Social Aspects

From the famed Harvard psychologist and an expert on the impact of digital media technologies, a riveting exploration of the power of apps to shape our young people-for better or for worse No one has failed to notice that the current generation of youth...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781523085538Author Vivek WadhwaFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Berrett-Koehler PublishersPublisher Berrett-Koehler Publishers

Parents often worry about raising kids in a tech-saturated world - the threats of cyberbullying, video game violence, pornography, and sexting may seem inescapable. And while these dangers exist, there is a much more common and subtle way that technology...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780830827138Author Derek C. SchuurmanFormat PaperbackPage Count 138Imprint Inter-Varsity Press,USPublisher InterVarsity PressWeight(grams)...

The Cyborg Experiments analyzes the challenges posed to corporeality by techology. Taking as their starting point the work of the highly influential performance artists Orlan and Stelarc, the essays in this timely and important collection raise a number...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780262544696Author Donna J. DruckerFormat PaperbackPage Count 248Imprint MIT PressPublisher MIT Press Ltd

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Technology is changing all the time, but does it also have the ability to change us and the way we approach religion and spirituality? In Technology and Religion: Remaining Human in a Co-created World, Noreen Herzfeld examines this and other provocative...

The question of our time: can we reclaim our lives in an age that feels busier and more distracting by the day? We've all found ourselves checking email at the dinner table, holding our breath while waiting for Outlook to load, or sitting hunched in...

This book provides a solid understanding of electronic word of mouth (eWOM) by taking the reader through the process of information diffusion from rumour generation in times of traditional word of mouth (WOM) to negative social eWOM and examining how...

One of the most important parts of British heavy industry today is our railway system. Its constant appearances in news bulletins, its enormous appeal to fans or "enthusiasts", its permanent role in the lives of most of us, and its economic significance...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780262046190Author Pablo J. BoczkowskiFormat HardbackPage Count 216Imprint MIT PressPublisher MIT Press Ltd

Listen to a short interview with Giles SladeHost: Chris Gondek | Producer: Heron & CraneIf you've replaced a computer lately--or a cell phone, a camera, a television--chances are, the old one still worked. And chances are even greater that the latest...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780262048484Author W. Russell NeumanFormat HardbackPage Count 256Imprint MIT PressPublisher MIT Press Ltd

Behind the euphoric narrative of India as an emerging world power lies a complex and evolving relationship between science and religion. Evoking the rich mythology of comingled worlds where humans, animals, and gods transform each other and ancient...

Bioethicist Mark Navin and policy scholar Katie Attwell explore the evolution of American childhood vaccination policy through the prism of political history, contemporary parenthood, and diverse governance strategies. America's New Vaccine Wars focuses...

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Computers are already approving financial transactions, controlling electrical supplies, and driving trains. Soon, service robots will be taking care of the elderly in their homes, and military robots will have their own targeting and firing protocols...

Technology is key to the development of nations yet is not freely or easily accessible. This book aims to contribute to the debate about empowering Africa to play a more meaningful role in the global innovation system. It emphasizes the important role of...

A multidisciplinary work, Memory of the Modern examines stock markets, tango dancers, vagabond murderers, neurology, monument destruction, and colonial policies to document how individuals and institutions shaped memory in the late nineteenth and early...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780262516754Author Sherry TurkleFormat PaperbackPage Count 218Imprint MIT PressPublisher MIT Press LtdWeight(grams) 295gDimensions(mm) 203mm * 137mm * 11mm

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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsWinner of Choice Outstanding Academic Titles 2022.Book InformationISBN 9780262046893Author Albert FolchFormat HardbackPage Count 264Imprint MIT PressPublisher MIT Press Ltd

The fantasies that underpin common perceptions of Virtual Reality and what we need to know about VR s potential risks as well as its opportunities. Virtual Reality is the next new frontier for Silicon Valley. Mark Zuckerberg, who has overseen Meta s...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780345383143Author Anne L. MacDonaldFormat PaperbackPage Count 540Imprint Ballantine Books Inc.Publisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams)...

A Wired senior editor and virtual reality expert presents a captivating, candid glimpse into the future "realities" of this emerging technology: how we will use it to form previously impossible relationships, explore new frontiers of intimacy, and how it...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780807002988Author Nicole AschoffFormat PaperbackPage Count 216Imprint Beacon PressPublisher Beacon Press

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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780262513623Author Henry JenkinsFormat PaperbackPage Count 145Imprint MIT PressPublisher MIT Press LtdWeight(grams) 204gDimensions(mm) 203mm * 137mm * 10mm

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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780262537513Author Mizuko ItoFormat PaperbackPage Count 464Imprint MIT PressPublisher MIT Press Ltd

We live in a surveillance society. Anyone who uses a credit card, cell phone, or even search engines to navigate the Web is being monitored and assessed - and often in ways that are imperceptible to us. The first general introduction to the growing field...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780262529266Author Alex RolandFormat PaperbackPage Count 456Imprint MIT PressPublisher MIT Press LtdDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 19mm

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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780807061688Author Nicole AschoffFormat HardbackPage Count 216Imprint Beacon PressPublisher Beacon PressWeight(grams) 465gDimensions(mm) 235mm * 159mm * 21mm