Zhang, Laurence T. Yang, Huansheng Ning
R3,492 Discovery Miles 34 920 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Ubiquitous and pervasive technologies such as RFID and smart computing promise a world of networked and interconnected devices. Everything from tires to toothbrushes could soon be in communications range, heralding the dawn of an era in which today's "Internet of People" gives way to tomorrow's "Internet of Things" - where billions of objects will have the ability to report their location, identity, and history over wireless connections.

Connectivity and Communication - Anything, Anywhere, and Anytime

An examination of the exciting expansion period in this research, The Internet of Things: From RFID to the Next-Generation Pervasive Networked Systems provides comprehensive, technical, and practical deploying policy guidance that covers fundamentals and recent advances in pervasive networked systems. The book addresses the conceptual and technical issues that influence the technology roadmap and gives an in-depth introduction to the "Internet of Things" and its effect on businesses and individuals. Discussing case studies, experience reports, and best practice, it contains information on emerging technologies, market opportunities, and policy implications.

Practical Guidance and Balanced Coverage

The first book of its kind to address major new technological developments and define the "Internet of Things," this text provides balanced coverage of theory and practical issues. Reflecting research trends and industry needs, itis a comprehensive technical and practical guide to recent advances in pervasive networked systems.

Intelligent Mobile Malware Detection (Hardcover): Tony Thomas, Teenu John, Mamoun Alazab, Roopak Surendran Intelligent Mobile Malware Detection (Hardcover)
Tony Thomas, Teenu John, Mamoun Alazab, Roopak Surendran
R2,198 Discovery Miles 21 980 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

Unique selling point: * This book proposes several approaches for dynamic Android malware detection based on system calls which do not have the limitations of existing mechanisms. * This book will be useful for researchers, students, developers and security analysts to know how malware behavior represented in the form of system call graphs can effectively detect Android malware. * The malware detection mechanisms in this book can be integrated with commercial antivirus softwares to detect Android malware including obfuscated variants.

How Things Work - The Technology Edition (Paperback): Charles F. Bowman How Things Work - The Technology Edition (Paperback)
Charles F. Bowman
R1,423 Discovery Miles 14 230 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

* Provides simple, conceptual descriptions of everyday technologies * Includes clear examples and diagrams that demonstrate the principles and techniques, not just a "how-to" punch list * Covers advanced topics for readers who want to dive into the deep end of the technology pool * Avoids jargon-where terminology does appear, the text will provide clear, concise definitions

Knitting the Semantic Web (Hardcover): Jane Greenberg, Eva Mendez Rodriguez Knitting the Semantic Web (Hardcover)
Jane Greenberg, Eva Mendez Rodriguez
R4,219 Discovery Miles 42 190 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The Semantic Web, extends the popular, day-to-day Web, enabling computers and people to effectively work together by giving information well-defined meaning. Knitting the Semantic Web explains the interdisciplinary efforts underway to build a more library-like Web through "semantic knitting." The book examines foundation activities and initiatives leading to standardized semantic metadata. These efforts lead to the Semantic Web-a network able to support computational activities and provide people with services efficiently. Leaders in library and information science, computer science, and information intensive domains provide insight and inspiration to give readers a greater understanding of the evolution of the Semantic Web.
Librarians and information professionals are uniquely qualified to play a major role in the development and maintenance of the Semantic Web. Knitting the Semantic Web closely examines this crucial relationship in detail. This single source reviews the foundations, standards, and tools underlying the Semantic Web and presents thoughtful perspectives in the context of 2.0 developments. Many chapters include figures to illustrate concepts and ideas, and the entire text is extensively referenced.
Topics in Knitting the Semantic Web include:

  • RDF, its expressive power, and its ability to underlie the new Library catalog card for the coming century
  • the value and application for controlled vocabularies
  • SKOS (Simple Knowledge Organization System), the newest Semantic Web language
  • managing scheme versioning in the Semantic Web
  • Physnet portal service for physics
  • Semantic Web technologies in biomedicine
  • developing the United Nations Food and Agriculture ontology
  • Friend Of A Friend (FOAF) vocabulary specification-with a real world case study at a university
  • Web/Library 2.0
  • and more
Knitting the Semantic Web is a stimulating resource for professionals, researchers, educators, and students in library and information science, computer science, information architecture, Web design, and Web services.
Creator Culture - An Introduction to Global Social Media Entertainment (Paperback): Stuart Cunningham, David Craig Creator Culture - An Introduction to Global Social Media Entertainment (Paperback)
Stuart Cunningham, David Craig; Foreword by Nancy K Baym
R840 Discovery Miles 8 400 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Explores new perspectives on social media entertainment There is a new class of cultural producers-YouTube vloggers, Twitch gameplayers, Instagram influencers, TikTokers, Chinese wanghong, and others-who are part of a rapidly emerging and highly disruptive industry of monetized "user-generated" content. As this new wave of native social media entrepreneurs emerge, so do new formations of culture and the ways they are studied. In this volume, contributors draw on scholarship in media and communication studies, science and technology studies, and social media, Internet, and platform studies, in order to define this new field of study and the emergence of creator culture. Creator Culture introduces readers to new paradigms of social media entertainment from critical perspectives, demonstrating both relations to and differentiations from the well-established media forms and institutions traditionally within the scope of media studies. This volume does not seek to impose a uniform perspective; rather, the goal is to stimulate in-depth, globally-focused engagement with this burgeoning industry and establish a dynamic research agenda for scholars, teachers, and students, as well as creators and professionals across the media, communication, creative, and social media industries. Contributors include: Jean Burgess, Zoe Glatt, Sarah Banet-Weiser, Brent Luvaas, Carlos A. Scolari, Damian Fraticelli, Jose M. Tomasena, Junyi Lv, Hector Postigo, Brooke Erin Duffy, Megan Sawey, Jarrod Walzcer, Sangeet Kumar, Sriram Mohan, Aswin Punathambekar, Mohamed El Marzouki, Elaine Jing Zhao, Arturo Arriagada, Jeremy Shtern, Stephanie Hill

The Internet in China - Cyberspace and Civil Society (Hardcover, New title): Zixue Tai The Internet in China - Cyberspace and Civil Society (Hardcover, New title)
Zixue Tai
R3,940 Discovery Miles 39 400 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The Internet in China examines the cultural and political ramifications of the Internet for Chinese society. The rapid growth of the Internet has been enthusiastically embraced by the Chinese government, but the government has also rushed to seize control of the virtual environment. Individuals have responded with impassioned campaigns against official control of information. The emergence of a civil society via cyberspace has had profound effects upon China--for example, in 2003, based on an Internet campaign, the Chinese Supreme People's Court overturned the ruling of a local court for the first time since the Communist Party came to power in 1949.
The important question this book asks is not whether the Internet will democratize China, but rather in what ways the Internet is democratizing communication in China. How is the Internet empowering individuals by fostering new types of social spaces and redefining existing social relations?

The History Highway - A 21st-century Guide to Internet Resources (Paperback, 4th edition): Dennis A. Trinkle, Dorothy Auchter,... The History Highway - A 21st-century Guide to Internet Resources (Paperback, 4th edition)
Dennis A. Trinkle, Dorothy Auchter, Scott A. Merriman, Todd E. Larson
R1,394 Discovery Miles 13 940 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Save yourself and your students hours of research time. Now extensively revised and expanded, "The History Highway" is widely recognized as the one essential tool for students, teachers and researchers seeking a reliable guide to history sites on the web. "The History Highway" offers the broadest, most current coverage of the astonishing amount of historical information available on the Internet: provides detailed, easy-to-use, and up-to-date information on more than 3000 web sites; covers U.S. and World history and all sub-fields; features ten new chapters, with coverage of futurism, environmental history, immigration history, and Mediterranean and Middle Eastern history; all sites have been thoroughly checked by specialists in the relevant field of history; the best sites in each field are clearly identified; hard cover and paperback editions include a CD of the entire contents with live links to sites; and e-book version with live links to sites is in preparation.

The History Highway - A 21st-century Guide to Internet Resources (Hardcover, 4th edition): Dennis A. Trinkle, Dorothy Auchter,... The History Highway - A 21st-century Guide to Internet Resources (Hardcover, 4th edition)
Dennis A. Trinkle, Dorothy Auchter, Scott A. Merriman, Todd E. Larson
R3,955 Discovery Miles 39 550 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Save yourself and your students hours of research time. Now extensively revised and expanded, "The History Highway" is widely recognized as the one essential tool for students, teachers and researchers seeking a reliable guide to history sites on the web. "The History Highway" offers the broadest, most current coverage of the astonishing amount of historical information available on the Internet: provides detailed, easy-to-use, and up-to-date information on more than 3000 web sites; covers U.S. and World history and all sub-fields; features ten new chapters, with coverage of futurism, environmental history, immigration history, and Mediterranean and Middle Eastern history; all sites have been thoroughly checked by specialists in the relevant field of history; the best sites in each field are clearly identified; hard cover and paperback editions include a CD of the entire contents with live links to sites; and e-book version with live links to sites is in preparation.

Re-thinking Leisure in a Digital Age (Hardcover): Michael Silk, Brad Millington, Emma Rich, Anthony Bush Re-thinking Leisure in a Digital Age (Hardcover)
Michael Silk, Brad Millington, Emma Rich, Anthony Bush
R3,906 Discovery Miles 39 060 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Digital worlds and cultures-social media, web 2.0, youtube, wearable technologies, health and fitness apps-dominate, if not order, our everyday lives. We are no longer 'just' consumers or readers of digital culture but active producers through facebook, twitter, Instagram, youtube and other emerging technologies. This book is predicated on the assumption that out understanding of our everyday lives should be informed by what is taking place in and through emerging technologies given these (virtual) environments provide a crucial context where traditional, categorical assumptions about the body, identity and leisure may be contested. Far from being 'virtual', the body is constituted within and through emerging technologies in material ways. Recent 'moral panics' over the role of digital cultures in teen suicide, digital drinking games, an endless array of homoerotic images of young bodies being linked with steroid use, disordered eating and body dissatisfaction, facebook games/fundraising campaigns (e.g. for breast cancer), movements devoted to exposing 'everyday sexism' / metoo, twitter abuse (of feminists, of athletes, of racist nature to name but a few), speak to the need for critical engagement with digital cultures. While some of the earlier techno-utopian visions offered the promise of digitality to give rise to participatory, user generator collaborations, within this book we provide critical engagement with digital technologies and what this means for our understandings of leisure cultures. The chapters originally published in a special issue in Leisure Studies.

The Politics of Cyberconflict - The Politics of Cyberconflict (Hardcover): Athina Karatzogianni The Politics of Cyberconflict - The Politics of Cyberconflict (Hardcover)
Athina Karatzogianni
R4,214 Discovery Miles 42 140 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The Politics of Cyberconflict focuses on the implications that the phenomenon of cyberconflict (conflict in computer mediated enivironments and the internet) has on politics, society and culture.

Athina Karatzogianni proposes a new framework for analyzing this new phenomenon, which distinguishes between two types of cyberconflict, ethnoreligious and sociopolitical, and uses theories of conflict, social movement and the media.

A comprehensive survey of content, opinion and theory in several connected fields, relating not only to information warfare and cyberconflict, but also social movements and ethnoreligious movements is included. Hacking between ethnoreligious groups, and the use of the internet in events in China, the Israel-Palestine conflict, India-Pakistan conflict, as well as the antiglobalization and antiwar movements and the 2003 Iraq War are covered in detail.

This is essential reading for all students of new technology, politics, sociology and conflict studies.

The Internet and Health Care - Theory, Research, and Practice (Paperback): Monica Murero, Ronald E. Rice The Internet and Health Care - Theory, Research, and Practice (Paperback)
Monica Murero, Ronald E. Rice
R1,213 R1,061 Discovery Miles 10 610 Save R152 (13%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The Internet and Health Care: Theory, Research, and Practice presents an in-depth introduction to the field of health care and the Internet, from international and interdisciplinary perspectives. It combines expertise in the areas of the social sciences, medicine, policy, and systems analysis. With an international collection of contributors, it provides a current examination of key issues and research projects in the area. Methods and data used in the chapters include personal interviews, focus groups, observations, regional and national surveys, online transcript analysis, and much more. Sections in the book cover: *e-Health trends and theory; *searching, discussing, and evaluating online health information at the individual level of analysis; *discussing health information at the group or community level; and *implementing health information systems at the regional and social level. The Internet and Health Care will prove useful for university educators and students in the social, public health, and medical disciplines, including Internet researchers. It is also oriented to professionals in many disciplines who will appreciate an integrative theoretical, empirical, and critical analysis of the subject matter, including developers and providers of online health information.

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