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Cultural crowdfunding : platform capitalism, labour and globalization
"This new book analyses the strategies, usages and wider implications of crowdsourcing and crowdfunding platforms in the culture and communication industries that are reshaping economic, organizational and social logics. Platforms are the object of considerable hype with a growing global presence. Relying on individual contributions coordinated by social media to finance cultural production (an…
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- 9781912656417
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- vii, 118p. : ill.
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- 338.4730223 CUL c
Critical theory of communication : new readings of Lukács, Adorno, Marcuse, …
"This book contributes to the foundations of a critical theory of communication as shaped by the forces of digital capitalism. One of the world's leading theorists of digital media Professor Christian Fuchs explores how the thought of some of the Frankfurt School’s key thinkers can be deployed for critically understanding media in the age of the Internet. Five essays that form the heart of th…
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- 9781911534075
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- iv, 230p. : ill.
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- 301.01 FUC c
Collaborative production in the creative industries
"In recent years research into creative labour and cultural work has usually addressed the politics of production in these fields, but the sociotechnical and aesthetic dimensions of collaborative creative work have been somewhat overlooked. This book aims to address this gap. Through case studies that range from TV showrunning to independent publishing, from the film industry to social media pl…
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- 9781911534310
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- vii, 231p. : ill.
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- 338.477 COL c
The big data agenda : data ethics and critical data studies
"This book highlights that the capacity for gathering, analysing, and utilising vast amounts of digital (user) data raises significant ethical issues. Annika Richterich provides a systematic contemporary overview of the field of critical data studies that reflects on practices of digital data collection and analysis. The book assesses in detail one big data research area: biomedical studies, fo…
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- 9781911534754
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- vi, 148p. : ill.
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- 005.7 RIC b
Artificial intelligence and the Internet of Things : UK policy opportunities …
"Through algorithms and artificial intelligence (AI), objects and digital services now demonstrate new skills they did not have before, right up to replacing human activity through pre-programming or by making their own decisions. As part of the internet of things, AI applications are already widely used today, for example in language processing, image recognition and the tracking and processin…
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- 9781911534846
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- 27p. : ill.
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- 384.33 BUN a
Developing educators for the digital age : a framework for capturing knowledg…
"Evaluating skills and knowledge capture lies at the cutting edge of contemporary higher education where there is a drive towards increasing evaluation of classroom performance and use of digital technologies in pedagogy. Developing Educators for the Digital Age is a book that provides a narrative account of teacher development geared towards the further usage of technologies (including iPads, …
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- 9781911534679
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- vii, 210p. : ill.
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- 371.3344678 BRE d
Industrial relations in schools
The subject of industrial relations is intimately connected with the nature of schooling - in particular, the teacher trade unions have played and will continue to play a crucial role in shaping the school system - yet this subject has been virtually neglected in educational literature. Mike Ironside and Roger Seifert's book redresses this balance and unravels the complex issues surrounding the…
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- 9780203989678
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- xvi, 268p. : ill.
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- 331.88113711 IRO i
Teacher thinking and professional action
Over the past twenty years the International Study Association on Teachers and Teaching (ISATT) has become world-renowned as an organisation dedicated to the discussion of current thinking in educational policy and practice. As such, the ideas aired at ISATT conferences are of the greatest significance to today's educational practitioners. This book satisfies the demand for a lasting record of …
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- 9780203012505
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- xvi, 263p. : ill.
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- 371.0019 DEN t
Rethinking teacher education for the 21st Century : trends, challenges and ne…
This book focuses on current trends, potential challenges and further developments of teacher education and professional development from a theoretical, empirical and practical point of view. It intends to provide valuable and fresh insights from research studies and examples of best practices from Europe and all over the world. The authors deal with the strengths and limitations of different m…
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- 9783847422419
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- 402p. : ill.
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- 370.711 RET r
International handbook of health literacy : research, practice and policy acr…
Available Open Access under CC-BY-NC licence. Health literacy addresses a range of social dimensions of health, including knowledge, navigation and communication, as well as individual and organizational skills for accessing, understanding, evaluating and using information. Particularly over the past decade, health literacy has globally become a major public health concern as an asset for promo…
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- 9781447344537
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- xxiv, 740p. : ill.
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- 610 INT i
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