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The revolution in digital communications has altered the relationship between citizens and political elites, with important implications for democracy. As new information ecosystems have evolved, as unforeseen examples of their positive and negative consequences have emerged, and as theorizing, data, and research methods have expanded and improved, the central question has shifted from if the digital information environment is good or bad for democratic politics to how and in what contexts particular attributes of this environment are having an influence. It is only through the careful analysis of specific cases that we can begin to build a more comprehensive and nuanced understanding of the role of digital media in democratic theory and practice. The essays in Digital Media and Democratic Futures focus on a variety of information and communication technologies, politically relevant actors, substantive issues, and digital political practices, doing so from distinct theoretical perspectives and methodological approaches. Individually, each of these case studies provides deep insights into the complex and context-dependent relationship between media and democracy. Collectively, they show that there is no single outcome for democracy in the digital age, only a range of possible futures. Contributors: Rena Bivens, Michael X. Delli Carpini, Jennifer Earl, Thomas Elliott, Deen Freelon, Kelly Gates, Philip N. Howard, Daniel Kreiss, Ting Luo, Helen Nissenbaum, Beth Simone Noveck, Jennifer Pan, Lisa Poggiali, Daniela Stockmann.
On 5 February 2014, world-renowned scientist Tim Noakes fired off a tweet allegedly dispensing dietary advice to a young mother into a highly volatile media space; the fallout threatened to destroy his career. This is the untold backstory. Veteran journalist and writer Daryl Ilbury unveils, layer by layer, a combustible mix of scientific ignorance, academic jealousy, the collapse of media ethics, and the interests of a world-renowned scientist in highlighting the intricacies of human nutrition and exposing those he believes have vested interests in regulating it. Featuring interviews with people who have worked closely with Noakes, including former Springbok coach Jake White and polar swimmer Lewis Gordon Pugh, as well as award-winning journalists and fellow scientists and academics, some of whom now consider Noakes dangerous and out of control, this book is bound to be as controversial as the man himself.
Das Internet stellt eine interessante und bedeutende Herausforderung an die Rechtswissenschaften dar. Die rasante technische Entwicklung dieses Mediums fiihrte zunachst zu der Erfahrung, daB es zu jeder Regel eine technische Umge hungsmOglichkeit zu geben schien, die diese ihrer Wirkung beraubte. Sowohl der Gesetzgeber als auch die mit der Thematik bescWiftigten Juristen haben Schwie rigkeiten, sich auf diese Situation einzustellen. Gleichwohl ist die Vorstellung von Rechtssicherheit im Internet zu einem entscheidenden Gesichtspunkt fUr dessen positive Fortentwickiung geworden. Der elektronische Geschliftsverkehr und die Bereitschaft von Unternehmen, neue Marketing-und Distributionswege zu bege hen, hangt ma6geblich von der zu erzielenden Rechtssicherheit abo Aber auch der in der Presse in den Vordergrund gespielte Mi6brauch des Mediums erfordert angemessene rechtliche MaBnalunen. Allerdings sind LOsungen fur derartige Pro blemlagen nicht mehr alleine durch Rechtsregeln zu erreichen, sondern miissen von technischen Rahmenbedingungen wie etwa die "Digitale Signatur," Sicher heitskonzepte etc. flankiert werden. Dieses Handbuch verfolgt das Ziel, dem Nutzer in der juristischen oder unter nehmerischen Praxis ebenso wie an Universitat oder Fachhochschule einen Weg durch dieses neue Rechtsgebiet zu schlagen. Obschon es fUr dieses junge Rechts gebiet noch keine festgelegten systematischen Strukturen gibt, wird ein vorsichti ger Versuch unternommen, eine Gliederung zu entwerfen, die sich an die Gege benheit der Materie anIehnt. Dazu ist das Werk in vier Abschnitte unterteilt. 1m ersten Abschnitt werden "Grund/agen" behandelt. Den Einstieg bildet ein Kapitel fiber "Europarechtliche und Internationalrechtliche Regelungen.""
Die Optimierung des Web-Auftritts ist fur Entscheider und Mediengestalter ein wesentliches Ziel ihrer Tatigkeit. Anhand von Erkenntnissen der Ergonomie und Arbeitswissenschaft erklart der Autor, was Besucher auf Internetseiten fesselt und zum Kauf anregt, aber auch, was abschreckt. Fur die Planung eines erfolgreichen E-Business-Auftritts vermittelt das Buch wichtige Grundsatze. Fur das Design einer Informationsseite werden Internet-spezifische Prasentationsregeln erlautert, deren Ziel ein Internet-Auftritt ist. Ein Uberblick uber die grundlegenden Internet-Konzepte rundet das Werk ab."
Now the most used texbook for introductory cryptography courses in both mathematics and computer science, the Third Edition builds upon previous editions by offering several new sections, topics, and exercises. The authors present the core principles of modern cryptography, with emphasis on formal definitions, rigorous proofs of security.
This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed post-workshop proceedings of the 11th International Workshop on Information Hiding, IH 2009, held in Darmstadt, Germany, in June 2009. The 19 revised full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 55 submissions. The papers are organized in topical sections on steganography, steganalysis, watermarking, fingerprinting, hiding in unusual content, novel applications and forensics.
ThisLectureNotesinComputerScience(LNCS)volumecontainsthepapersp- sentedatthe ThirdInternationalWorkshoponComputationalForensics(IWCF 2009), held August 13-14, 2009 at The Netherlands Forensic Institute in The Hague, The Netherlands. Computational forensics is a research domain focusing on the investigation of forensic problems using computational methods. Its primary goal is the d- covery and advancement of forensic knowledge involving modeling, computer simulation, and computer-based analysis and recognition in studying and so- ing forensic problems. The Computational Forensics Workshop series is intended as a forum for researchers and practicioners in all areas of computational and forensic s- ences. This forum discusses current challenges in computer-assisted forensics and presents recent progress and advances. IWCF addressesa broadspectrum of forensicdisciplines fromcriminal inv- tigation. The NAS report "Strengthening Forensic Science in the United States: A Path Forward," published in 2009, already concluded that: "With the exc- tion of nuclear DNA analysis, no forensic method has been rigorously shown to havethecapacitytoconsistentlyandwithahighdegreeofcertaintydemonstrate aconnectionbetweenevidenceandspeci?cindividualorsource."Computational methods can assist with statistical methods using, for example, likelihood ratios to strengthen the di?erent ?elds of forensic science. The organization of such an event is not possible without the e?ort and the enthousiasm of everyone involved. We thank all the members of the P- gram Committee for the timely reviewing process and the adherence to high standards. June 2009 Zeno J.M.H. Geradts Katrin Y. Franke Cor J. Veenman IWCF2009 Organization IWCF2009 was jointly organized by The Netherlands Forensic Institute, The Hague, The Netherlands and the University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Praktischer Leitfaden fur die Informationssuche: Die Autorin berucksichtigt insbesondere die Datenbanken und Ressourcen des National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI), mit dem sie eng zusammenarbeitete. Beispiele und Ubungen aus dem Laboralltag veranschaulichen den sicheren Umgang mit biowissenschaftlichen Datenbanken und Sequenzanalyse-Programmen. Eine praktische Orientierungshilfe fur alle, die effizient recherchieren wollen."
Das Buch bietet sowohl Medizinern und Biologen als auch
Informatikern einen umfassenden und verstAndlichen Einstieg in die
Medizinische Informatik und Bioinformatik. Die Darstellung der
Themen ist abgestimmt auf die Studieninhalte dieser neuen
Fachrichtungen.
A prominent German thinker argues that-contrary to "Twitter Revolution" cheerleading-digital communication is destroying political discourse and political action. The shitstorm represents an authentic phenomenon of digital communication. -from In the Swarm Digital communication and social media have taken over our lives. In this contrarian reflection on digitized life, Byung-Chul Han counters the cheerleaders for Twitter revolutions and Facebook activism by arguing that digital communication is in fact responsible for the disintegration of community and public space and is slowly eroding any possibility for real political action and meaningful political discourse. In the predigital, analog era, by the time an angry letter to the editor had been composed, mailed, and received, the immediate agitation had passed. Today, digital communication enables instantaneous, impulsive reaction, meant to express and stir up outrage on the spot. "The shitstorm," writes Han, "represents an authentic phenomenon of digital communication." Meanwhile, the public, the senders and receivers of these communications have become a digital swarm-not a mass, or a crowd, or Negri and Hardt's antiquated notion of a "multitude," but a set of isolated individuals incapable of forming a "we," incapable of calling dominant power relations into question, incapable of formulating a future because of an obsession with the present. The digital swarm is a fragmented entity that can focus on individual persons only in order to make them an object of scandal. Han, one of the most widely read philosophers in Europe today, describes a society in which information has overrun thought, in which the same algorithms are employed by Facebook, the stock market, and the intelligence services. Democracy is under threat because digital communication has made freedom and control indistinguishable. Big Brother has been succeeded by Big Data.
Social media platforms are one of the main generators of textual data where people around the world share their daily life experiences and information with online society. The social, personal, and professional lives of people on these social networking sites generate not only a huge amount of data but also open doors for researchers and academicians with numerous research opportunities. This ample amount of data needs advanced machine learning, deep learning, and intelligent tools and techniques to receive, process, and interpret the information to resolve real-life challenges and improve the online social lives of people. Advanced Applications of NLP and Deep Learning in Social Media Data bridges the gap between natural language processing (NLP), advanced machine learning, deep learning, and online social media. It hopes to build a better and safer social media space by making human language available on different social media platforms intelligible for machines with the blessings of AI. Covering topics such as machine learning-based prediction, emotion recognition, and high-dimensional text clustering, this premier reference source is an essential resource for OSN service providers, psychiatrists, psychologists, clinicians, sociologists, students and educators of higher education, librarians, researchers, and academicians.
Datenanalyse geht heute weit uber die Ermittlung einfacher Mittelwerte, Varianzen und Signifikanztests hinaus. Ein Grossteil der experimentellen Untersuchungen erfordert aufwandige mathematische Methoden. Der Autor stellt besonders bemerkenswerte und elegante Analysestrategien aus der Forschungsliteratur der letzten zehn Jahre vor. Drei wesentlichen Techniken der fortgeschrittenen Datenanalyse sind Einzelkapitel gewidmet: nichtlineare Zeitreihenanalyse, Methoden der fraktalen Geometrie und Analyse von Daten mit raumzeitlicher Dynamik."
Durch die zunehmende Digitalisierung bildgebender Systeme in der medizinischen Diagnostik gewinnt die digitale Bildverarbeitung eine immer starkere Bedeutung fur die Medizin. Die Themen des Workshops umfassen alle Bereiche der medizinischen Bildverarbeitung, insbesondere Algorithmen, eingesetzte Hard- und Softwaresysteme sowie deren klinische Anwendung."
The exotic and dangerous stereotype of the Gypsy woman formed in 19th-century literature and visual culture remains alive today. These contemporary cliches about Gypsy culture - both negative and romanticised - have a long history. In The Gypsy Woman, Jodie Matthews analyses why the representation of female Gypsy figures in print, painting, television series such as Big Fat Gypsy Weddings and social media sites like Instagram matters so much. Some of these images have been so damaging that they require legal regulation, but Matthews claims that supposedly positive portrayals are just as detrimental by reiterating the same story about Gypsies that have been told since the 19th century. Her study makes this book a highly relevant resource for students, teachers and researchers working in literary, cultural, gender and Romani studies.
Explore the best tricks and techniques for Adobe After Effects by creating highly contextual real-world projects that will take your skills to the next level Key Features * Master After Effects by creating small projects and following the best practices * Exploit the settings and hidden options in After Effects optimize the workflow * Learn the skills and techniques that will set you apart from other graphic designers Book Description Visual effects and motion graphics are everywhere: film, TV, games, websites, applications... the list is never ending. It's a competitive field, so even if you have used some of the many tools out there, you need to stand out to get ahead. Adobe After Effects Tips, Tricks, and Techniques is the guide you need. Not only will it provide the skills and techniques you need to stand out from the crowd, it will also take you through real projects that you can add to your portfolio. In this book, you'll learn by doing. Once you've got to grips with the UI and workflow, you'll undertake projects in text animation, shape layers, and rotoscoping, to name a few. You'll take your graphic design and post production skills to the next level with chroma keying, particle simulations, and 2D and 3D tracking. You'll progress faster than someone taking a formal course in Adobe After Effects! And it's not all about creating; you'll import graphics from Illustrator and Photoshop and apply post production effects to them to give them a new life, and once you've finished, you'll be shown how to export and manage your projects. It's a complete, end to end journey. By the end of the book, you'll have a comprehensive knowledge of Adobe After Effects and will have the skills and practice you need to forge ahead with your career in graphic design. What you will learn * Import media files to create compositions * Create new text layers and import text from Photoshop * Add audio and audio effects to shape layers * Create Motion Graphics templates that can be edited in Premiere Pro * Correct and grade colors in your projects * Remove and mask objects with rotoscoping * Create rain, fire, and smoke effects with particle simulations * Use Media Encoder when exporting your projects Who This Book Is For This book is for someone who has a basic level of understating in After effects and wants to learn the capabilities of After effects for motion graphics, VFX, composting, etc. Graphic Designers, UX & UI designers, Motion Graphics artists, Video Editors, VFX artists would benefit the most from this book. Basic understanding of After Effects and knowledge of Illustrator and Photoshop will be an added advantage.
Layout multipage documents faster for print and digital output, with consistent control over typography, color and positioning, all whilst using the latest InDesign features to automate repetitive and complex tasks Key Features * Easy to follow step-by-step instructions from planning the design project to generating the desired output for web and print * Create engaging design solutions for print media such as posters, magazines, books, and brochures * Discover InDesign tips and tricks to increase productivity and simplify the design process Book Description Adobe InDesign is the leading desktop publishing and layout software for producing brochures, magazines, flyers, books, posters and a wide range of digital documents. It allows you to rapidly layout your documents with precise control over typography, images, positioning and alignment, color, and a wide variety of interactive features if needed. Designing the Adobe InDesign Way you will learn to apply best practice techniques, ensuring your work with InDesign is not only fast and efficient but also easily maintained. You will learn to add and edit content, create color swatches, and use features like tables. Additionally, you will make use of advanced InDesign features such as text styles, parent pages, tables of contents, and pre-flighting. Finally, we will look at the many different export options InDesign offers, as well as explore some of the ways the software can be further extended. By the end of this book, you will be able to layout and design your own materials, using best practice techniques and ensure your work is compatible with industry standards for print and digital documents. What you will learn * Learn to navigate and customize the InDesign interface * Understand how to set up new documents for different types of content * Learn how to add and adjust content within your documents * Learn a variety of tools to speed up your workflow and make you more efficient * Check your documents for errors and fix any errors found * Learn how to output your documents to a variety of different formats Who This Book Is For This book is ideal for marketing and communications professionals in roles such as marketing executive, marketing manager, marketing assistant, communications officer, or comms manager. Additionally, professionals working in roles such as graphic designer, publisher, bids and tender team, pr professionals, and brand manager will also find the book really helpful. Other computer literate users who want to start using InDesign to create more professional content, or who already use InDesign to a basic level and want to develop their skills further, will also find the book to be a useful resource. |
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