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Social Butterflies - Reclaiming the Positive Power of Social Networks (Hardcover): Michael Sanders, Susannah Hume Social Butterflies - Reclaiming the Positive Power of Social Networks (Hardcover)
Michael Sanders, Susannah Hume 1
R589 R483 Discovery Miles 4 830 Save R106 (18%) Ships in 9 - 15 working days

'Engaging, fact-filled and profoundly illuminating. It's inspiring to read - and it should help make the world a lot better.' Cass Sunstein, author of Nudge The rise of social media has sent our social instincts into overdrive, and the impact of our networks has never been greater. But what if we could reclaim the positive power that influences our decisions, to behave better and be happier? In this groundbreaking book, Sanders and Hume build on the incredible findings of their own cutting-edge research from their work at the world's first Nudge Unit, as well as illuminating case studies from experts around the world, to show how small changes in our environments can have a huge impact on where our instincts lead us. At a time when our trust in each other is being destroyed on a global scale, it's never been more important to understand what motivates us and how to use our predictable behaviours to drive positive change. From helping us to run more cohesive organizations, to building important relationships and connections that matter, this is an essential roadmap back to our better social selves.

Password Logbook (Black & Gold) - Keep Track of Usernames, Passwords, Web Addresses in One Easy and Organized Location... Password Logbook (Black & Gold) - Keep Track of Usernames, Passwords, Web Addresses in One Easy and Organized Location (Hardcover)
Editors of Rock Point
R158 Discovery Miles 1 580 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Keep track of your online passwords in this elegant, yet inconspicuous, alphabetically tabbed notebook featuring a modern black-and-gold design. In this 4 x 5.75-inch, 128-page hardcover notebook with removable cover band, record the necessarily complex passwords and user login names required to thwart hackers. You'll find: Internet password safety and naming tips A to Z tabbed pages with space to list website, username, and five passwords for each Dedicated pages to record software license information, with spaces for license number, purchase date, renewal date, and monthly fee Dedicated pages to record network settings and passwords, including for modem, router, WAN, LAN, and wireless A notes section with blank lined pages Just say "no" to piles of sticky notes and scraps of paper with your passwords and logins! This internet password logbook provides an easy way to keep track of website addresses, usernames, and passwords in one discreet and convenient location.

Law and Autonomous Machines - The Co-evolution of Legal Responsibility and Technology (Hardcover): Mark Chinen Law and Autonomous Machines - The Co-evolution of Legal Responsibility and Technology (Hardcover)
Mark Chinen
R3,005 Discovery Miles 30 050 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This book sets out a possible trajectory for the co-development of legal responsibility on the one hand and artificial intelligence and the machines and systems driven by it on the other. As autonomous technologies become more sophisticated it will be harder to attribute harms caused by them to the humans who design or work with them. This will put pressure on legal responsibility and autonomous technologies to co-evolve. Mark Chinen illustrates how these factors strengthen incentives to develop even more advanced systems, which in turn inspire nascent calls to grant legal and moral status to autonomous machines. This book is a valuable resource for scholars and practitioners of legal doctrine, ethics and autonomous technologies, as well as legislators and policy makers, and engineers and designers who are interested in the broader implications of their work.

Research Handbook on Digital Sociology (Hardcover): Jan Skopek Research Handbook on Digital Sociology (Hardcover)
Jan Skopek
R6,291 Discovery Miles 62 910 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Exploring the social implications of digital transformation, as well as demonstrating how we might use digital transformation to further sociological knowledge, this incisive Handbook provides an extensive overview of cutting-edge research on the digital turn of modern society. Bringing together contributions from more than 60 experts spanning a wide range of disciplines, Jan Skopek explores how digital technologies inextricably permeate the ways we go about our everyday lives, from how we seek information and carry out economic transactions to how we construct our identities and pursue and maintain social relationships. Chapters investigate timely issues related to social theory and social research in the digital age, including the study of online behaviour, digital social inequalities, and the micro- and macro-level consequences of digital technological change. Covering state-of-the-art quantitative and qualitative research methodologies in digital sociology, this Research Handbook serves as a comprehensive resource for teaching and research in a continually developing field. Cross-disciplinary in scope, this dynamic Research Handbook will be essential reading for a diverse audience of academics, researchers, students, and practitioners, particularly in the fields of sociology, demography, computer and information sciences, economics, business, and psychology.

A Gremlin in the Works (Hardcover, 2nd New edition): Bitmap Books A Gremlin in the Works (Hardcover, 2nd New edition)
Bitmap Books
R984 Discovery Miles 9 840 Ships in 9 - 15 working days
Privacy and Legal Issues in Cloud Computing (Paperback): Anne S.Y. Cheung, Rolf H. Weber Privacy and Legal Issues in Cloud Computing (Paperback)
Anne S.Y. Cheung, Rolf H. Weber
R1,357 Discovery Miles 13 570 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Using a multi-disciplinary and comparative approach, this study examines emerging and innovative attempts to tackle privacy and legal issues in cloud computing such as personal data privacy, security and intellectual property protection. An international team of legal scholars, computer science researchers, regulators and practitioners present original and critical responses to the growing challenges posed by cloud computing. They analyze the specific legal implications pertaining to jurisdiction, biomedical practice and information ownership, as well as issues of regulatory control, competition and cross-border regulation. Law academics, practitioners and regulators will find this book to be a valuable, practical and accessible resource, as will computer science scholars interested in cloud computing issues. Contributors: H. Chang, A.S.Y. Cheung, A. Chiu, K.P. Chow, E.S. Dove, X. Fan, Y. Joly, T.S.-H. Kaan, B.M. Knoppers, J. Kong, G. Master, J.-P. Moiny, C. Reed, D.N. Staiger, G.Y. Tian, R.H. Weber, P.K. Yu

Containing Big Tech - How To Protect Our Civil Rights, Economy, And Democracy (Hardcover): Tom Kemp Containing Big Tech - How To Protect Our Civil Rights, Economy, And Democracy (Hardcover)
Tom Kemp
R750 R610 Discovery Miles 6 100 Save R140 (19%) In Stock

The path forward to rein in online surveillance, AI, and tech monopolies.

Technology is a gift and a curse. The five Big Tech companies―Meta, Apple, Amazon, Microsoft, and Google―have built innovative products that improve many aspects of our lives. But their intrusiveness and our dependence on them have created pressing threats to our civil rights, economy, and democracy.

Coming from an extensive background building Silicon Valley-based tech startups, Tom Kemp eloquently and precisely weaves together the threats posed by Big Tech:

  • the overcollection and weaponization of our most sensitive data
  • the problematic ways Big Tech uses AI to process and act upon our data
  • the stifling of competition and entrepreneurship due to Big Tech's dominant market position

This richly detailed book exposes the consequences of Big Tech's digital surveillance, exploitative use of AI, and monopolistic and anticompetitive practices. It offers actionable solutions to these problems and a clear path forward for individuals and policymakers to advocate for change. By containing the excesses of Big Tech, we will ensure our civil rights are respected and preserved, our economy is competitive, and our democracy is protected.

Sinclair ZX Spectrum: a visual compendium (Hardcover): Bitmap Books Sinclair ZX Spectrum: a visual compendium (Hardcover)
Bitmap Books
R1,053 Discovery Miles 10 530 Ships in 9 - 15 working days
Masters of Deception: the Gang That Ruled Cyberspace (Paperback, 1st HarperPerennial ed): Michele Slatalla Masters of Deception: the Gang That Ruled Cyberspace (Paperback, 1st HarperPerennial ed)
Michele Slatalla
R436 R359 Discovery Miles 3 590 Save R77 (18%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

The bestselling account of a band of kids from New York who fought an electronic turf war that ranged across some of the nation's most powerful computer systems. "An immensely fun and -- one cannot emphasize this enough -- accessible history of the first outlaws in cyberspace."--Glamour

Intellectual Property and Access to Im/material Goods (Hardcover): Jessica C. Lai, Antoinette Maget Dominice Intellectual Property and Access to Im/material Goods (Hardcover)
Jessica C. Lai, Antoinette Maget Dominice
R3,807 Discovery Miles 38 070 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Intellectual property goods are frequently referred to as intangible or abstract. Yet, traditionally, they have almost always needed to be embodied or materialized in order to be protected (and - to a certain extent - to be used and enjoyed), regardless of whether they are copyrighted works, patented inventions or trademarks. With a focus on the issue of access and the challenges of new technologies such as biotechnology and digital technologies, this unique collection analyzes the relationship between intellectual property and its physical embodiments. It contains a mixture of theoretical and practical perspectives and encompasses an interdisciplinary approach, including chapters on the connection between intellectual property and cultural heritage law, cultural property law and international trade law. The book furthermore comprises historical reflections that illuminate how intellectual property has never been purely about the intangible. Intellectual Property and Access to Im/material Goods will be of interest to scholars, practitioners and law and policymakers. Users of intellectual property goods such as museums, libraries, archives and/or other cultural institutions, as well as users of biomaterials, copyrighted works, patented inventions and/or trademarked goods will find value in this book. Contributors include: C.E. Bell, M. Blakeney, D.L. Burk, S. Corbett, S. Frankel, M.J. Madison, A. McMahon, A. Pottage, L.K. Skorodenski, G. Spedicato, P.K. Yu

A New Framework for Intermediary Liability - Copyright, Causation and Control on the Internet (Hardcover): Kylie Pappalardo A New Framework for Intermediary Liability - Copyright, Causation and Control on the Internet (Hardcover)
Kylie Pappalardo
R2,732 Discovery Miles 27 320 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

A New Framework for Intermediary Liability presents a step-by-step framework for determining when internet intermediaries ought to have a duty to act to prevent copyright infringement on their platforms and services. This timely book argues that intermediary liability for copyright infringement should be focused on an intermediary's actual responsibility for primary infringement and not simply its capacity to assist copyright owners in challenging infringement. Drawing on long-standing principles in the law of negligence, Kylie Pappalardo argues for a brand-new way to understand intermediary copyright liability and offers a means to distinguish innocent and responsible intermediaries at an early stage. Pappalardo reasons that a duty to act should only arise where the intermediary has causally contributed to the risk of infringement or where they have real and actual control over the actions of primary infringers. With astute consideration of the links between tort law and copyright, this book will be a compelling read for copyright scholars and researchers interested in intellectual property and technology law. Judges, lawyers and policymakers looking for guidance on how to define intermediary liability for copyright infringement will also find helpful direction in this book.

The Power Of Connection - Change Your Relationships, Transform Your Life (Paperback): Harry Barry The Power Of Connection - Change Your Relationships, Transform Your Life (Paperback)
Harry Barry
R415 R332 Discovery Miles 3 320 Save R83 (20%) In Stock

In this expert-led guide, Dr Harry Barry draws on his decades of experience as a doctor to show readers how we can improve our emotional connections and transform our mental wellbeing.

The Power of Connection will empower you with the fascinating science behind our existing behaviours and all the need-to-know tips and techniques for improving our skills of emotional connection. From the neuroscience behind communication to the role of verbal language, the importance of setting to the power of humour, this book gives you all the tools you need to thrive in any networking or social situation.

This book will help you to:

  • Feel less lonely
  • Experience deeper friendships and personal relationships
  • Be someone who makes others feel comfortable
  • Be more effective in the workplace
  • Experience all the positive effects of these changes on your mental and physical health

Including case studies and practical exercises, The Power of Connection offers a step-by-step roadmap to improved social confidence, better workplace communication and more fulfilling emotional connections, with ourselves and others.

Slenderman - Online Obsession, Mental Illness, and the Violent Crime of Two Midwestern Girls (Paperback): Kathleen Hale Slenderman - Online Obsession, Mental Illness, and the Violent Crime of Two Midwestern Girls (Paperback)
Kathleen Hale
R526 R450 Discovery Miles 4 500 Save R76 (14%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

The first full account of the Slenderman stabbing, a true crime narrative of mental illness, the American judicial system, the trials of adolescence, and the power of the internetOn May 31, 2014, in the Milwaukee suburb of Waukesha, Wisconsin, two twelve-year-old girls attempted to stab their classmate to death. Morgan Geyser and Anissa Weier's violence was extreme, but what seemed even more frightening was that they committed their crime under the influence of a figure born by the internet: the so-called "Slenderman." Yet the even more urgent aspect of the story, that the children involved suffered from undiagnosed mental illnesses, often went overlooked in coverage of the case.Slenderman: Online Obsession, Mental Illness, and the Violent Crime of Two Midwestern Girls tells that full story for the first time in deeply researched detail, using court transcripts, police reports, individual reporting, and exclusive interviews. Morgan and Anissa were bound together by their shared love of geeky television shows and animals, and their discovery of the user-uploaded scary stories on the Creepypasta website could have been nothing more than a brief phase. But Morgan was suffering from early-onset childhood schizophrenia. She believed that she had seen Slenderman long before discovering him online, and the only way to stop him from killing her family was to bring him a sacrifice: Morgan's best friend Payton "Bella" Leutner, whom Morgan and Anissa planned to stab to death on the night of Morgan's twelfth birthday party. Bella survived the attack, but was deeply traumatized, while Morgan and Anissa were immediately sent to jail, and the severity of their crime meant that they would be prosecuted as adults. There, as Morgan continued to suffer from worsening mental illness after being denied antipsychotics, her life became more and more surreal.Slenderman is both a page-turning true crime story and a search for justice.

Advanced Introduction to Law and Artificial Intelligence (Paperback): Woodrow Barfield, Ugo Pagallo Advanced Introduction to Law and Artificial Intelligence (Paperback)
Woodrow Barfield, Ugo Pagallo
R576 Discovery Miles 5 760 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

Elgar Advanced Introductions are stimulating and thoughtful introductions to major fields in the social sciences and law, expertly written by the world's leading scholars. Designed to be accessible yet rigorous, they offer concise and lucid surveys of the substantive and policy issues associated with discrete subject areas. Woodrow Barfield and Ugo Pagallo present a succinct introduction to the legal issues related to the design and use of artificial intelligence (AI). Exploring human rights, constitutional law, data protection, criminal law, tort law, and intellectual property law, they consider the laws of a number of jurisdictions including the US, the European Union, Japan, and China, making reference to case law and statutes. Key features include: a critical insight into human rights and constitutional law issues which may be affected by the use of AI discussion of the concept of legal personhood and how the law might respond as AI evolves in intelligence an introduction to current laws and statutes which apply to AI and an identification of the areas where future challenges to the law may arise. This Advanced Introduction is ideal for law and social science students with an interest in how the law applies to AI. It also provides a useful entry point for legal practitioners seeking an understanding of this emerging field.

Say No to Social Media - Simple Tips to Help You Stay Positively Connected (Paperback): Chloe Ramsden Say No to Social Media - Simple Tips to Help You Stay Positively Connected (Paperback)
Chloe Ramsden 1
R159 Discovery Miles 1 590 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Are you familiar with FOMO? Do you often fall prey to the mindless scroll? Is the pressure of likes, follows and notifications getting you down? Although social media is a big part of modern life, using it can often leave us feeling drained, unfocused and unhappy - but it doesn't have to be that way! This book has everything you need to put you back in the driving seat. With 100 practical tips, from switching off to curating positive feeds, you'll find it easy to take the first steps towards a happier online life.

Entrepreneurial Process and Social Networks - A Dynamic Perspective (Hardcover): Alain Fayolle, Sarah L. Jack, Wadid Lamine,... Entrepreneurial Process and Social Networks - A Dynamic Perspective (Hardcover)
Alain Fayolle, Sarah L. Jack, Wadid Lamine, Didier Chabaud
R3,956 Discovery Miles 39 560 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Entrepreneurship is undoubtedly a social process and creating a firm requires both the mobilisation of social networks and the use of social capital. This book addresses the gap that exists between the need to take these factors into consideration and the understanding of how network relationships are developed and transformed across the venturing process. Expert contributions from key scholars in the field illustrate how social networks evolve across entrepreneurial stages, using studies from different regions across the world. Offering a comprehensive understanding, they emphasize the role of formal networks created inside professions and firms. Also examined is the impact of context including both family and internationally variable institutions that can help entrepreneurs to access resources and competencies useful for their projects. The book concludes by emphasizing the various research challenges: which theories are useful for our endeavors and which new methods can be used to understand the dynamics of the venturing process? Dynamic and eminently practical, this book will be invaluable to scholars and students studying the entrepreneurial process and the impact of social networks. It will also prove a useful tool in aiding entrepreneurs to optimize the development of their networks and better manage their entrepreneurial processes. Contributors include: L. Aaboen, M.A. Abebe, A.R. Anderson, M. Brettel, D. Chabaud, H. Chebbi, M. de Beer, S. Drakopoulou Dodd, A. Fayolle, R.T. Harrison, F.M. Hill, S.L. Jack, W. Jansen, W. Lamine, H. Lawton-Smith, C. Lechner, C.M. Leitch, C. Leyronas, F. Lind, S. Loup, A.B.R. Lwango, R. Mauer, S. Mian, G. Mollenhorst, J. Ngijol, S. Qureshi, T. Redd, V. Schutjens, M. Virahsawmy, S. Wu

Data Visualization with Excel Dashboards and Reports (Paperback): D Kusleika Data Visualization with Excel Dashboards and Reports (Paperback)
D Kusleika
R755 Discovery Miles 7 550 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Large corporations like IBM and Oracle are using Excel dashboards and reports as a Business Intelligence tool, and many other smaller businesses are looking to these tools in order to cut costs for budgetary reasons. An effective analyst not only has to have the technical skills to use Excel in a productive manner but must be able to synthesize data into a story, and then present that story in the most impactful way. Microsoft shows its recognition of this with Excel. In Excel, there is a major focus on business intelligence and visualization. Data Visualization with Excel Dashboards and Reports fills the gap between handling data and synthesizing data into meaningful reports. This title will show readers how to think about their data in ways other than columns and rows. Most Excel books do a nice job discussing the individual functions and tools that can be used to create an "Excel Report". Titles on Excel charts, Excel pivot tables, and other books that focus on "Tips and Tricks" are useful in their own right; however they don't hit the mark for most data analysts. The primary reason these titles miss the mark is they are too focused on the mechanical aspects of building a chart, creating a pivot table, or other functionality. They don't offer these topics in the broader picture by showing how to present and report data in the most effective way. What are the most meaningful ways to show trending? How do you show relationships in data? When is showing variances more valuable than showing actual data values? How do you deal with outliers? How do you bucket data in the most meaningful way? How do you show impossible amounts of data without inundating your audience? In Data Visualization with Excel Reports and Dashboards, readers will get answers to all of these questions. Part technical manual, part analytical guidebook; this title will help Excel users go from reporting data with simple tables full of dull numbers, to creating hi-impact reports and dashboards that will wow management both visually and substantively. This book offers a comprehensive review of a wide array of technical and analytical concepts that will help users create meaningful reports and dashboards. After reading this book, the reader will be able to: Analyze large amounts of data and report their data in a meaningful way Get better visibility into data from different perspectives Quickly slice data into various views on the fly Automate redundant reporting and analyses Create impressive dashboards and What-If analyses Understand the fundamentals of effective visualization Visualize performance comparisons Visualize changes and trends over time

The Network Society - A Cross-Cultural Perspective (Paperback, New edition): Manuel Castells The Network Society - A Cross-Cultural Perspective (Paperback, New edition)
Manuel Castells
R1,494 Discovery Miles 14 940 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Manuel Castells - one of the world's pre-eminent social scientists - has drawn together a stellar group of contributors to explore the patterns and dynamics of the network society in its cultural and institutional diversity. The book analyzes the technological, cultural and institutional transformation of societies around the world in terms of the critical role of electronic communication networks in business, everyday life, public services, social interaction and politics. The contributors demonstrate that the network society is the new form of social organization in the Information age, replacing the Industrial society. The book analyzes processes of technological transformation in interaction with social culture in different cultural and institutional contexts: the United States of America, the United Kingdom, Finland, Russia, China, India, Canada, and Catalonia. The topics examined include business productivity, global financial markets, cultural identity, the uses of the Internet in education and health, the anti-globalization movement, political processes, media and identity, and public policies to guide technological development. Taken together these studies show that the network society adopts very different forms, depending on the cultural and institutional environments in which it evolves. The Network Society is an outstanding and original volume of direct interest in academia - particularly in the fields of social sciences, communication studies, and business schools - as well as for policymakers engaged in technological policy and economic development. Business and management experts will also discover much of value to them within this book.

Parallelwelten - We are now in a different world (special edition) (Paperback): Martin Recke Parallelwelten - We are now in a different world (special edition) (Paperback)
Martin Recke; Edited by Matthias Schrader, Volker Martens
R774 Discovery Miles 7 740 Ships in 12 - 17 working days
On Bts - Pop Music, Fandom, Sincerity (Paperback): Lenika Cruz On Bts - Pop Music, Fandom, Sincerity (Paperback)
Lenika Cruz
R317 R257 Discovery Miles 2 570 Save R60 (19%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Facebook Effect (Paperback): Kirkpatrick The Facebook Effect (Paperback)
Kirkpatrick
R524 R442 Discovery Miles 4 420 Save R82 (16%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

IN LITTLE MORE THAN HALF A DECADE, Facebook has gone from a dorm-room novelty to a company with 500 million users. It is one of the fastest growing companies in history, an essential part of the social life not only of teenagers but hundreds of millions of adults worldwide. As Facebook spreads around the globe, it creates surprising effects--even becoming instrumental in political protests from Colombia to Iran.
Veteran technology reporter David Kirkpatrick had the full cooperation of Facebook's key executives in researching this fascinating history of the company and its impact on our lives. Kirkpatrick tells us how Facebook was created, why it has flourished, and where it is going next. He chronicles its successes and missteps, and gives readers the most complete assessment anywhere of founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg, the central figure in the company's remarkable ascent. This is the Facebook story that can be found nowhere else.
How did a nineteen-year-old Harvard student create a company that has transformed the Internet and how did he grow it to its current enormous size? Kirkpatrick shows how Zuckerberg steadfastly refused to compromise his vision, insistently focusing on growth over profits and preaching that Facebook must dominate (his word) communication on the Internet. In the process, he and a small group of key executives have created a company that has changed social life in the United States and elsewhere, a company that has become a ubiquitous presence in marketing, altering politics, business, and even our sense of our own identity. This is the Facebook Effect.

Research Handbook on Electronic Commerce Law (Hardcover): John A. Rothchild Research Handbook on Electronic Commerce Law (Hardcover)
John A. Rothchild
R7,657 Discovery Miles 76 570 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Electronic commerce is big business, and it is getting bigger: it now accounts for 7.5 percent of all retail sales in the US, and continues to expand at double-digit annual rates. The steady growth of Internet commerce over the past twenty years has given rise to a host of new legal issues in a broad range of fields. This authoritative Research Handbook comprises chapters by leading scholars which will provide a solid foundation for newcomers to the subject and also offer exciting new insights that will further the understanding of e-commerce experts. Key topics covered include: contracting, payments, intellectual property, extraterritorial enforcement, alternative dispute resolution, social media, consumer protection, network neutrality, online gambling, domain name governance and privacy. With the rise of Internet commerce, this book will be an invaluable resource for business lawyers as well as legal scholars with an interest in any phase of e-commerce law. Contributors include: A. Bridy, N.R. Cahn, I. Calbol, M.W. Carroll, C.M. Hayes, S.J. Hughes, A. Katz, J.P. Kesan, N.S. Kim, C.L. Kunz, A.R. Levinson, D. Lindsay, C. Markou, S.T. Middlebrook, J. Moringiello, E.A. Morse, J.P. Nehf, C. Riefa, S.E. Rolland, J.A. Rothchild, A.J. Schmitz, D.J. Shakow, S.B. Spencer, H. Travis, M. Trimble, A. Vranaki, S. Walsh, J. Winn

Creativity, Incentive and Reward - An Economic Analysis of Copyright and Culture in the Information Age (Hardcover, illustrated... Creativity, Incentive and Reward - An Economic Analysis of Copyright and Culture in the Information Age (Hardcover, illustrated edition)
Ruth Towse
R2,852 Discovery Miles 28 520 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Creativity is crucial to the Information Age economy. It is the basis of production in the cultural industries. In this excellent book, Ruth Towse provides an analysis of the interaction between creativity, the law, and markets for cultural goods and services. Copyright law establishes property rights that create economic incentives to cultural production and Ruth Towse uses her analysis to draw conclusions about policy on copyright. This unique study is of interest to a range of disciplines in economics, law, cultural studies and management.

Permanent Record (Paperback): Edward Snowden Permanent Record (Paperback)
Edward Snowden
R299 R234 Discovery Miles 2 340 Save R65 (22%) Ships in 5 - 10 working days

Edward Snowden, the man who risked everything to expose the US government’s system of mass surveillance, reveals for the first time the story of his life, including how he helped to build that system and what motivated him to try to bring it down.

In 2013, twenty-nine-year-old Edward Snowden shocked the world when he broke with the American intelligence establishment and revealed that the United States government was secretly pursuing the means to collect every single phone call, text message, and email. The result would be an unprecedented system of mass surveillance with the ability to pry into the private lives of every person on earth. Six years later, Snowden reveals for the very first time how he helped to build this system and why he was moved to expose it.

Spanning the bucolic Beltway suburbs of his childhood and the clandestine CIA and NSA postings of his adulthood, Permanent Record is the extraordinary account of a bright young man who grew up online – a man who became a spy, a whistleblower, and, in exile, the Internet’s conscience. Written with wit, grace, passion, and an unflinching candor, Permanent Record is a crucial memoir of our digital age and destined to be a classic.

Digital Democracy in a Globalized World (Hardcover): Corien Prins, Colette Cuijpers, Peter L. Lindseth, Monica Rosina Digital Democracy in a Globalized World (Hardcover)
Corien Prins, Colette Cuijpers, Peter L. Lindseth, Monica Rosina
R3,947 Discovery Miles 39 470 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The transformative impacts of digitalization on society are visible both within nation states and across borders. Information and communication technologies are typically considered beneficial for democracy. Nevertheless, this book explores the challenges that technology brings to democracy, and in so doing advances our understanding of this crucial digital, social and political phenomenon. It contributes to the broader discussion of the relationship between international, national and sub-national norms, institutions and actors in an increasingly connected world. Insightful and current, this book offers a wide variety of perspectives in an area where there is still not yet an extensive body of research. It considers, for example: the extent to which new forms of digital political engagement change traditional democratic decision-making; how receptive national governments and authorities are to digital democratic movements; how governments can uphold the values of democratic society while also ensuring flexibility with regard to the private sector; and how we should judge these developments in light of the cross-border effects of digitalization. Understanding the influence of digitalization on democracy is crucial. As such, this book will appeal to a broad audience including, but not limited to, social scientists, policy makers, legal researchers, NGOs, governments, students and lawyers. Contributors include: M. Adams, A. Banerjee, E. Bayamlioglu, C.L. Blake, J. Cudmore, C. Cuijpers, A. Dumas, C.R. Farina, M.-J. Garot, T. Gylfason, H.L. Kong, E.A. Lazzari, P.L. Lindseth, N. Luka, A. Meuwese, L.F.M. Moncau, C. Nam, M. Newhart, U. Pagallo, I. Pernice, C. Prins, R. Radu, M.S.G. Rosina, R. Weill, K. van Aeken, B. Zhao, N. Zingales

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