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Facebook All-in-One For Dummies 2e (Paperback, 2nd Edition): J Crager Facebook All-in-One For Dummies 2e (Paperback, 2nd Edition)
J Crager
R674 R516 Discovery Miles 5 160 Save R158 (23%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The A to Z Facebook guide for users, marketers, and developers alike Facebook has more than a billion users worldwide. Whether you enjoy spending time on Facebook every day, use it to advertise and market your product, or develop Facebook apps, this go-to guide has something you need. Its six minibooks cover creating a personal timeline, connecting with others, connecting Facebook to other social media, building a fan page, marketing a business on Facebook, and developing Facebook apps. It's fully updated to cover the latest Facebook changes, including Graph Search, mobile apps, Timeline enhancements, and news feed redesign. * Facebook has more than one billion active users who share more than 30 billion pieces of content each month * More than 37 million brands have Pages on Facebook * This complete guide has been fully updated to cover Facebook's latest changes, including Graph Search, mobile apps for both users and Page managers, a redesigned news feed, and enhancements to the Timeline * Minibooks cover creating a personal timeline, connecting with others, connecting Facebook to other social media, building a fan page, marketing a business on Facebook, and developing Facebook apps Facebook All-in-One For Dummies, 2nd Edition is packed with helpful information, great ideas, and ways to help you get even more out of Facebook.

New Communication in the Post-Pandemic Era: Media, Education, and Information (Paperback, New edition): Hasan Kemal Suher,... New Communication in the Post-Pandemic Era: Media, Education, and Information (Paperback, New edition)
Hasan Kemal Suher, Deniz Denizel, Tuna Tetik
R1,273 Discovery Miles 12 730 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

New Communication in the Post-Pandemic Era: Media, Education, and Information is a collection of contemporary post-positivist research and cultural/interpretative studies that explores new areas, redefines old concepts, and proposes rare discourses over communication theories, and portrays a new scene upon the edge of the global crisis by COVID-19 pandemic, which might lead to an ultimate paradigm shift pushing the post-industrial societies to a new complex of multi-layered structural regressions. Covering a broad range of multidisciplinary topics, -including consumer behavior, advertising strategies, public relations, blockchain technologies, new education channels, labor economics, disaster politics, health engagement, corporate communication, information systems, streaming services, music reception, reality television, animation, filmmaking, new personality models, and brand-new aesthetic styles- this manuscript of selected essays and articles is optimally designed for academics, researchers, educators, media professionals, entrepreneurs, executives, organizers, scientists, artists, public relations specialists, and students who intend to enhance their understanding of how the structures of 'New Communication' resist, accept, or repurpose the new historical conditions of the global crisis through media, education, and information.

Critical Approaches to Online Learning (Paperback): Julian McDougall Critical Approaches to Online Learning (Paperback)
Julian McDougall; Edited by Joy Jarvis, Karen Smith
R641 Discovery Miles 6 410 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Online learning has become an increasing presence in higher education course design, with most courses combining physical real time engagement with asynchronous learning activity. Now, however, there is a greater need for this one-stop guide to critical practice in this area, as we rethink the role of digital in the social practices of university learning and teaching. This book provides a critical and contemporary 'deep dive' into the socio-material, technological and pedagogical practices at work in virtual and digital higher education. Examples are drawn from across and between disciplinary pedagogies with a focus on blended and hybrid approaches and the pivot to fully online made urgent by Covid-19 but drawing on existing best practice. The Critical Practice in Higher Education series provides a scholarly and practical entry point for academics into key areas of higher education practice. Each book in the series explores an individual topic in depth, providing an overview in relation to current thinking and practice, informed by recent research. The series will be of interest to those engaged in the study of higher education, those involved in leading learning and teaching or working in academic development, and individuals seeking to explore particular topics of professional interest. Through critical engagement, this series aims to promote an expanded notion of being an academic - connecting research, teaching, scholarship, community engagement and leadership - while developing confidence and authority.

Higher Education in the Era of the Fourth Industrial Revolution (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2018): Nancy W. Gleason Higher Education in the Era of the Fourth Industrial Revolution (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2018)
Nancy W. Gleason
R1,513 R946 Discovery Miles 9 460 Save R567 (37%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This open access collection examines how higher education responds to the demands of the automation economy and the fourth industrial revolution. Considering significant trends in how people are learning, coupled with the ways in which different higher education institutions and education stakeholders are implementing adaptations, it looks at new programs and technological advances that are changing how and why we teach and learn. The book addresses trends in liberal arts integration of STEM innovations, the changing role of libraries in the digital age, global trends in youth mobility, and the development of lifelong learning programs. This is coupled with case study assessments of the various ways China, Singapore, South Africa and Costa Rica are preparing their populations for significant shifts in labour market demands - shifts that are already underway. Offering examples of new frameworks in which collaboration between government, industry, and higher education institutions can prevent lagging behind in this fast changing environment, this book is a key read for anyone wanting to understand how the world should respond to the radical technological shifts underway on the frontline of higher education.

The Trouble With Big Data - How Datafication Displaces Cultural Practices (Hardcover): Jennifer Edmond, Nicola Horsley, Joerg... The Trouble With Big Data - How Datafication Displaces Cultural Practices (Hardcover)
Jennifer Edmond, Nicola Horsley, Joerg Lehmann, Mike Priddy
R2,976 Discovery Miles 29 760 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This open access book explores the challenges society faces with big data, through the lens of culture rather than social, political or economic trends, as demonstrated in the words we use, the values that underpin our interactions, and the biases and assumptions that drive us. Focusing on areas such as data and language, data and sensemaking, data and power, data and invisibility, and big data aggregation, it demonstrates that humanities research, focussing on cultural rather than social, political or economic frames of reference for viewing technology, resists mass datafication for a reason, and that those very reasons can be instructive for the critical observation of big data research and innovation. The eBook editions of this book are available open access under a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 licence on bloomsburycollections.com. Open access was funded by Trinity College Dublin, DARIAH-EU and the European Commission.

Information Wars - How We Lost the Global Battle Against Disinformation and What We Can Do about It (Paperback): Richard Stengel Information Wars - How We Lost the Global Battle Against Disinformation and What We Can Do about It (Paperback)
Richard Stengel
R471 R402 Discovery Miles 4 020 Save R69 (15%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Disinformation is as old as humanity. When Satan told Eve nothing would happen if she bit the apple, that was disinformation. But the rise of social media has made disinformation even more pervasive and pernicious in our current era. In a disturbing turn of events, governments are increasingly using disinformation to create their own false narratives, and democracies are proving not to be very good at fighting it. During the final three years of the Obama administration, Richard Stengel, the former editor of Time and an Under Secretary of State, was on the front lines of this new global information war. At the time, he was the single person in government tasked with unpacking, disproving, and combating both ISIS's messaging and Russian disinformation. Then, in 2016, as the presidential election unfolded, Stengel watched as Donald Trump used disinformation himself, weaponizing the grievances of Americans who felt left out by modernism. In fact, Stengel quickly came to see how all three players had used the same playbook: ISIS sought to make Islam great again; Putin tried to make Russia great again; and we all know about Trump. In a narrative that is by turns dramatic and eye-opening, Information Wars walks readers through of this often frustrating battle. Stengel moves through Russia and Ukraine, Saudi Arabia and Iraq, and introduces characters from Putin to Hillary Clinton, John Kerry and Mohamed bin Salman to show how disinformation is impacting our global society. He illustrates how ISIS terrorized the world using social media, and how the Russians launched a tsunami of disinformation around the annexation of Crimea - a scheme that became the model for their interference with the 2016 presidential election. An urgent book for our times, Information Wars stresses that we must find a way to combat this ever growing threat to democracy.

Dressing Up - Menswear in the Age of Social Media (Hardcover): Joshua M. Bluteau Dressing Up - Menswear in the Age of Social Media (Hardcover)
Joshua M. Bluteau
R2,399 Discovery Miles 23 990 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

What does men's fashion say about contemporary masculinity? How do these notions operate in an increasingly digitized world? To answer these questions, author Joshua M. Bluteau combines theoretical analysis with vibrant narrative, exploring men's fashion in the online world of social media as well as the offline worlds of retail, production, and the catwalk. Is it time to reassess notions of masculinity? How do we construct ourselves in the online world, and what are the dangers of doing so? From the ateliers of London to the digital landscape of Instagram, Dressing Up re-examines the ways men dress, and the ways men post.

Technology - New Trajectories in Law (Paperback): Penny Crofts, Honni Van Rijswijk Technology - New Trajectories in Law (Paperback)
Penny Crofts, Honni Van Rijswijk
R573 Discovery Miles 5 730 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Placing contemporary technological developments in their historical context, this book argues for the importance of law in their regulation. Technological developments are focused upon overcoming physical and human constraints. There are no normative constraints inherent in the quest for ongoing and future technological development. In contrast, law proffers an essential normative constraint. Just because we can do something, does not mean that we should. Through the application of critical legal theory and jurisprudence to pro-actively engage with technology, this book demonstrates why legal thinking should be prioritised in emerging technological futures. This book articulates classic skills and values such as ethics and justice to ensure that future and ongoing legal engagements with socio-technological developments are tempered by legal normative constraints. Encouraging them to foreground questions of justice and critique when thinking about law and technology, the book addresses law students and teachers, lawyers and critical thinkers concerned with the proliferation of technology in our lives.

The Sensible Guide to Program Management Professional (PgMP) (R) Success - Including 420 Practice Exam Questions (Paperback):... The Sensible Guide to Program Management Professional (PgMP) (R) Success - Including 420 Practice Exam Questions (Paperback)
Te Wu
R1,589 Discovery Miles 15 890 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

A Sensible Guide to Program Management Professional (PgMP) (R) Success is for program managers preparing to take the PgMP exam based on The Standard for Program Management - 4th Edition (PgM4 Standard). It is designed for busy professionals whose responsibilities have taken them into the realm of coordinating, facilitating, managing, and leading programs. Program managers are leaders who are directly managing large amounts of project resources for their organizations. This study guide addresses three main concerns facing PgMP exam candidates: What are the essential concepts, processes, and tools that form the foundation of today's program management? Since program management is still an emerging profession with professionals often working in different ways, what does this mean for a "standard" exam? More specifically, how does that impact your ability to pass the PgMP exam? What is the best way to prepare for the PgMP exam? To address the first concern, this book highlights the underlying rationale for program management: why it exists in organizations; why it is becoming ever more important; what programs are, especially for the purpose of passing the exam; how to think like a portfolio manager; and what the most important concepts, processes, and tools are for this profession. By simplifying complex ideas and communicating them in plain English with relevant examples, this book aims to help readers not only to pass the PgMP exam but also to serve as an essential guide for program managers. For the second concern, this book differs from other study guides by describing the author's personal experience as a program manager and addressing the most pressing questions for each of the performance domains in The Standard for Program Management. To address the last concern, this book contains 420 practice questions, access to an online exam simulator and an online PgMP community, and a time-tested approach for passing the PgMP exam.

Minding Minors Wandering the Web: Regulating Online Child Safety (Hardcover, 2014): Simone van der Hof, Bibi van den Berg, Bart... Minding Minors Wandering the Web: Regulating Online Child Safety (Hardcover, 2014)
Simone van der Hof, Bibi van den Berg, Bart Schermer
R3,619 R2,760 Discovery Miles 27 600 Save R859 (24%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Ensuring online safety has become a topic on the regulatory agenda in many Western societies. However, regulating for online safety is far from easy, due to the wide variety of national and international, private and public actors and stakeholders that are involved. When regulating online risks for children it is important to strike the right balance between protection against harms on the one hand and safeguarding their fundamental freedoms and rights on the other. The authors in this book attempt to grapple with precisely this theme: striking the right balance between ensuring safety for children on the internet while at the same time enabling them to experiment, to learn, to enrich their lives, to acquire skills and to have fun using this global network. The authors come from various scientific disciplines, ranging from law to social science and from media studies to philosophy. This means that the book provides the reader with both empirical and theoretical/conceptual chapters and sheds a multi-disciplinary light on the complex topic of regulating online safety for children.

Blockchain for Industry 4.0 - Blockchain for Industry 4.0: Emergence, Challenges, and Opportunities (Hardcover): Asharaf S,... Blockchain for Industry 4.0 - Blockchain for Industry 4.0: Emergence, Challenges, and Opportunities (Hardcover)
Asharaf S, Justin Goldston, Samson Williams, Anoop V.S.
R3,620 Discovery Miles 36 200 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This reference text provides the theoretical foundations, the emergence, and the application areas of Blockchain in an easy-to-understand manner that would be highly helpful for the researchers, academicians, and industry professionals to understand the disruptive potentials of Blockchain. It explains Blockchain concepts related to Industry 4.0, Smart Healthcare, and the Internet of Things (IoT) and explores Smart Contracts and Consensus algorithms. This book will serve as an ideal reference text for graduate students and academic researchers in electrical engineering, electronics and communication engineering, computer engineering, and information technology. This book * Discusses applications of blockchain technology in diverse sectors such as industry 4.0, education, finance, and supply chain. * Provides theoretical concepts, applications, and research advancements in the field of blockchain. * Covers industry 4.0 digitization platform and blockchain for data management in industry 4.0 in a comprehensive manner. * Emphasizes analysis and design of consensus algorithms, fault tolerance, and strategy to choose the correct consensus algorithm. * Introduces security issues in the industrial internet of things, internet of things, blockchain integration, and blockchain-based applications. The text presents in-depth coverage of theoretical concepts, applications and advances in the field of blockchain technology. This book will be an ideal reference for graduate students and academic researchers in diverse engineering fields such as electrical, electronics and communication, computer, and information technology.

Managing Security Services in Heterogenous Networks - Confidentiality, Integrity, Availability, Authentication, and Access... Managing Security Services in Heterogenous Networks - Confidentiality, Integrity, Availability, Authentication, and Access Control (Paperback)
R. Thandeeswaran, Thinagaran Perumal, Kun Ma, N. Jeyanthi
R1,188 Discovery Miles 11 880 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

A heterogeneous network is a network which connects computers and other devices with different operating systems, protocols, or access technologies. By definition, managing heterogenous networks is more difficult that homogenous networks. Confidentiality, integrity, availability (CIA) remain the foundation of security. This book sheds light upon security threats, defenses, and remediation on various networking and data processing domains, including wired networks, wireless networks, mobile ad-hoc networks, wireless sensor networks, and social networks through the prisms of confidentiality, integrity, availability, authentication, and access control. The book is broken into different chapters that explore central subjects and themes in the development of the heterogenous networks we see today. The chapters look at: Access control methods in cloud-enabled Internet of Things Secure routing algorithms for mobile ad-hoc networks Building security trust in mobile ad-hoc networks using soft computing methods The use and development of Blockchain technology, with a particular focus on the nonce-free hash generation in Blockchain Password authentication and keystroke biometrics Health care data analytics over Big Data Bluetooth: and its open issues for managing security services in heterogenous networks Managing Security Services in Heterogenous Networks will be a valuable resource for a whole host of undergraduate and postgraduate students studying related topics, as well as career professionals who have to effectively manage heterogenous networks in the workplace.

Building an Innovation Hotspot - Approaches and Policies to Stimulating New Industry (Paperback): Alicia (Lucy) Cameron Building an Innovation Hotspot - Approaches and Policies to Stimulating New Industry (Paperback)
Alicia (Lucy) Cameron
R1,296 Discovery Miles 12 960 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Evaluates innovation policy and actions and considers real-world examples. Looks to the future of innovation and the role of future technologies. Provides an overview of recent policy trends in innovation and how they contribute to the creation of technology hotspots. Identifies how governments, industry, the research community and local communities can work together to craft individualised approaches to increasing innovation at a local level and building new industries.

Teach Yourself Getting Started on Second Life (Paperback): Teach Yourself Getting Started on Second Life (Paperback)
R87 Discovery Miles 870 Ships in 12 - 17 working days
The Accidental Community Manager - A Guide to Building a Successful B2B Community (Hardcover): Adrian Speyer The Accidental Community Manager - A Guide to Building a Successful B2B Community (Hardcover)
Adrian Speyer
R770 Discovery Miles 7 700 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Beginning AutoCAD (R) 2022 Exercise Workbook (Paperback): Cheryl Shrock Beginning AutoCAD (R) 2022 Exercise Workbook (Paperback)
Cheryl Shrock; Contributions by Steve Heather
R1,944 R1,714 Discovery Miles 17 140 Save R230 (12%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Just as the AutoCAD software continues to be improved and perfected, so does the Beginning AutoCAD (R) Exercise Workbook. This work is truly the ideal package from which to learn AutoCAD, whether you're a complete beginner, or simply learning about the latest features. The new AutoCAD 2022 software includes features such as Installer, which reduces the number of steps needed for the initial install, Share Current Drawing, allowing other users to view or edit a drawing in the online AutoCAD Web application, and Trace, encouraging collaboration on drawing changes using the AutoCAD Web and Mobile apps. Readers can download the provided templates used for drawings in the book from the Industrial Press website. Expert author duo Shrock and Heather share their knowledge with students and instructors, including plenty of inside tips and dozens of exercises to help users get comfortable and see real progress. NEW AND/OR IMPROVED FEATURES IN BEGINNING AUTOCAD 2022: Redesigned Start Tab-There are three main sections that provide access to recent work, enabling users to carry on where they left off, and offering them access to online saved drawing files. (Included in Lesson 1) Count-The new Count feature allows users to count the instances of objects and Blocks that are placed in their drawing. (Included in Lesson 29) Floating Drawing Tabs-Users can now drag a drawing file Tab from the main AutoCAD application window to make it a separate drawing file window. This is extremely useful for those with two or more monitors. (Included in Lesson 2)

Solutions for Sustaining Scalability in Internet Growth (Hardcover, New): Mohamed Boucadair, David Binet Solutions for Sustaining Scalability in Internet Growth (Hardcover, New)
Mohamed Boucadair, David Binet
R5,000 Discovery Miles 50 000 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

An ever-increasing thirst for information in recent years among consumers, researchers, and the general population has necessitated continuous growth of internet architecture and accessibility, an issue which, if not addressed properly, may inhibit the growth of the internet as a whole. Solutions for Sustaining Scalability in Internet Growth investigates current issues impeding the growth of information architecture and explores methods for developing a wider-reaching and ever-evolving internet. The book presents viable solutions to some of the current threats to robust and pervasive information systems, enabling internet actors such as network providers, service providers, vendors, and regulatory bodies to ensure the creation of a more accessible and balanced internet.

Research Anthology on Applying Social Networking Strategies to Classrooms and Libraries, VOL 2 (Hardcover): Information R... Research Anthology on Applying Social Networking Strategies to Classrooms and Libraries, VOL 2 (Hardcover)
Information R Management Association
R9,434 Discovery Miles 94 340 Ships in 12 - 17 working days
Losing the Cybersecurity War - And What We Can Do to Stop It (Hardcover): Steve King Losing the Cybersecurity War - And What We Can Do to Stop It (Hardcover)
Steve King; Edited by Kiren Chaudry
R2,898 Discovery Miles 28 980 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Addressing Cybersecurity through the lens of a war-time set of varying battlefields is unique. Tying those to Zero Trust is also unique. It has that unique POV that hasn't been covered before combined with a highly credible view of and explanation of Zero Trust.

Managing the Insider Threat - No Dark Corners and the Rising Tide Menace (Paperback, 2nd edition): Nick Catrantzos Managing the Insider Threat - No Dark Corners and the Rising Tide Menace (Paperback, 2nd edition)
Nick Catrantzos
R1,660 Discovery Miles 16 600 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

* Provides evidence, examples, and explanation of the developing tactics-illustrated recently in politics in particular-of embedding internal saboteurs bent on dismantling their own institutions from within * Presents numerous case studies to examine instances of insider compromises, including the circumstances and warning signs that led to events * Outlines solutions on how to train organizations and individuals on recognizing, reporting, mitigating, and deterring insider threats

Legal Analytics - The Future of Analytics in Law (Hardcover): Namita Singh Malik, Smita Gupta, Balamurugan Balusamy, Elizaveta... Legal Analytics - The Future of Analytics in Law (Hardcover)
Namita Singh Malik, Smita Gupta, Balamurugan Balusamy, Elizaveta A Gromova
R4,033 R3,753 Discovery Miles 37 530 Save R280 (7%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Legal Analytics: The Future of Analytics in Law navigates the crisscrossing of intelligent technology and the legal field in building up a new landscape of transformation. Legal automation navigation is multidimensional, wherein it intends to construct streamline communication, approval, and management of legal tasks. The evolving environment of technology has emphasized the need for better automation in the legal field from time to time, although legal scholars took long to embrace information revolution of the legal field. * Describes the historical development of law and automation. * Analyzes the challenges and opportunities in law and automation. * Studies the current research and development in the convergence of law, artificial intelligence, and legal analytics. * Explores the recent emerging trends and technologies that are used by various legal systems globally for crime prediction and prevention. * Examines the applicability of legal analytics in forensic investigation. * Investigates the impact of legal analytics tools and techniques in judicial decision making. * Analyzes deep learning techniques and their scope in accelerating legal analytics in developed and developing countries. * Provides an in-depth analysis of implementation, challenges, and issues in society related to legal analytics. This book is primarily aimed at graduates and postgraduates in law and technology, computer science, and information technology. Legal practitioners and academicians will also find this book helpful.

Social Networks  - The Modern-Day Family - Law and Policy of Regulation (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2021): Vanessa Kirch Social Networks - The Modern-Day Family - Law and Policy of Regulation (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2021)
Vanessa Kirch
R3,276 Discovery Miles 32 760 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Social networks have created a plethora of problems regarding privacy and the protection of personal data. The use of social networks has become a key concern of legal scholars, policy-makers and the operators as well as users of those social networks. This pathbreaking book highlights the importance of privacy in the context of today's new electronic communication technologies as it presents conflicting claims to protect national and international security, the freedom of the Internet and economic considerations. Using the New Haven School of Jurisprudence's intellectual framework, the author presents the applicable law on privacy and social media in international and comparative perspective, focusing on the United States, the European Union and its General Data Protection Regulation of 2018 as well as Germany, the United Kingdom and Latin America. The book appraises the law in place, discusses alternatives and presents recommendations in pursuit of a public order of human dignity.

Les mutations des discours mediatiques : approche contrastive et interculturelle (English, French, Hardcover, New edition):... Les mutations des discours mediatiques : approche contrastive et interculturelle (English, French, Hardcover, New edition)
Dominique Dias, Nadine Rentel
R1,286 Discovery Miles 12 860 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Les genres discursifs, penses comme outil theorique necessaire pour faciliter la production et la reception des textes, evoluent dans le temps, mais egalement dans l'espace. Chaque aire linguistique et culturelle possede des specificites generiques qui se manifestent dans la realisation des discours mediatiques. En raison de la digitalisation grandissante, les discours mediatiques sont de plus en plus diffuses et consommes sous leur forme numerique, ce qui implique une reconfiguration des pratiques de production et de reception. Le present ouvrage se propose d'examiner les enjeux interculturels de ces discours mediatiques. Les textes reunis dans cet ouvrage font ressortir les contrastes entre le francais et l'allemand, mais egalement entre le francais et d'autres langues.

Smart Contracts and Comparative Law - A Western Perspective (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2021): Andrea Stazi Smart Contracts and Comparative Law - A Western Perspective (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2021)
Andrea Stazi
R3,499 Discovery Miles 34 990 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

The book analyzes the most relevant developments in the relation between contracts and technology, from automatically concluded contracts to today's revolutionary "smart contracts" developed through blockchain, which are beginning to and will increasingly disrupt many economic and social relations. First of all, the author offers a broad analysis of the peculiarities and evolution of the relation between contracts and technology. The main features and elements of electronic contracts are then examined in depth to highlight the specific rules applicable to them in the international comparative legal framework. In turn, the book provides a detailed explanation of the technology, economic and social dynamics, and legal issues concerning blockchain and smart contracts. The analysis focuses on the question of the legal nature of smart contracts, the issues posed by their development and the first legal solutions adopted in some countries. The comparative approach pursued makes it possible to focus attention on the first solutions adopted until now in various systems, with particular regard to the circulation of models and ideas and to the specificities of their local variations, in terms of e.g. applicable law and jurisdiction. In reviewing the characteristics of distributed ledger technologies, and in particular of the blockchain technology on which smart contracts are based, above all the peculiarities of the latter are taken into consideration, especially automatic execution and resistance to tampering, which simultaneously present significant opportunities and complex legal issues. A comprehensive framework is then provided to reconcile smart contracts with comparative contract law, in order to define the scope and specificities of their binding force, legal effectiveness and regulation in various legal systems. Lastly, with specific reference to the elements, pathologies and contractual remedies for smart contracts, the book examines the peculiarities of their application and the main issues that emerge in comparative contract law in order to promote their harmonized use, in keeping with the transnational nature of such a revolutionary tool.

Gender and Security in Digital Space - Navigating Access, Harassment, and Disinformation (Paperback): Gulizar Haciyakupoglu,... Gender and Security in Digital Space - Navigating Access, Harassment, and Disinformation (Paperback)
Gulizar Haciyakupoglu, Yasmine Wong
R1,097 Discovery Miles 10 970 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Digital space offers new avenues, opportunities, and platforms in the fight for gender equality, and for the social, economic, and political participation of women and marginalised communities. However, the very same space plays host to gender inequalities and security threats with gendered implications. This edited volume ventures into complexities at the intersection of gender, security, and digital space, with a particular focus on the persistent problems of access, harassment, and disinformation. Scholars and practitioners in this volume tackle various facets of the issue, presenting an array of research, experiences, and case studies that span the globe. This knowledge lends itself to potential policy considerations in tackling inequalities and threats with gendered implications in cyber space towards digital spaces that are safe and equal. This book is a must-read for students, scholars, and practitioners seeking to expand their knowledge on the gendered threats in digital space and potential remedies against them.

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