Social Aspects

From one of the editors of the renowned book Beyond Calculation, acclaimed by The New York Times for its "astonishing intellectual reach", comes a new collection of equal brilliance. Focusing on the impact of computers on humans, Talking Back...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780759668065Author Donna TracyFormat PaperbackPage Count 188Imprint AuthorHousePublisher AuthorHouseWeight(grams) 285g

Before the advent of the widespread use of the internet, bullying was confined to school grounds, classrooms, and backyards. Now, the virulence of bullying has taken on new meaning, as bullies take to the web to intimidate, harrass, embarrass, and offend...

We are surrounded by noise; we must be able to separate the signals we want to hear from those we do not. To overcome this 'cocktail party effect' we have developed various strategies; endowing computers with similar abilities would enable the...

A 2008 New York Times Notable Book of the Year It happens in America every four decades and it is about to happen again. America's demand for change in the 2008 election will cause another of our country's periodic political makeovers. This realignment,...

CyberLaw provides a comprehensive guide to legal issues which have arisen as a result of the growth of the Internet and World Wide Web. As well as discussing each topic in detail, the book includes extensive coverage of the relevant cases and their...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780648697800Author Martin Stewart-WeeksFormat PaperbackPage Count 330Imprint Public PurposePublisher Public PurposeWeight(grams) 440gDimensions(mm) 229mm *...

This book is compiled of selected proceedings from the "Landscapes" Conference held at Turku University, Finland, in July 2005. The themes chosen for the conference - philosophy, ethics and sociological aspects, culture and education; social...

We live in an information society. Or so we are told. Access to unlimited information will promote equality for all. But is the information society really going to be like this? Who is going to reap the rewards of new information and communication...

Originally published in 1989, this book is a distinctive work in the field of human-computer interaction (HCI). Cognitive ergonomics and HCI encompass a wide range of research and development activities in both academic and industrial environments, and...

In the Information Age, information is power. Who produces all that information, how does it move around, who uses it, to what ends, and under what constraints? Who gets that power? And what happens to the people who have no access to it?Disconnected...

The IFIP series publishes state-of-the-art results in the sciences and technologies of information and communication Proceedings and post-proceedings of referred international conferences in computer science and interdisciplinary fields are featured...

The IFIP series publishes state-of-the-art results in the sciences and technologies of information and communication Proceedings and post-proceedings of referred international conferences in computer science and interdisciplinary fields are featured...

Semiotics is the science of signs: graphical, such as pictures; verbal (writing or sounds); or others such as body gestures and clothes. Computer semiotics studies the special nature of computer-based signs and how they function in use. This 1991 book is...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780702259869Author David FaganFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint University of Queensland PressPublisher University of Queensland PressWeight(grams) 238g

This book covers all aspects of computer document preparation text processing and printing. Computers are being used increasingly in the processing of documents, from simple textual material, such as letters and memos, to complete books with mathematical...

Governments, the media, the information technology industry and scientists publicly argue that information and communication technologies (ICT) will bring about an inevitable transition from "industrial" to "information" or "knowledge-based" economies...

Confronting the digital revolution in academia, this book examines the application of new computational techniques and visualisation technologies in the Arts & Humanities. Uniting differing perspectives, leading and emerging scholars discuss the...

Computer Media and Communication: A Reader is a collection of key texts selected for their significance to thought about computers as media. The book is divided into two parts. The chapters in the first part offer a chronological overview of how thinking...

Technology does not invite a close examination of its own consequences because of its lengthy, intimate, and inevitable relationship with culture. In particular, the internet has delivered mixed blessings despite extravagant claims that it has...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783675927209Author Maxwell J AromanoFormat PaperbackPage Count 118Imprint PN BooksPublisher PN BooksWeight(grams) 168g

This book brings together the vast research literature about gender and technology to help designers understand what a gender perspective and a focus on intersectionality can contribute to designing information technology systems and artifacts, and to...

This book covers all aspects of computer document preparation text processing and printing. Computers are being used increasingly in the processing of documents, from simple textual material, such as letters and memos, to complete books with mathematical...

This book offers an in-depth investigation into the digitisation processes of Europe's border regime. It shows how sociotechnical imaginations of future borders drive forward the expansion of databases in the European governance of mobility. With a...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781912037711Author Ibrahim KushchuFormat PaperbackPage Count 70Imprint MobilegovPublisher MobilegovWeight(grams) 104gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 4mm

See how using FreeRTOS and libopencm3 instead of the Arduino software environment will help you develop multi-tasking applications that go beyond Arduino norms. This updated version includes expanded coverage of software setup for Windows 10 and 11,...

This book constitutes the refereed conference proceedings of the 11th Annual Privacy Forum, APF 2023 in Lyon, France in June 2023.  The 8 full papers were carefully reviewed and selected from 37 submissions. The papers are organized in the following...

Computer technology has become a mirror of what we are and a screen on which we project both our hopes and our fears for the way the world is changing. Earlier in this century, particularly in the post-World War II era of unprecedented growth and...

From one of the editors of the renowned book Beyond Calculation, acclaimed by The New York Times for its "astonishing intellectual reach", comes a new collection of equal brilliance. Focusing on the impact of computers on humans, Talking Back...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781912037001Author Ibrahim KushchuFormat PaperbackPage Count 28Imprint Mobilegov UKPublisher Mobilegov UKWeight(grams) 50gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 2mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781641373548Author Melissa BirchfieldFormat PaperbackPage Count 318Imprint New Degree PressPublisher New Degree PressWeight(grams) 367gDimensions(mm) 216mm...

This open access book deals with cultural and philosophical aspects of artificial intelligence (AI) and pleads for a "digital humanism". This term is beginning to be en vogue everywhere. Due to a growing discontentment with the way...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781773691770Author Austin MardonFormat PaperbackPage Count 146Imprint Golden Meteorite PressPublisher Golden Meteorite PressWeight(grams) 152g

IT systems explode budget estimates, bust production deadlines by years, and then fail to work properly. Why this IT-system crisis? Poor programmers? Inadequate project management? No. The Seductive Computer argues that the fundamental nature of...

Bring live heartbeats and heart rate data into your electronics projects as an impressive feature that builds user engagement. If you're a Maker, developer, or artist, you've probably run into common, frustrating stumbling blocks for incorporating...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781013275883Author Daniel NeylandFormat PaperbackPage Count 154Imprint Saint Philip Street PressPublisher Saint Philip Street PressWeight(grams) 216g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781088066072Author Steve AbbottFormat PaperbackPage Count 154Imprint IngramSparkPublisher IngramSparkWeight(grams) 213gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 8mm

Digital Economy provides information about the socioeconomic aspects of the digital economy. This set of 18 essays covers the effects of digital economy on business transactions, technology and culture, as well as on education. It also covers various...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781088060322Author Steve AbbottFormat PaperbackPage Count 152Imprint IngramSparkPublisher IngramSparkWeight(grams) 213g

This fascinating book gathers together an enviable range of experts from a variety of disciplines to study how trust and crime interact with new digital technologies. It provides a critical discussion on the prospects of the Internet and on the future of...