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Digital Activism and the Global Middle Class - Generation Hashtag (Hardcover): Lukas Schlogl Digital Activism and the Global Middle Class - Generation Hashtag (Hardcover)
Lukas Schlogl
R4,063 Discovery Miles 40 630 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This book examines the causes of a growing wave of digital activism across developing countries, arguing that it is driven by social change, rather than technological advancement alone Beginning with an investigation into the modernisation of 'middle-income countries' and its ramifications for political culture, the book examines large-scale social media protest during political controversies in Indonesia It departs from a narrow 'digital divide' framing whereby Internet access produces Internet activism and introduces the concepts of 'digital self-expression' and of 'middle-class struggles' to capture the value-stratified nature of political engagement in the online sphere Drawing on a blend of 'big-data' text analyses, representative opinion research and socioeconomic household analyses, a rich picture of the determinants of digital activism emerges This truly cross-disciplinary book will appeal particularly to students and scholars in Political Science, Sociology, International Development, and Communication, but also to anyone eager to learn about political activism, social transformation, and new media from a global perspective

Innovations and Social Media Analytics in a Digital Society (Hardcover): Maria Jose Sousa, Celio Goncalo Marques Innovations and Social Media Analytics in a Digital Society (Hardcover)
Maria Jose Sousa, Celio Goncalo Marques
R3,621 Discovery Miles 36 210 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Includes Social Media Analytics Case Studies Reviews Social Media Analytics Applications Reviews Trends of Innovation in Social Media Analytics Describes Skills in Social Media Analytics Includes Real-world examples

The SME Business Guide to Fraud Risk Management (Hardcover): Robert James Chapman The SME Business Guide to Fraud Risk Management (Hardcover)
Robert James Chapman
R3,953 Discovery Miles 39 530 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

* A straightforward yet comprehensive guide about risk specifically for smaller businesses. * Fraud is an increasing area of concern, and one that particularly impacts SMEs. This easy-to-access book provides, in one place, key details of all of the primary fraud types affecting SMEs so that they do not have to carry out their own extensive and very time-consuming research. * Case studies are presented throughout to give real life instances of fraud events.

The Global Politics of Artificial Intelligence (Paperback): Maurizio Tinnirello The Global Politics of Artificial Intelligence (Paperback)
Maurizio Tinnirello
R1,541 Discovery Miles 15 410 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Technologies such as artificial intelligence have led to significant advances in science and medicine, but have also facilitated new forms of repression, policing and surveillance. AI policy has become without doubt a significant issue of global politics. The Global Politics of Artificial Intelligence tackles some of the issues linked to AI development and use, contributing to a better understanding of the global politics of AI. This is an area where enormous work still needs to be done, and the contributors to this volume provide significant input into this field of study, to policy makers, academics, and society at large. Each of the chapters in this volume works as freestanding contribution, and provides an accessible account of a particular issue linked to AI from a political perspective. Contributors to the volume come from many different areas of expertise, and of the world, and range from emergent to established authors.

Cybercrime and Digital Forensics - An Introduction (Hardcover, 3rd edition): Thomas J. Holt, Adam M Bossler, Kathryn C... Cybercrime and Digital Forensics - An Introduction (Hardcover, 3rd edition)
Thomas J. Holt, Adam M Bossler, Kathryn C Seigfried-Spellar
R4,147 Discovery Miles 41 470 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This book offers a comprehensive and integrative introduction to cybercrime. It provides an authoritative synthesis of the disparate literature on the various types of cybercrime, the global investigation and detection of cybercrime and the role of digital information, and the wider role of technology as a facilitator for social relationships between deviants and criminals. It includes coverage of: * key theoretical and methodological perspectives; * computer hacking and malicious software; * digital piracy and intellectual theft; * economic crime and online fraud; * pornography and online sex crime; * cyber-bullying and cyber-stalking; * cyber-terrorism and extremism; * the rise of the Dark Web; * digital forensic investigation and its legal context around the world; * the law enforcement response to cybercrime transnationally; * cybercrime policy and legislation across the globe. The new edition has been revised and updated, featuring two new chapters; the first offering an expanded discussion of cyberwarfare and information operations online, and the second discussing illicit market operations for all sorts of products on both the Open and Dark Web. This book includes lively and engaging features, such as discussion questions, boxed examples of unique events and key figures in offending, quotes from interviews with active offenders, and a full glossary of terms. It is supplemented by a companion website that includes further exercises for students and instructor resources. This text is essential reading for courses on cybercrime, cyber-deviancy, digital forensics, cybercrime investigation, and the sociology of technology.

Scholarly Communication in China, Hong Kong, Japan, Korea and Taiwan (Hardcover): Jingfeng Xia Scholarly Communication in China, Hong Kong, Japan, Korea and Taiwan (Hardcover)
Jingfeng Xia
R1,961 Discovery Miles 19 610 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This is one of the very few books that systematically explores the characteristics of scholarly communication outside the West. Over the last decade the advances in information technology have remodelled the foundation of scholarly communication. This book examines how countries/regions in East Asia (China, Japan, Korea and Taiwan) have reacted to the innovations in the conduct of research and in the exchange of ideas. It outlines the traditional systems of scholarly exchange in China, Japan, Korea and Taiwan, and then concentrates on the efforts of these countries/regions to provide revolutionary ways of writing, publishing, and reading of information produced by members of the academic community. It also discusses the achievements as well as challenges in the process of technology innovations, highlighting the uniqueness of practices in scholarly communication in this part of the world.
The first book on this topicChapters written by experts from each country and region coveredComprehensive introduction with historical view and critical perspective

Ethics in Information Technology - A Practical Guide (Hardcover): G K Awari, Sarvesh V. Warjurkar Ethics in Information Technology - A Practical Guide (Hardcover)
G K Awari, Sarvesh V. Warjurkar
R5,238 Discovery Miles 52 380 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Discusses the legal, ethical, and societal implications of information technology. Covers important topics including infringement of intellectual property, security risks, Internet crime, and social networking. Provides in-depth knowledge of privacy techniques. Discusses concepts of intellectual property (IPR) and issues in software development.

Teach Yourself Getting Started on Second Life (Paperback): Teach Yourself Getting Started on Second Life (Paperback)
R157 R90 Discovery Miles 900 Save R67 (43%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days
Dream Lovers - The Gamification of Relationships (Paperback): Alfie Bown Dream Lovers - The Gamification of Relationships (Paperback)
Alfie Bown
R445 Discovery Miles 4 450 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

'An exciting, astute analysis of how our capacity for desire has been slotted into the grooves of digital capitalism, and made to work for profit - from porn to Pokemon' - Richard Seymour We are in the middle of a 'desirevolution' - a fundamental and political transformation of the way we desire as human beings. Perhaps as always, new technologies - with their associated and inherited political biases - are organising and mapping the future. What we don't seem to notice is that the primary way in which our lives are being transformed is through the manipulation and control of desire itself. Our very impulses, drives and urges are 'gamified' to suit particular economic and political agendas, changing the way we relate to everything from lovers and friends to food and politicians. Digital technologies are transforming the subject at the deepest level of desire - re-mapping its libidinal economy - in ways never before imagined possible. From sexbots to smart condoms, fitbits to VR simulators and AI to dating algorithms, the 'love industries' are at the heart of the future smart city and the social fabric of everyday life. This book considers these emergent technologies and what they mean for the future of love, desire, work and capitalism.

Making Sense of Cyber Capabilities for Small States - Case Studies from the Asia-Pacific (Hardcover): Francis C. Domingo Making Sense of Cyber Capabilities for Small States - Case Studies from the Asia-Pacific (Hardcover)
Francis C. Domingo
R3,920 Discovery Miles 39 200 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Domingo explores the potential of cyber capabilities for small states in the Asia-Pacific, the most active region for cyber conflict. He develops a systematic explanation for why Brunei, New Zealand, and Singapore have developed or are developing cyber capabilities. Studies on cyber conflict and strategy have substantially increased in the past decade but most have focused on the cyber operations of powerful states. This book moves away from the prominence of powerful states and explores the potential of cyber capabilities for small states in the Asia-Pacific, the most active region for cyber conflict. It develops a systematic explanation of why Brunei, New Zealand, and Singapore have developed or are developing cyber capabilities despite its obscure strategic value. The book argues that the distribution of power in the region and a "technology-oriented" strategic culture are two necessary conditions that influence the development of cyber capabilities in small states. Following this argument, the book draws on neoclassical realism as a theoretical framework to account for the interaction between these two conditions. The book also pursues three secondary objectives. First, it aims to determine the constraints and incentives that affect the utilization of cyber capabilities as foreign policy instruments. Second, the book evaluates the functionality of these cyber capabilities for small states. Lastly, it assesses the implications of employing cyber capabilities as foreign policy tools of small states. This book will be an invaluable resource for academics and security analysts working on cyber conflict, military strategy, small states, and International Relations in general.

Ethical Hacking and Penetration Testing Guide (Paperback): Rafay Baloch Ethical Hacking and Penetration Testing Guide (Paperback)
Rafay Baloch
R1,775 Discovery Miles 17 750 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

Requiring no prior hacking experience, Ethical Hacking and Penetration Testing Guide supplies a complete introduction to the steps required to complete a penetration test, or ethical hack, from beginning to end. You will learn how to properly utilize and interpret the results of modern-day hacking tools, which are required to complete a penetration test. The book covers a wide range of tools, including Backtrack Linux, Google reconnaissance, MetaGooFil, dig, Nmap, Nessus, Metasploit, Fast Track Autopwn, Netcat, and Hacker Defender rootkit. Supplying a simple and clean explanation of how to effectively utilize these tools, it details a four-step methodology for conducting an effective penetration test or hack.Providing an accessible introduction to penetration testing and hacking, the book supplies you with a fundamental understanding of offensive security. After completing the book you will be prepared to take on in-depth and advanced topics in hacking and penetration testing. The book walks you through each of the steps and tools in a structured, orderly manner allowing you to understand how the output from each tool can be fully utilized in the subsequent phases of the penetration test. This process will allow you to clearly see how the various tools and phases relate to each other. An ideal resource for those who want to learn about ethical hacking but don't know where to start, this book will help take your hacking skills to the next level. The topics described in this book comply with international standards and with what is being taught in international certifications.

Cybersecurity - Ethics, Legal, Risks, and Policies (Hardcover): Ishaani Priyadarshini, Chase Cotton Cybersecurity - Ethics, Legal, Risks, and Policies (Hardcover)
Ishaani Priyadarshini, Chase Cotton
R3,753 Discovery Miles 37 530 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This book is the first of its kind to introduce the integration of ethics, laws, risks, and policies in cyberspace. The book provides understanding of the ethical and legal aspects of cyberspace along with the risks involved. It also addresses current and proposed cyber policies, serving as a summary of the state of the art cyber laws in the United States. It also, importantly, incorporates various risk management and security strategies from a number of organizations. Using easy-to-understand language and incorporating case studies, the authors begin with the consideration of ethics and law in cybersecurity and then go on to take into account risks and security policies. The section on risk covers identification, analysis, assessment, management, and remediation. The very important topic of cyber insurance is covered as well-its benefits, types, coverage, etc. The section on cybersecurity policy acquaints readers with the role of policies in cybersecurity and how they are being implemented by means of frameworks. The authors provide a policy overview followed by discussions of several popular cybersecurity frameworks, such as NIST, COBIT, PCI/DSS, ISO series, etc.

A Guide to Using the Anonymous Web in Libraries and Information Organizations - Enhancing Patron Privacy and Information Access... A Guide to Using the Anonymous Web in Libraries and Information Organizations - Enhancing Patron Privacy and Information Access (Hardcover)
Brady D. Lund, Matthew A. Beckstrom
R3,898 Discovery Miles 38 980 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

A Guide to Using the Anonymous Web in Libraries and Information Organizations provides practical guidance to those who are interested in integrating the anonymous web into their services. It will be particularly useful to those seeking to promote enhanced privacy for their patrons. The book begins by explaining, in simple terms, what the anonymous web is, how it works, and its benefits for users. Lund and Beckstrom also explain why they believe access to the anonymous web should be provided in library and information organizations around the world. They describe how to provide access, as well as educate library users on how to utilize the anonymous web and navigate any challenges that might arise during implementation. The authors also encourage the development of library policies that guide appropriate conduct and filter content, where appropriate, in order to deter illegal activity. A Guide to Using the Anonymous Web in Libraries and Information Organizations reminds us that libraries and other information providers have a duty to educate and support their communities, while also preserving privacy. Demonstrating that the anonymous web can help them to fulfil these obligations, this book will be essential reading for library and information professionals working around the world.

Digital for Good - Raising Kids to Thrive in an Online World (Hardcover): Richard Culatta Digital for Good - Raising Kids to Thrive in an Online World (Hardcover)
Richard Culatta
R550 Discovery Miles 5 500 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Kids deserve a better digital future. Help them create it. When it comes to raising children in a digital world, every parent feels underprepared and overwhelmed. We worry that our children will become addicted to online games, be victims of cyberbullying, or get lost down the rabbit hole of social media. We warn them about all the things they shouldn't do online, but we don't do nearly enough to teach them the skills of digital well-being. It's time to start a new conversation. In Digital for Good, EdTech expert Richard Culatta argues that technology can be a powerful tool for learning, solving humanity's toughest problems, and bringing us closer together. He offers a refreshingly positive framework for preparing kids to be successful in a digital world&#8212one that encourages them to use technology proactively and productively&#8212by outlining five qualities every young person should develop in order to become a thriving, contributing digital citizen: Be balanced: understand when and how much tech use is healthy Stay informed: discern between true and false information Be inclusive: treat others with respect and kindness online Be engaged: use tech to strengthen family relationships and community connections Stay alert: exercise caution and create safe digital spaces for others This practical guide will help parents and children discover the path to becoming effective digital citizens, all while making our online world a better place.

Economic Crime - From Conception to Response (Hardcover): Mark Button, Branislav Hock, David Shepherd Economic Crime - From Conception to Response (Hardcover)
Mark Button, Branislav Hock, David Shepherd
R4,076 Discovery Miles 40 760 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This book offers a fresh approach to a range of pressing issues, emphasising the value of establishing economic crime as a sub-discipline within criminology. This will be essential reading for a range of more applied graduate courses across the UK and Europe on counter-fraud, money laundering, corruption, security management and financial crime investigation. Given the prominence of 'economic crime' amongst police forces, law enforcement agencies and government, this book has a secondary market amongst practitioners.

Economic Crime - From Conception to Response (Paperback): Mark Button, Branislav Hock, David Shepherd Economic Crime - From Conception to Response (Paperback)
Mark Button, Branislav Hock, David Shepherd
R1,169 Discovery Miles 11 690 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This book offers a fresh approach to a range of pressing issues, emphasising the value of establishing economic crime as a sub-discipline within criminology. This will be essential reading for a range of more applied graduate courses across the UK and Europe on counter-fraud, money laundering, corruption, security management and financial crime investigation. Given the prominence of 'economic crime' amongst police forces, law enforcement agencies and government, this book has a secondary market amongst practitioners.

Authorization and Access Control - Foundations, Frameworks, and Applications (Hardcover): Parikshit N. Mahalle, Shashikant S.... Authorization and Access Control - Foundations, Frameworks, and Applications (Hardcover)
Parikshit N. Mahalle, Shashikant S. Bhong, Gitanjali R. Shinde
R1,513 Discovery Miles 15 130 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Provides overview of security challenges of IoT and mitigation techniques with a focus on authorization and access control mechanisms Discusses behavioural analysis of threats and attacks using UML base modelling Covers use of Oauth2.0 Protocol and UMA for connecting web applications Includes Role Based Access Control (RBAC), Discretionary Access Control (DAC), Mandatory Access Control (MAC), and Permission Based Access Control (PBAC) Explores how to provide access to third party web applications through resource server by use of secured and reliable Oauth2.0 framework

Social Media in Legal Practice (Paperback): Girolamo Tessuto, Vijay Bhatia Social Media in Legal Practice (Paperback)
Girolamo Tessuto, Vijay Bhatia
R1,243 Discovery Miles 12 430 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

There are multiple aspects of electronically-mediated communication that influence and have strong implications for legal practice. This volume focuses on three major aspects of mediated communication through social media. Part I examines social media and the legal community. It explores how this has influenced professional legal discourse and practice, contributing to the popularity of internet-based legal research, counselling and assistance through online services offering explanations of law, preparing documents, providing evidence, and even encouraging electronically mediated alternative dispute resolution. Part II looks at the use of social media for client empowerment. It examines how it has taken legal practice from a formal and distinct business to one that is publicly informative and accessible. Part III discusses the way forward, exploring the opportunities and challenges. Based on cases from legal practice in diverse jurisdictions, the book highlights key issues as well as implications for legal practitioners on the one hand, and clients on the other. The book will be a valuable reference for international scholars in law and other socio-legal studies, discourse analysis, and practitioners in legal and alternative dispute resolution contexts.

Internet of Everything and Big Data - Major Challenges in Smart Cities (Hardcover): Salahddine Krit, Mohamed Elhoseny,... Internet of Everything and Big Data - Major Challenges in Smart Cities (Hardcover)
Salahddine Krit, Mohamed Elhoseny, Valentina Emilia Balas, Rachid Benlamri, Marius M. Balas
R4,493 Discovery Miles 44 930 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Explains concepts of Internet of Everything problems, research challenge goals, and vision in smart cities Based on the most recent innovations, and covering the major challenges in smart cities, between IoT and Big Data Examines security issues and challenges related to data-intensive advances in IoT Addresses the total information science challenges in Internet of Everything enabled technologies Covers the exploring and creating IoT environment related self-adaptive systems

The Security Hippie (Hardcover): Barak Engel The Security Hippie (Hardcover)
Barak Engel
R3,179 Discovery Miles 31 790 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The Security Hippie is Barak Engel's second book. As the originator of the "Virtual CISO" (fractional security chief) concept, he has served as security leader in dozens of notable organizations, such as Mulesoft, Stubhub, Amplitude Analytics, and many others. The Security Hippie follows his previous book, Why CISOs Fail, which became a sleeper hit, earning a spot in the Cybercannon project as a leading text on the topic of information security management. In this new book, Barak looks at security purely through the lens of story-telling, sharing many and varied experiences from his long and accomplished career as organizational and thought leader, and visionary in the information security field. Instead of instructing, this book teaches by example, sharing many real situations in the field and actual events from real companies, as well as Barak's related takes and thought processes. An out-of-the-mainstream, counterculture thinker - Hippie - in the world of information security, Barak's rich background and unusual approach to the field come forth in this book in vivid color and detail, allowing the reader to sit back and enjoy these experiences, and perhaps gain insights when faced with similar issues themselves or within their organizations. The author works hard to avoid technical terms as much as possible, and instead focus on the human and behavioral side of security, finding the humor inherent in every anecdote and using it to demystify the field and connect with the reader. Importantly, these are not the stories that made the news; yet they are the ones that happen all the time. If you've ever wondered about the field of information security, but have been intimidated by it, or simply wished for more shared experiences, then The Security Hippie is the perfect way to open that window by accompanying Barak on some of his many travels into the land of security.

Privacy Engineering (Paperback): Nishant Bhajaria Privacy Engineering (Paperback)
Nishant Bhajaria
R1,258 Discovery Miles 12 580 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

PrivacyEngineering is a hands-on guide to building a modern and flexible privacy program for your organization. It helps map essential legal requirements into practical engineering techniques that you can implement right away. The book develops your strategic understanding of data governance and helps you navigate the tricky trade-offs between privacy and business needs. You'll learn to spot risks in your own data management systems and prepare to satisfy both internal and external privacy audits. There's no bureaucratic new processes or expensive new software necessary. You'll learn how to repurpose the data and security tools you already use to achieve your privacy goals. Preserving the privacy of your users is essential for any successful business. Well-designed processes and data governance ensure that privacy is built into your systems from the ground up, keeping your users safe and helping your organization maintain compliance with the law.

Practical Security for Agile and DevOps (Hardcover): Mark S. Merkow Practical Security for Agile and DevOps (Hardcover)
Mark S. Merkow
R4,797 Discovery Miles 47 970 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This textbook was written from the perspective of someone who began his software security career in 2005, long before the industry began focusing on it. This is an excellent perspective for students who want to learn about securing application development. After having made all the rookie mistakes, the author realized that software security is a human factors issue rather than a technical or process issue alone. Throwing technology into an environment that expects people to deal with it but failing to prepare them technically and psychologically with the knowledge and skills needed is a certain recipe for bad results. Practical Security for Agile and DevOps is a collection of best practices and effective implementation recommendations that are proven to work. The text leaves the boring details of software security theory out of the discussion as much as possible to concentrate on practical applied software security that is useful to professionals. It is as much a book for students' own benefit as it is for the benefit of their academic careers and organizations. Professionals who are skilled in secure and resilient software development and related tasks are in tremendous demand. This demand will increase exponentially for the foreseeable future. As students integrate the text's best practices into their daily duties, their value increases to their companies, management, community, and industry. The textbook was written for the following readers: Students in higher education programs in business or engineering disciplines AppSec architects and program managers in information security organizations Enterprise architecture teams with a focus on application development Scrum Teams including: Scrum Masters Engineers/developers Analysts Architects Testers DevOps teams Product owners and their management Project managers Application security auditors Agile coaches and trainers Instructors and trainers in academia and private organizations

Digital Totalitarianism - Algorithms and Society (Hardcover): Michael Filimowicz Digital Totalitarianism - Algorithms and Society (Hardcover)
Michael Filimowicz
R1,525 Discovery Miles 15 250 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Digital Totalitarianism: Algorithms and Society focuses on important challenges to democratic values posed by our computational regimes: policing the freedom of inquiry, risks to the personal autonomy of thought, NeoLiberal management of human creativity, and the collapse of critical thinking with the social media fueled rise of conspiranoia. Digital networks allow for a granularity and pervasiveness of surveillance by government and corporate entities. This creates power asymmetries where each citizen's daily 'data exhaust' can be used for manipulative and controlling ends by powerful institutional actors. This volume explores key erosions in our fundamental human values associated with free societies by covering government surveillance of library-based activities, cognitive enhancement debates, the increasing business orientation of art schools, and the proliferation of conspiracy theories in network media. Scholars and students from many backgrounds, as well as policy makers, journalists and the general reading public will find a multidisciplinary approach to questions of totalitarian tendencies encompassing research from Communication, Rhetoric, Library Sciences, Art and New Media.

Democratic Frontiers - Algorithms and Society (Hardcover): Michael Filimowicz Democratic Frontiers - Algorithms and Society (Hardcover)
Michael Filimowicz
R1,582 Discovery Miles 15 820 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Democratic Frontiers: Algorithms and Society focuses on digital platforms' effects in societies with respect to key areas such as subjectivity and self-reflection, data and measurement for the common good, public health and accessible datasets, activism in social media and the import/export of AI technologies relative to regime type. Digital technologies develop at a much faster pace relative to our systems of governance which are supposed to embody democratic principles that are comparatively timeless, whether rooted in ancient Greek or Enlightenment ideas of freedom, autonomy and citizenship. Algorithms, computing millions of calculations per second, do not pause to reflect on their operations. Developments in the accumulation of vast private datasets that are used to train automated machine learning algorithms pose new challenges for upholding these values. Social media platforms, while the key driver of today's information disorder, also afford new opportunities for organized social activism. The US and China, presumably at opposite ends of an ideological spectrum, are the main exporters of AI technology to both free and totalitarian societies. These are some of the important topics covered by this volume that examines the democratic stakes for societies with the rapid expansion of these technologies. Scholars and students from many backgrounds as well as policy makers, journalists and the general reading public will find a multidisciplinary approach to issues of democratic values and governance encompassing research from Sociology, Digital Humanities, New Media, Psychology, Communication, International Relations and Economics. Chapter 3 of this book is available for free in PDF format as Open Access from the individual product page at www.routledge.com. It has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 4.0 license

How Modern Media Destroys Our Minds - calming the chaos (Hardcover): The School of Life How Modern Media Destroys Our Minds - calming the chaos (Hardcover)
The School of Life
R477 R382 Discovery Miles 3 820 Save R95 (20%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

We are so used to living in a media-saturated world that we do not notice just how much damage is being done to us daily by the images we see and the articles and posts we read. If you are often anxious or find it hard to sleep, or you regularly want to give up on your fellow human beings, the reason may come down to the relentless influence of the modern media. How Modern Media Destroys Our Minds is a guide for navigating the media today. The book encourages the reader to consider the many peculiarities of the modern media: its excessive focus on scandal, its emphasis on novelty, its capacity to breed envy and self-hatred, its high-minded defence of itself, its ever shorter attention span and its obsession with fame. The book teaches us how to liberate ourselves from the media, in order to achieve calm and a more generous, original and imaginative state of mind. We are shown how to redress the balance and emerge with a stronger, more positive outlook on life.

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