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Human computer confluence. Transforming human experience through symbiotic te…
Human-computer confluence refers to an invisible, implicit, embodied or even implanted interaction between humans and system components. New classes of user interfaces are emerging that make use of several sensors and are able to adapt their physical properties to the current situational context of users.A key aspect of human-computer confluence is its potential for transforming human experienc…
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- 9783110471137
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- 330 p.; 22 cm.
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- 302.30285 HUM h
The Psychology of social networking Vol. 2. Identity and relationships in onl…
Using a novel approach to consider the available literature and research, this book focuses on the psychology of social media based on the assumption that the experience of being in a social media has an impact on both our identity and social relationships. In order to ‘be online’, an individual has to create an online presence – they have to share information about themselves online. Thi…
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- 9783110473858
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- 246 p.; 23 cm.
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- 302.30285 RIV p
Happiness is the wrong metric : a liberal communitarian response to populism
This timely book addresses the conflict between globalism and nationalism. It provides a liberal communitarian response to the rise of populism occurring in many democracies. The book highlights the role of communities next to that of the state and the market. It spells out the policy implications of liberal communitarianism for privacy, freedom of the press, and much else. In a persuasive arg…
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- 9783319696232
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- xxi, 304p. : ill.
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- 320.01 ETZ h
New perspectives on power and political representation from ancient history t…
This volume examines modes of political communication between rulers and ruled from antiquity to the present by applying the concept of representation. It explores the dynamic relationship between elites and the people which is shaped by self-representation and representative claims. Readership: All scholars and students interested in the phenomenon of political representation, from antiquity t…
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- 9789004291966
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- XI, 206 p.
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- Radboud Studies in Humanities, 9
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- 321.809 NEW n
Scandal and democracy: media politics in Indonesia
After a nation has transitioned from authoritarianism to democracy, how are democratic norms most effectively fostered and maintained? This book uses as its case study Indonesia after the fall of the dictator Suharto to reveal that a contentious, even scandal-obsessed press can actually prove extremely useful for an emergent democracy. A society that can tolerate and protect journalists willing…
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- 9781501731037
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- xiii, 203 p.; 22 cm.
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- 302.2309598 MCC s
Media, technology, and society: theories of media evolution
In Media, Technology, and Society, some of the most prominent figures in media studies explore the issue of media evolution. Focusing on a variety of compelling examples in media history, ranging from the telephone to the television, the radio to the Internet, these essays collectively address a series of notoriously vexing questions about the nature of technological change. Is it possible to m…
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- 9780472070824
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- 302.23 MED m
Media, erotics, and transnational Asia
Drawing on methods and approaches from anthropology, media studies, film theory, and cultural studies, the contributors to Media, Erotics, and Transnational Asia examine how mediated eroticism and sexuality circulating across Asia and Asian diasporas both reflect and shape the social practices of their producers and consumers. The essays in this volume cover a wide geographic and thematic range…
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- 9780822345596
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- 392 p.; 22 cm.
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- 302.23095 MED m
Social media and journalism: trends, connections, implications
Nowadays, social media are amongst the most frequently used entertainment and information sources, offering the most recent news. National, international and global issues of social media journalism involve a wide spectrum of complex questions related to the production, distribution and reception of media contents, as well as a plethora of social, cultural, economic, legal and ethical aspects t…
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- 9781789842593
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- 144 p.; 22 cm.
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- 070 SOC s
The Future of television - convergence of content and technology
This book presents a collection of chapters that focus on the convergence of television today, approached using an interdisciplinary perspective. Clearly, the importance of technological advances describes only one aspect of this evolutionary process. In this book, convergence is also examined from other equally important perspectives, which include a historical case study on convergence and cu…
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- 9781789857535
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- 90 p.; 23 cm.
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- 384.55 FUT f
Context in communication: a cognitive view
Context is what contributes to interpret a communicative act beyond the spoken words. It provides information essential to clarify the intentions of a speaker, and thus to identify the actual meaning of an utterance. A large amount of research in Pragmatics has shown how wide-ranging and multifaceted this concept can be. Context spans from the preceding words in a conversation to the general kn…
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- 9782889451425
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- 242 p.; 22 cm.
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- Frontiers Research Topics
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- 302 AIR c
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