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Despite the growth of various forms of online discussion, their impact on American political life is only beginning to be examined systematically. In Politics Online Richard Davis provides a thorough analysis detailing the political attitudes, behavior,...

Using case studies, interviews, and empirical sources, this book analyzes the strategies and impact of Internet use by civil society actors and asks how useful it is for their work - does the availability of Internet tools change the way citizens' groups...

The internet is developing quicker in Asia than in any other region of the world. This book is the first comprehensive analysis of the information society in an Asian context, and the impact of these technologies in Asia. These impacts are inevitably...

"If we had computers that knew everything there was to know about things using data they gathered without any help from us we would be able to track and count everything, and greatly reduce waste, loss, and cost. We would know when things needed...

This book is a collection of articles on topics related to process coordination and ubiquitous computing presented at a mini-workshop held on the campus of the University of Central Florida in December 2001.Book InformationISBN 9780849314704Author Dan C...

In this exceptional study, Christian Fuchs discusses how the internet has transformed the lives of human beings and social relationships in contemporary society. By outlining a social theory of the internet and the information society, he demonstrates...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780198530169Author Stephen LukasikFormat PaperbackPage Count 100Imprint Oxford University Press IncPublisher Thomson WestWeight(grams) 136g

Social tagging (including hashtags) is used over platforms such as Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, Pinterest, WordPress, Tumblr and YouTube across countries and cultures meaning that one single hashtag can link information from a variety of resources. This...

The need for qualified specialists to work with and apply sophisticated technology in contemporary medicine is rapidly growing. Professional bodies predict that meeting the needs of healthcare globally will require almost tripling the number of Medical...

This volume offers unique and timely insights on the state of online news, exploring the issues surrounding this convergence of print and electronic platforms, and the public's response to it. It provides an overview of online newspapers, including...

This book addresses issues on the nexus of freedom of and property in information, while acknowledging that both hiding and exposing information may affect our privacy. It inquires into the physics, the technologies, the business models, the governmental...

Going beyond the cursory reasons behind why we capture images on the move, Politics of Gaze explores our contemporary practices around visual imaging and brings original conceptualisations about why we constantly capture ourselves and our environments...

The Internet in China examines the cultural and political ramifications of the Internet for Chinese society. The rapid growth of the Internet has been enthusiastically embraced by the Chinese government, but the government has also rushed to seize...

With the widespread growth of the Internet, a new space - cyberspace - has appeared and has rapidly been integrated into every facet of life and work. It has effectively become the fourth basic living space for human beings. Although cyberspace has...

This book provides an in-depth comparative analysis of inequality and the stratification of the digital sphere. Grounded in classical sociological theories of inequality, as well as empirical evidence, this book defines 'the digital divide' as the...

Virtual English examines English language communication on the World Wide Web, focusing on Internet practices crafted by underserved communities in the US and overlooked participants in several Asian Diaspora communities. Jillana Enteen locates instances...

From music to gaming, information gathering to eLearning; eCommerce to eGovernment, Lorenzo Cantoni and Stefano Tardini's absorbing introduction considers the internet as a communication technology; the opportunities it affords us, the limitations it...

Online Terrorist Propaganda, Recruitment, and Radicalization is most complete treatment of the rapidly growing phenomenon of how terrorists' online presence is utilized for terrorism funding, communication, and recruitment purposes. The book offers an...

Is this the right book for me?Do you feel that you have been left behind in the technological revolution? Are you looking for sound, practical advice on getting the most out of email and the Internet? If so, The Internet and email for the Over 50s is...

This valuable new book reviews past research on authority control, offers new findings, and documents important considerations for automating authority control. Covering a wide range of important topics, the contributors explore sharing authority records...

Save time and trouble as you incorporate technology into your social work curriculumThe dramatic increase in the use of computers and other forms of technology in social work education and practice has educators, trainers, and administrators investing...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781260117301Author Bobbi SandbergFormat PaperbackPage Count 576Imprint McGraw-Hill EducationPublisher McGraw-Hill EducationWeight(grams) 816gDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780615751122Author Lars Tyge NielsenFormat PaperbackPage Count 114Imprint New Street Communications, LLCPublisher New Street Communications, LLC

Facebook, the Media and Democracy examines Facebook Inc. and the impact that it has had and continues to have on media and democracy around the world.Drawing on interviews with Facebook users of different kinds and dialogue with politicians, regulators,...

The aim of Sentiment Analysis is to define automatic tools able to extract subjective information from texts in natural language, such as opinions and sentiments, in order to create structured and actionable knowledge to be used by either a decision...

Built to support fault-tolerant telecom infrastructure, Erlang shines at reliability and scalability. Combining the Erlang language with the YAWS framework for supporting web services offers tremendous power for delivering massive volumes of data over...

This inspirational book provides the backstory to current attempts by states and corporations to control the Internet. It explains key issues such as privacy, net neutrality and copyright in a way that is accessible to non-experts, as well as providing a...

If the idea of starting an email marketing campaign overwhelms you, the authors of Email Marketing: An Hour a Day will introduce you to email marketing basics, demonstrate how to manage details and describe how you can track and measure results. Case...

Knowing everything you can about each click to your Web site can help you make strategic decisions regarding your business. This book is about the why, not just the how, of web analytics and the rules for developing a "culture of analysis" inside your...

The complete guide to a winning pay-per-click marketing campaign Pay-per-click advertising-the "sponsored results" on search engine results pages-is increasingly being used to drive traffic to websites. Marketing and advertising professionals looking for...

In designing a network device, you make dozens of decisions that affect the speed with which it will perform-sometimes for better, but sometimes for worse. Network Algorithmics provides a complete, coherent methodology for maximizing speed while meeting...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780970639639Author Erin JansenFormat PaperbackPage Count 138Imprint Netlingo, IncorporatedPublisher Netlingo, IncorporatedWeight(grams) 145gDimensions(mm)...

The growth of the internet has been spectacular. There are now more than 3 billion internet users across the globe, some 40 per cent of the world's population. The internet's meteoric rise is a phenomenon of enormous significance for the economic,...

Are you trying to figure out how to safely use social media but finding yourself struggling? Here's a book specifically designed to help regular people figure out social media platforms. It begins with a chapter about social media basics: how they...

Provides an overview of how Drupal works, lean UX strategies, and insight on how to plan and manage a Drupal project. Emphasis on the differences between Drupal and creating websites in straight HTML, Wordpress or Flash.About the AuthorDani Nordin is the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780990884514Author Steven RosenbaumFormat PaperbackPage Count 364Imprint Magnify MediaPublisher Magnify MediaWeight(grams) 485gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm...

"New Perspectives on the Internet, International Edition" has been updated to cover the newest software including Windows 7, Internet Explorer 8, Mozilla Firefox 3, and Google Chrome. With the new perspectives on critical-thinking, problem-solving...

The narrative of the birth of internet culture often focuses on the achievements of American entrepreneurs in Silicon Valley, but there is an alternative history of internet pioneers in Europe who developed their own model of network culture in the early...

A free ebook version of this title is available through Luminos, University of California Press's Open Access publishing program. Visit www.luminosoa.org to learn more. What if we could start over and build the Internet from scratch? How could it be...

An accessible journey through the seam that connects the digital world of the Internet to our physical world. The stack the conduit between our digital and physical worlds is the elusive, mysterious, and least-understood part of the Internet. In the...