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Book SynopsisTwitter is a household name, discussed for its role in national elections, natural disasters, and political movements, as well as for what some malign as narcissistic “chatter.” The first edition of Murthy’s balanced and incisive book pioneered the study of this medium as a serious platform worthy of scholarly attention. Much has changed since Twitter’s infancy, although it is more relevant than ever to our social, political, and economic lives. This timely second edition shows how Twitter has evolved and how it is used today. Murthy introduces some of the historical context that gave birth to the platform, while providing up-to-date examples such as the #blacklivesmatter movement, and Donald Trump’s use of Twitter in the US election. The chapters on journalism and social movements have been thoroughly updated, and completely new to this edition is a chapter on celebrities and brands. Seeking to answer challenging questions around the popular medium, the second edition of Twitter is essential reading for students and scholars of digital media.Trade Review"Dhiraj Murthy is one of the foremost experts in social media and Twitter as a platform. His new edition of Twitter treats the platform as a firm, as a mode communication, and as a culture of technology use. Important political leaders use it, young people use it, and journalists use it, sometimes to the detriment of public life. Murthy takes us through the contagions and consequences of Twitter use."—Philip N. Howard, Oxford University and author of Castells and the Media "Ten years after being introduced, Twitter has become an integral professional and civic tool. Now Dhiraj Murthy brings an updated version of his methodologically innovative and sociologically deep approach to this transformative social media platform."—Stephen D. Reese, University of Texas at Austin "A welcome addition to the growing world of Twitter research."—Temitayo Olofinlua, University of Ibadan

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Book SynopsisMore objects and devices are connected to digital networks than ever before. Things - from your phone to your car, from the heating to the lights in your house - have gathered the ability to sense their environments and create information about what is happening. Things have become media, able to both generate and communicate information. This has become known as 'the internet of things'. In this accessible introduction, Graham Meikle and Mercedes Bunz observe its promises of convenience and the breaking of new frontiers in communication. They also raise urgent questions regarding ubiquitous surveillance and information security, as well as the transformation of intimate personal information into commercial data. Discussing the internet of things from a media and communication perspective, this book is an important resource for courses analysing the internet and society, and essential reading for anyone who wants to better understand the rapidly changing roles of our networked lives.Trade Review'In this remarkably profound and accessible book, Bunz & Meikle analyze the Internet of Things as a matter of communication for both machines and humans. It is a must read for anyone interested in understanding how the world around us is changing.' �Wendy Hui Kyong Chun, Brown University 'Sick of people banging on about the Internet of things? Read Bunz and Meikle's wonderful and timely book to understand this powerful and complex next wave of digital technology development, and in what ways the profound changes in the Internet really do matter for contemporary life. A delight to read, this exceptionally lucid, deeply researched, insightful and witty account deserves to be widely read by anyone interested in media, communication, and technology futures.' �Gerard Goggin, The University of SydneyTable of ContentsContents Acknowledgements Introduction Chapter 1: First things Chapter 2: Addressing things Chapter 3: Speaking things Chapter 4: Seeing things Chapter 5: Tracking things Chapter 6: Last things References Index

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Book SynopsisMore objects and devices are connected to digital networks than ever before. Things - from your phone to your car, from the heating to the lights in your house - have gathered the ability to sense their environments and create information about what is happening. Things have become media, able to both generate and communicate information. This has become known as 'the internet of things'. In this accessible introduction, Graham Meikle and Mercedes Bunz observe its promises of convenience and the breaking of new frontiers in communication. They also raise urgent questions regarding ubiquitous surveillance and information security, as well as the transformation of intimate personal information into commercial data. Discussing the internet of things from a media and communication perspective, this book is an important resource for courses analysing the internet and society, and essential reading for anyone who wants to better understand the rapidly changing roles of our networked lives.Trade Review'In this remarkably profound and accessible book, Bunz & Meikle analyze the Internet of Things as a matter of communication for both machines and humans. It is a must read for anyone interested in understanding how the world around us is changing.'� Wendy Hui Kyong Chun, Brown University 'Sick of people banging on about the Internet of things? Read Bunz and Meikle's wonderful and timely book to understand this powerful and complex next wave of digital technology development, and in what ways the profound changes in the Internet really do matter for contemporary life. A delight to read, this exceptionally lucid, deeply researched, insightful and witty account deserves to be widely read by anyone interested in media, communication, and technology futures.'� Gerard Goggin, The University of SydneyTable of Contents Contents Acknowledgements Introduction Chapter 1: First things Chapter 2: Addressing things Chapter 3: Speaking things Chapter 4: Seeing things Chapter 5: Tracking things Chapter 6: Last things References Index

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Book SynopsisHacking and Open Source Culture: Readings of the Ideas, Social Movements, and People Who Shaped the Information Society helps students explore the creative, cultural, and social contexts of modern technology. Readers learn how the hackers, innovators, ideas, and events of the past have created the age of information and technology we live in today.The anthology is divided into three parts. Part I explores the development of the computer, including readings about FORTRAN, the development of general-purpose software, and the creation of the transistor, integrated circuit, and microprocessor. In Part II, students read selections about the people and events that led to the development of the internet. The final part of the anthology focuses on hacking and open-source culture as a social phenomenon, including readings on cultural stereotypes of the hacker, the roles of Richard Stallman and Linus Torvalds in the creation of open source software, and an exploration of the maker movement.Hacking and Open Source Culture helps students connect the dots between technological developments of yesterday and our current time and place. It is an ideal text for courses in information studies, computer science, the history of technology, and the cultural influence of technology.

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Book SynopsisAn urgent examination of the threat posed to social media by user disconnection, and the measures websites will take to prevent it No matter how pervasive and powerful social media websites become, users always have the option of disconnecting—right? Not exactly, as Tero Karppi reveals in this disquieting book. Pointing out that platforms like Facebook see disconnection as an existential threat—and have undertaken wide-ranging efforts to eliminate it—Karppi argues that users’ ability to control their digital lives is gradually dissipating. Taking a nonhumancentric approach, Karppi explores how modern social media platforms produce and position users within a system of coded relations and mechanisms of power. For Facebook, disconnection is an intense affective force. It is a problem of how to keep users engaged with the platform, but also one of keeping value, attention, and desires within the system. Karppi uses Facebook’s financial documents as a map to navigate how the platform sees its users. Facebook’s plans to connect the entire globe through satellites and drones illustrates the material webs woven to keep us connected. Karppi analyzes how Facebook’s interface limits the opportunity to opt-out—even continuing to engage users after their physical death. Showing how users have fought to take back their digital lives, Karppi chronicles responses like Web2.0 Suicide Machine, an art project dedicated to committing digital suicide. For Karppi, understanding social media connectivity comes from unbinding the bonds that stop people from leaving these platforms. Disconnection brings us to the limit of user policies, algorithmic control, and platform politics. Ultimately, Karppi’s focus on the difficulty of disconnection, rather than the ease of connection, reveals how social media has come to dominate human relations.Trade Review"Through its clever structure, Disconnect affectively lures the reader as Tero Karppi tells a convincing story of how social media sets the tone, mood, and modality of our everyday existence. Compellingly written, this is a must-read modern tale of engagement and disconnection."—Zizi Papacharissi, author of Affective Publics: Sentiment, Technology, and Politics"Disconnect is a timely, theoretically rich assessment of Facebook as platform and assemblage. Rhetorics of connectivity dominate Silicon Valley, and Tero Karppi helps illuminate and describe the complex, flickering patterns of connection and disconnection that envelop the networked users of such platforms. This is a valuable, accessible guide to the politics and poetics of Facebook."—Amit Ray, Rochester Institute of Technology"Disconnect could not have come at a more important time. Tero Karppi’s nuanced writing brings out the rich complexities of social media life and disconnection. This must-read book shows that walking away may not remove Facebook’s presence in our lives, but it reveals the limits of social media in our world and the business models that are built to keep us connected."—Jason Farman, author of Delayed Response: The Art of Waiting from the Ancient to the Instant World"Its “technosocial fabric” informs the ecology of social media in general, whose key historical difference to other media is that “viewers are actively involved with the content as redistributors and recommenders”."—Neural"This provocative, lively book is significant for challenging users to think critically about these tropes in the digital age. A welcome addition to collections on technology, media, and society."—CHOICE"A particular strength of the book is the way in which the discussion of affect, which can sometimes be nebulous and somewhat abstracted, is repeatedly pinned down into specific mechanisms, policies and strategies, with subtlety and far-reaching insight. "—Leonardo ReviewsTable of ContentsLog InEngage ParticipateDeactivateDieDisconnectLog OutAcknowledgmentsNotesIndex

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Book SynopsisAn urgent examination of the threat posed to social media by user disconnection, and the measures websites will take to prevent it No matter how pervasive and powerful social media websites become, users always have the option of disconnecting—right? Not exactly, as Tero Karppi reveals in this disquieting book. Pointing out that platforms like Facebook see disconnection as an existential threat—and have undertaken wide-ranging efforts to eliminate it—Karppi argues that users’ ability to control their digital lives is gradually dissipating. Taking a nonhumancentric approach, Karppi explores how modern social media platforms produce and position users within a system of coded relations and mechanisms of power. For Facebook, disconnection is an intense affective force. It is a problem of how to keep users engaged with the platform, but also one of keeping value, attention, and desires within the system. Karppi uses Facebook’s financial documents as a map to navigate how the platform sees its users. Facebook’s plans to connect the entire globe through satellites and drones illustrates the material webs woven to keep us connected. Karppi analyzes how Facebook’s interface limits the opportunity to opt-out—even continuing to engage users after their physical death. Showing how users have fought to take back their digital lives, Karppi chronicles responses like Web2.0 Suicide Machine, an art project dedicated to committing digital suicide. For Karppi, understanding social media connectivity comes from unbinding the bonds that stop people from leaving these platforms. Disconnection brings us to the limit of user policies, algorithmic control, and platform politics. Ultimately, Karppi’s focus on the difficulty of disconnection, rather than the ease of connection, reveals how social media has come to dominate human relations.Trade Review"Through its clever structure, Disconnect affectively lures the reader as Tero Karppi tells a convincing story of how social media sets the tone, mood, and modality of our everyday existence. Compellingly written, this is a must-read modern tale of engagement and disconnection."—Zizi Papacharissi, author of Affective Publics: Sentiment, Technology, and Politics"Disconnect is a timely, theoretically rich assessment of Facebook as platform and assemblage. Rhetorics of connectivity dominate Silicon Valley, and Tero Karppi helps illuminate and describe the complex, flickering patterns of connection and disconnection that envelop the networked users of such platforms. This is a valuable, accessible guide to the politics and poetics of Facebook."—Amit Ray, Rochester Institute of Technology"Disconnect could not have come at a more important time. Tero Karppi’s nuanced writing brings out the rich complexities of social media life and disconnection. This must-read book shows that walking away may not remove Facebook’s presence in our lives, but it reveals the limits of social media in our world and the business models that are built to keep us connected."—Jason Farman, author of Delayed Response: The Art of Waiting from the Ancient to the Instant World"Its “technosocial fabric” informs the ecology of social media in general, whose key historical difference to other media is that “viewers are actively involved with the content as redistributors and recommenders”."—Neural"This provocative, lively book is significant for challenging users to think critically about these tropes in the digital age. A welcome addition to collections on technology, media, and society."—CHOICE"A particular strength of the book is the way in which the discussion of affect, which can sometimes be nebulous and somewhat abstracted, is repeatedly pinned down into specific mechanisms, policies and strategies, with subtlety and far-reaching insight. "—Leonardo ReviewsTable of ContentsLog InEngage ParticipateDeactivateDieDisconnectLog OutAcknowledgmentsNotesIndex

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Book SynopsisLanguage and the Internet gives the readers a linguistic perspective and explains them the role of internet in the changing world. The book throws light on the multilingualism of the internet and talks about the various languages the corresponding themes for in the 21st century. Also discussed in the book is the language that is employed on the web, the language that is used in the virtual world and the one that e-mails are composed in. The readers are also informed about the use of blogs for the understanding of the readers, the various challenges in the internet language and the solutions to them and the linguistic future of internet.

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Book SynopsisThis timely book presents a wide range of quantitative methods, including complex network analysis and econometric modelling, to illustrate how the Internet both follows, and at the same time challenges, more traditional geographies.Emmanouil Tranos explores the spatiality of the Internet, its physical infrastructure, and the geographic and socio-economic factors that shape its spatial distribution. He shows that although the Internet is a technical system with strong topological attributes, an almost 'hidden' spatial dimension also exists. The scattering of Internet Backbone Networks across European city-regions is compared with the aviation network in order to better understand the topology of the digital infrastructure. Finally, a causality analysis demonstrates the significant positive effect of the Internet infrastructure in the economic development of regions characterized by high absorptive capacity.This book will prove a highly fascinating read for those with an interest in Internet geographies, ICTs, regional development and infrastructure, digital economy, network analysis, and regional science. Practitioners working on local and regional development, as well as those focusing on ICTs, digital economy and smart cities, will also find this book to be an invaluable reference tool.Contents: Preface 1. Introduction 2. The Fundamentals of the Internet Infrastructure: A Cross-discipline Review 3. Methodology and Research Framework 4. The Network Nature of the Internet Infrastructure 5. Internet Backbone and Aviation Networks: A Comparative Study 6. An Explanatory Analysis of the (Unequal) Distribution of the Internet Backbone Networks 7. Internet Infrastructure and Regional Economic Development: A Causality Analysis 8. Conclusions References IndexTable of ContentsContents: Preface 1. Introduction 2. The Fundamentals of the Internet Infrastructure: A Cross-discipline Review 3. Methodology and Research Framework 4. The Network Nature of the Internet Infrastructure 5. Internet Backbone and Aviation Networks: A Comparative Study 6. An Explanatory Analysis of the (Unequal) Distribution of the Internet Backbone Networks 7. Internet Infrastructure and Regional Economic Development: A Causality Analysis 8. Conclusions References Index

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Book SynopsisDigital information and communication technologies can be seen as a threat to privacy, a step forward for freedom of expression and communication, a tool in the fight against terrorism or the source of a new economic wealth. Computerization has unexpectedly progressed beyond our imagination, from a tool of management and control into one of widespread communication and expression. This book revisits the major questions that have emerged with the progress of computerization over nearly half a century, by describing the context in which these issues were formulated. By taking a social and digital approach, the author explores controversial issues surrounding the development of this "digital revolution", including freedom and privacy of the individual, social control, surveillance, public security and the economic exploitation of personal data. From students, teachers and researchers engaged in data analysis, to institutional decision-makers and actors in policy or business, all members of today's digital society will take from this book a better understanding of the essential issues of the current "digital revolution".Table of ContentsIntroduction ix Chapter 1. Technological Surveillance Subjected to Restrictions 1 Chapter 2. Security Over Liberty 21 Chapter 3. A Network Promoting Participation and Exchange 41 Chapter 4. Privitization and Economic Exploitation of Personal Data 65 Chapter 5. Digitalization and Revolution 87 Bibliography 107 Index 117

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Book SynopsisInstead of outsourcing tasks to providers using labor-intensive countries, libraries around the world increasingly appeal to the crowds of Internet users, making their relationship with users more collaborative . These internet users can be volunteers or paid, work consciously, unconsciously or in the form of games. They can provide the workforce, skills, knowledge or financial resources that libraries need in order to achieve unimaginable goals. Table of ContentsPreface ix Introduction xiii Chapter 1 A Conceptual Introduction to the Concept of Crowdsourcing in Libraries: A New Paradigm? 1 1.1 A rapidly growing economic model 1 1.1.1 What made this new economic model possible 1 1.1.2 Application to digital libraries 5 1.1.3. Growing interest from politicians, Internet users and academics 7 1.2 Origin, definition and scope of crowdsourcing 10 1.2.1 Explicit crowdsourcing: using volunteers 16 1.2.2. Implicit crowdsourcing: using involuntary and unconscious work .. 16 1.2.3 Gamification: using players 16 1.2.4 Paid crowdsourcing: using microemployees 16 1.2.5 Crowdfunding: institutional “begging” 17 1.3 Historical chronology of crowdsourcing 17 1.4 Philosophical and political controversies 21 1.5 Economic, sociological and legal consequences 33 1.5.1 Economy of crowdsourcing 33 1.5.2 The users of crowdsourcing 39 1.6 Managerial, library science and technological consequences 41 1.6.1 The cultural factor 41 1.6.2 The corporatist factor 41 1.6.3 The reign of the amateur: toward mediocracy? 44 1.6.4 Crowdsourcing: the highest stage of outsourcing? 45 Chapter 2 Overview of Several Crowdsourcing Projects Applied to the Digitization of Libraries 49 2.1 Putting content online and participative curation: the Oxford’s Great War Archive and Europeana 1914–1918 49 2.2 Digitization on demand in the form of crowdfunding applied to digital libraries: the European eBooks on Demand network 50 2.3 Printing on demand (POD): the Espresso Book Machine 63 2.4 Participative OCR correction and participative transcription of manuscripts 70 2.4.1 Explicit crowdsourcing: volunteer correction/transcription 73 2.4.2 Gamification, OCR correction through play: Digitalkoot (National Library of Finland) 83 2.4.3 Implicit crowdsourcing: involuntary OCR correction via reCAPTCHA in the service of Google Books 86 2.4.4 Paid crowdsourcing: the Amazon Mechanical Turk market place 92 2.5 Folksonomy, cataloguing and participative indexing 108 2.5.1 Explicit crowdsourcing through volunteer tagging: Flickr: the Commons 108 2.5.2 The use of gamification: Art Collector 109 Chapter 3 Overview and Keys to Success 117 3.1 Typologies and taxonomies of projects 117 3.1.1 Explicit crowdsourcing 128 3.1.2 Implicit crowdsourcing 128 3.1.3 Gamification 129 3.2 Communication and marketing for recruiting volunteers 136 3.3 The question of motivations 139 3.3.1 Intrinsic motivations 142 3.3.2 Extrinsic motivations 144 3.3.3 The opposition between intrinsic and extrinsic motivations 145 3.3.4 The specific motivation of gamification projects 146 3.3.5 Crowdsourcing and rewards 147 3.3.6 Other theories on motivation 149 3.3.7 The motivations of cultural institutions and the prerequi-sites for launching a crowdsourcing project 151 3.4 Sociology of the contributors and community management 154 3.4.1 Sociology of contributors 154 3.4.2 Crowdsourcing or community sourcing? 156 3.4.3 The work of professionals on these projects and community management 157 3.5 The question of the quality of the contributions 161 3.5.1 Systems for evaluating and moderation of contributions 162 3.5.2 Comparison between the quality of the data produced by amateurs and that produced by professionals 166 3.5.3 Reintegration of the data produced 168 3.5.4 The legal status of contributions: crowdsourcing and the semantic web 169 3.6 The evaluation of crowdsourcing projects 170 3.6.1 Factors in success and failure 172 3.6.2 Quantitative evaluation of crowdsourcing projects and their costs 174 3.7 Change management 178 Conclusion 183 Bibliography 185 Index 203

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Book SynopsisThis collaborative research project allows for fundamental advances not only in the understanding of the phenomena but also in the development of practical calculation methods that can be used by engineers. This collaborative research project allows for fundamental advances not only in the understanding of the phenomena but also in the development of practical calculation methods that can be used by engineers.Table of ContentsPreface ix Introduction xiii Part 1. New Frontiers And Governance of Digital Space 1 Chapter 1. Fragmentation and Compartmentalization of Virtual Space 3 1.1 The nymph Carna and Internet census 3 1.2 Dimensions of cyberspace 5 1.3 Deep web, darknet and dark web 8 Chapter 2. A Society Of Control And Panopticism 13 2.1 Horizontal panopticism and cyber-narcissism 13 2.2 The neutrality of the network in question 15 2.2.1 How can network neutrality be preserved? 18 2.2.2 A threatened principle 19 2.3 Going toward an Internet 3.0 and a new form of digital civility? 22 2.3.1 Is cyberspace a public space? 22 2.3.2 Tyrannies of privacy 24 Chapter 3. The Internet, A Governance Subject To Controversy 27 3.1 ICANN, an influenced institution 27 3.1.1 Is this the end of US supremacy? 28 3.1.2 The role of the GAC 29 3.2 Cybersecurity, domains and electronic addressing 32 3.2.1 The essential role of WHOIS 34 3.2.2 Domain name extension and migration from IPv4 to IPv6 37 3.3 Who regulates those who are in control? 39 3.3.1 Conflict within ICANN 40 3.3.2 Encrypted networks: a major security issue for ICANN 42 Part 2. Crypto-Anarchism, Cryptography and Hidden Networks 45 Chapter 4. From The Arpanet To The Darknet: When States Lose Cryptographic Warfare 49 4.1 From Minitel to ARPANET 49 4.1.1 Rapid growth 51 4.1.2 The privatization of the Internet 52 4.2 The rise of asymmetric cryptography 53 4.2.1 Steganography 53 4.2.2 Modern cryptographic methods 56 4.2.3 Asymmetric cryptography 57 4.3 “The Crypto Wars are over!” 60 4.3.1 Planetary electronic monitoring 62 4.3.2 “Rendering Big Brother obsolete” 64 4.3.3 Cryptography at the service of hidden networks 68 Chapter 5. From Sneaker Nets To Darknets 71 5.1 Peer to peer: the first darknets 71 5.1.1 P2P against the entertainment industry: David versus Goliath 73 5.1.2 The BitTorrent revolution 77 5.1.3 The emergence of darknets 81 5.2 “Netopias” and darknets: the appearance of parallel networks 84 5.2.1 Cypherpunks and cyberpunk 84 5.2.2 Crypto-anarchism and activism: Peekabooty 88 5.2.3 Freenet 90 5.2.4 It is a small world… 93 5.3 The Tor network 98 5.3.1 The origins of Tor 100 5.3.2 The Tor paradox 103 5.3.3 How Tor works 105 5.3.4 The principle of the .onion address 108 5.3.5 An evolution of Tor uses thanks to Tor2Web? 112 Chapter 6. Geopolitics and Cybersecurity 117 6.1 From “hacktivism” to “cyberwarfare” 117 6.1.1 The first hackers 118 6.1.2 When states engage in cyberwarfare 120 6.1.3 Computer attacks of an unprecedented magnitude 122 6.1.4 The darknet: cybercrime market 124 6.2 Cybercrime, politics and subversion in the “half-world” 126 6.2.1 The “half-world” appeal 130 6.2.2 Fighting crime and Bitcoins: current and future economic and security issues 134 Conclusion 141 Appendices 145 Appendix 1 147 Appendix 2 153 Glossary 157 Bibliography 163 Index 169

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Book SynopsisPolitics continues to evolve in the digital era, spurred in part by the accelerating pace of technological development. This cutting-edge Handbook includes the very latest research on the relationship between digital information, communication technologies and politics.Written by leading scholars in the field, the chapters explore in seven parts: theories of digital politics, government and policy, collective action and civic engagement, political talk, journalism, internet governance and new frontiers in digital politics research. The contributors focus on the politics behind the implementation of digital technologies in society today.All students in the fields of politics, media and communication studies, journalism, science and sociology will find this book to be a useful resource in their studies. Political practitioners seeking digital strategies, as well as web and other digital practitioners wanting to know more about political applications for their work will also find this book to be of interest.Contributors include: E. Amnå, N. Anstead, N. Benn, W.L. Bennett, C. Birchall, L. Bode, A. Bruns, S. Coleman, N. Couldry, K.B. Culver, P. Dahlgren, E. Dubois, W.H. Dutton, S. Edgerly, D. Freelon, C. Fuchs, S. González-Bailon, T. Graham, T. Hall, A. Hanna, T. Highfield, F. Hirzalla, Y. Kim, D. Kreiss, T. Mcafee, G. Moss, B. O'Loughlin, K. Parry, R. Petchler, J. Schradie, A. Segerberg, D.V. Shah, K. Thorson, N. Thurman, E. Vraga, C. Wells, S. Wright, M.A. Xenos, J. Yang, L. van ZoonenTrade Review'Coleman and Freelon have deftly edited a series of essays that help us transition to the next big thing in political communication - an internet connecting many people over many kinds of devices making large volumes of data. Digital politics is no longer so much about what happens in your browser, but about what happens when your devices talk to each other on their own. This collection helps us get ready to understand the new infrastructure of political life.' --Philip N. Howard, University of Washington'The Handbook of Digital Politics edited by Stephen Coleman and Deen Freelon is an incredibly rich and outstanding collection of essays on the ideologies, theories and methodologies that currently inspire the field of political science and communication. The editors brilliantly succeed in guiding us through this fascinating world - avoiding any rhetoric, or either a dystopian or utopian perspective on the subject. The articles collected here represent the golden section of the contemporary debate on digital politics.' --Leopoldina Fortunati, Head of the Ph.D program in Multimedia Communication, University of Udine, ItalyTable of ContentsContents: 1. Introduction: Conceptualising Digital Politics Stephen Coleman and Deen Freelon PART I THEORIZING DIGITAL POLITICS 2. The Internet as a Civic Space Peter Dahlgren 3. The Social Foundations of Future Digital Politics Nick Couldry 4. The Fifth Estate: A Rising Force of Pluralistic Accountability William H. Dutton and Elizabeth Dubois 5. Silicon Valley Ideology and Class Inequality: A Virtual Poll Tax on Digital Politics Jen Schradie PART II GOVERNMENT AND POLICY 6. Online Voting Advice Applications: Foci, Findings and Future of an Emerging Research Field Fadi Hirzalla and Liesbet van Zoonen 7. Internet Voting: The State of the Debate Thad Hall 8. Digital Campaigning Daniel Kreiss 9. e-Petitions Scott Wright 10. Argumentation Tools for Digital Politics: Addressing the Challenge of Deliberation in Democracies Neil Benn PART III COLLECTIVE ACTION AND CIVIC ENGAGEMENT 11. The Logic of Connective Action: Digital Media and The Personalization of Contentious Politics W. Lance Bennett and Alexandra Segerberg 12. Youth Civic Engagement Chris Wells, Emily Vraga, Kjerstin Thorson, Stephanie Edgerly and Leticia Bode 13. Internet Use and Political Engagement in Youth Yunhwan Kim and Erik Amnå PART IV POLITICAL TALK 14. Everyday Political Talk in the Internet-Based Public Sphere Todd Graham 15. Creating Spaces for Online Deliberation Christopher Birchall and Stephen Coleman 16. Computational Approaches to Online Political Expression: Rediscovering a “Science of the Social” Dhavan V. Shah, Kathleen Bartzen Culver, Alex Hanna, Timothy Mcafee, and JungHwan Yang 17. Two-screen Politics: Evidence, Theory and Challenges Nick Anstead and Ben O’Loughlin PART V JOURNALISM 18. From News Blogs to News on Twitter: Gatewatching and Collaborative News Curation Axel Bruns and Tim Highfield 19. Research on the Political Implications of Political Entertainment Michael A. Xenos 20. Journalism, Gatekeeping and Interactivity Neil Thurman PART VI INTERNET GOVERNANCE 21. Internet Governance, Rights and Democratic Legitimacy Giles Moss 22. Social Media Surveillance Christian Fuchs PART VII EXPANDING THE FRONTIERS OF DIGITAL POLITICS RESEARCH 23. Visibility and Visualities: ‘Ways of Seeing’ Politics in the Digital Media Environment Katy Parry 24. Automated Content Analysis of Online Political Communication Ross Petchler and Sandra González-Bailon 25. On the Cutting Edge of Big Data: Digital Politics Research in the Social Computing Literature Deen Freelon Index

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Book Synopsis'Internet development dynamics are tackled in this Handbook by leading scholars representing mainstream, institutional, evolutionary economics and political economy perspectives. They show how complex markets for digital technologies and services are evolving. Crucially, they demonstrate why conventional analytical tool kits need to be extended by bridging disciplinary boundaries. This volume offers significant advances in the analysis of technological and institutional change and demonstrates how important it is to acknowledge conflict resolution and tradeoffs as essential aspects of the internet's history and its future.'-Robin Mansell, London School of Economics and Political Science, UKThe Internet is connecting an increasing number of individuals, organizations, and devices into global networks of information flows. It is accelerating the dynamics of innovation in the digital economy, affecting the nature and intensity of competition, and enabling private companies, government, and the non-profit sector to develop new business models. In this new ecosystem many of the theoretical assumptions and historical observations upon which economics rests are altered and need critical reassessment.This Handbook brings together twenty-six original chapters that discuss theoretical and applied frameworks for the study of the economics of the Internet, encompassing: its unique economics as a global information and communications infrastructure the effects of the Internet on economic transactions, including social production, advertising, innovation, and intellectual property rights the economics and management of Internet-based industries, such as search, news, entertainment, culture, and virtual worlds the effects of the Internet on the economy at large Interdisciplinary in its approach, the Handbook synthesizes the state of knowledge and offers new perspectives for researchers, practitioners, and students.Contributors: S. Aggarwal, C. Antonelli, H. Asghari, J.M. Bauer, S. Bauer, Y. Benkler, S.M. Besen, I. Brown, E. Castronova, D.D. Clark, C. Corrado, C. Feijóo, D.L. Garcia, J.-L. Gómez-Barroso, C. Handke, J. Haucap, K. Hollnbuchner, N. Just, G. Knieps, I. Knowles, J.J. Kranz, L. Küng, M. Latzer, W.H. Lehr, Y.-L. Liu, W. Ma, P. Mazepa, V. Mosco, N. Newman, E.M. Noam, P.P. Patrucco, R.G. Picard, A. Picot, G. Sadowsky, F. Saurwein, V. Schneider, S.J. Schultze, R. Sherman, P. Stepan, T. Stühmeier, R. Towse, B. Van Ark, M. Van Eeten, B. Van Schewick, H.R. Varian, D. Waterman, R.S. Whitt, S.S. Wildman, S. Wunsch-VincentTrade Review'The Internet has transformed many fundamental economic facts of life and business, but it is challenging to catalogue them all. This topic deserves a comprehensive handbook, and the editors delivered. The chapters are engaging and lucid, and cover a wide range of topics. The editors were not shy about spanning boundaries between technical detail, economic analysis, and policy relevance. This is a great resource for any modern scholar of the Internet.' --Shane Greenstein, Harvard Business School'The Handbook provides an outstanding insight on understanding all kinds of businesses carrying over the information super-highway called the Internet.' --Science and Public Policy'This handbook has the laudable aim of providing an original map of research in the Internet Economics field. It succeeds in this thanks to the editors' inclusion of theoretical perspectives ranging from the mainstream to institutional and evolutionary economic theory, complex adaptive systems theory, and critical political economy. . . Readers will gain insight into the limitations of the questions that are asked within different economic traditions, but importantly, also into what can be revealed by these theories and empirical methods. Media and communication scholars, not just those with an interest in media economics, will come away from engagement with this handbook with a good understanding of the assumptions underpinning the contributions economists are making to contemporary debate about the consequences of the continuous evolution of digitally mediated markets.' --European Journal of CommunicationTable of ContentsContents: Preface 1. The Economics of the Internet: An Overview Johannes M. Bauer and Michael Latzer PART II THEORETICAL FOUNDATIONS 2. The Industrial Organization of the Internet Günter Knieps and Johannes M. Bauer 3. The Internet as a Complex Layered System Stephen J. Schultze and Richard S. Whitt 4. A Network Science Approach to the Internet Volker Schneider and Johannes M. Bauer 5. Peer Production and Cooperation Yochai Benkler 6. The Internet and Productivity Carol Corrado and Bart Van Ark 7. Cultural Economics and the Internet Christian Handke, Paul Stepan and Ruth Towse 8. A Political Economy Approach to the Internet Patricia Mazepa and Vincent Mosco PART II INSTITUTIONAL ARRANGEMENTS AND INTERNET ARCHITECTURE 9. Competition and Antitrust in Internet Markets Justus Haucap and Torben Stühmeier 10. The Economics of Internet Standards Stanley M. Besen and George Sadowsky 11. The Economics of Copyright and the Internet Sacha Wunsch-Vincent 12. The Economics of Privacy, Data Protection and Surveillance Ian Brown 13. Economics of Cybersecurity Hadi Asghari, Michel Van Eeten and Johannes M. Bauer 14. Internet Architecture and Innovation in Applications Barbara Van Schewick 15. Organizational Innovations, ICTs and Knowledge Governance: The Case of Platforms Cristiano Antonelli and Pier Paolo Patrucco 16. Interconnection in the Internet: Peering, Interoperability and Content Delivery David D. Clark, William H. Lehr and Steven Bauer PART III ECONOMICS AND MANAGEMENT OF APPLICATIONS AND SERVICES 17. Internet Business Strategies Johann J. Kranz and Arnold Picot 18. The Economics of Internet Search Hal R. Varian 19. The Economics of Algorithmic Selection on the Internet Michael Latzer, Katharina Hollnbuchner, Natascha Just and Florian Saurwein 20. Online Advertising Economics Wenjuan Ma and Steven S. Wildman 21. Online News Lucy Küng, Nic Newman and Robert G. Picard 22. The Economics of Online Video Entertainment Ryland Sherman and David Waterman 23. Business Strategies and Revenue Models for Converged Video Services Yu-Li Liu 24. The Economics of Virtual Worlds Isaac Knowles and Edward Castronova 25. Economics of Big Data Claudio Feijóo, José-Luis Gómez-Barroso and Shivom Aggarwal PART IV PAST AND FUTURE TRAJECTORIES 26. The Evolution of the Internet: A Socioeconomic Account D. Linda Garcia 27. From the Internet of Science to the Internet of Entertainment Eli M. Noam Index

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Book SynopsisThe Tactile Internet will change the landscape of communication by introducing a new paradigm that enables the remote delivery of haptic data.This book answers the many questions surrounding the Tactile Internet, including its reference architecture and adapted compression methods for conveying haptic information. It also describes the key enablers for deploying the applications of the Tactile Internet.As an antecedent technology, the IoT is tackled, explaining the differences and similarities between the Tactile Internet, the Internet of Things and the Internet of Everything. The essentials of teleoperation systems are summarized and the challenges that face this paradigm in its implementation and deployment are also discussed.Finally, a teleoperation case study demonstrating an application of the Tactile Internet is investigated to demonstrate its functionalities, architecture and performance.Table of ContentsForeword xi Ian F. Akyildiz Preface xiii Tara Ali-Yahiya and Wrya Monnet List of Acronyms xv Chapter 1 Introduction to Tactile Internet 1 Tara Ali-Yahiya 1. 1. Human perception and Tactile Internet 2 1. 2. The roadmap towards Tactile Internet 3 1. 3. What is Tactile Internet? 5 1. 4. Cyber-Physical Systems and TI 7 1. 4. 1. Physical world 7 1. 4. 2. Internet of Things 7 1. 4. 3. Communication 7 1. 4. 4. Storage and computation 8 1. 4. 5. Feedback 8 1. 4. 6. Smart computing 10 1. 5. References 11 Chapter 2 Reference Architecture of the Tactile Internet 13 Tara Ali-Yahiya 2. 1. Tactile Internet system architecture 13 2. 2. IEEE 1918. 1 use cases 15 2. 2. 1. Teleoperation 16 2. 2. 2. Automotive 17 2. 2. 3. Immersive virtual reality (IVR) 17 2. 2. 4. Internet of drones 18 2. 2. 5. Inter personal communication 18 2. 2. 6. Live haptic-enabled broadcast 19 2. 2. 7. Cooperative automated driving 19 2. 3. Conclusion 20 2. 4. References 20 Chapter 3 Tactile Internet Key Enablers 21 Tara Ali-Yahiya 3. 1. Introduction 21 3. 1. 1. The fifth-generation system architecture 21 3. 1. 2. Network slicing 23 3. 1. 3. Network function virtualization 25 3. 1. 4. Software-defined networking 26 3. 1. 5. Edge computing 27 3. 1. 6. Artificial intelligence 29 3. 2. Conclusion 31 3. 3. References 31 Chapter 4 6G for Tactile Internet 35 Pinar Kirci and Tara Ali-Yahiya 4. 1. Introduction 35 4. 2. Thearchitectureof6G 37 4. 2. 1. Networkperformanceof6G 38 4. 2. 2. Space network 39 4. 2. 3. Air network 40 4. 2. 4. Ground network 40 4. 2. 5. Underwater network 41 4. 3. 6G channel measurements and characteristics 41 4. 3. 1. Optical wireless channel 41 4. 3. 2. Unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) channel 42 4. 3. 3. Underwater acoustic channel 43 4. 3. 4. Satellite channel 43 4. 3. 5. RFandterahertznetworksin6G 45 4. 3. 6. Visible light communication technology 48 4. 3. 7. Orbital angular momentum technology 48 4. 4. 6GcellularInternetofThings 49 4. 5. Energy self-sustainability (ESS) in 6G 50 4. 6. IoT-integrated ultra smart city life 52 4. 7. AI-enabled6Gnetworks 55 4. 8. AI- and ML-based security management in super IoT 59 4. 9. Securityfor6G 60 4. 10. The WEAFMnecosystem (water, earth, air, fire micro/nanoecosystem) with 6G and Tactile Internet 61 4. 11. References 63 Chapter 5 IoT, IoE and Tactile Internet 65 Wrya Monnet 5. 1. From M2MtoIoT 66 5. 2. Classification of remote monitoring and control systems 66 5. 3. IoT-enabling technologies 67 5. 3. 1. IoT hardware 67 5. 3. 2. IoT software 67 5. 3. 3. IoT connectivity 67 5. 4. Architectural design and interfaces 68 5. 5. IoT communication protocols 71 5. 5. 1. Message Queuing Telemetry Transport (MQTT) 72 5. 5. 2. Constrained Application Protocol (CoAP) 74 5. 5. 3. Data Distribution Service for real-time systems (DDS) 76 5. 5. 4. Open Mobile Alliance Device Management (OMA-DM) 79 5. 6. Internet of Everything (IoE) 80 5. 6. 1. Enabling technologies for the IoE 81 5. 7. Protocol comparisons and the readiness for TI 82 5. 8. TI-IoT models and challenges 83 5. 9. Edge computing in the IoT 85 5. 9. 1. Edge computing paradigms 86 5. 10. Real-time IoT and analytics versus real time in TI 88 5. 11. From IoT towardsTI 88 5. 12. Conclusion 90 5. 13. References 91 Chapter 6 Telerobotics 95 Wrya Monnet 6. 1. Introduction 95 6. 2. Teleoperation evolution to telepresence 96 6. 3. Tele presence applications 97 6. 4. Teleoperation system components 99 6. 4. 1. Master domains 102 6. 4. 2. Network domain (communication channel) 102 6. 4. 3. Slave domain 102 6. 5. Architecture of bilateral teleoperation control system 103 6. 5. 1. Classification of the control systems architectures 106 6. 5. 2. Discrete architecture with transmission delay 107 6. 6. Performance and transparency of telepresence systems 110 6. 6. 1. Passivity and stability 110 6. 6. 2. Time delay issues 112 6. 7. Other methods for time-delay mitigation 116 6. 8. Teleoperation over the Internet 117 6. 9. Multiple access to a teleoperation system 119 6. 10. A use case 121 6. 11. Conclusion 122 6. 12. References 122 Chapter 7 Haptic Data: Compression and Transmission Protocols 127 Wrya Monnet 7. 1. Introduction 127 7. 2. Haptic perception 128 7. 2. 1. Human haptic perception 128 7. 2. 2. Telerobotic tactile and haptic perception 128 7. 2. 3. Tactile sensing for material recognition 129 7. 2. 4. Tactile sensing for object shape recognition 130 7. 2. 5. Tactile sensing for pose estimation 131 7. 3. Haptic interfaces 133 7. 3. 1. Haptic interface for tele presence 133 7. 3. 2. Haptic and tactile sensors and actuators 135 7. 4. Haptic compression 139 7. 5. Haptic transport protocols 142 7. 5. 1. Application layer protocols 143 7. 5. 2. Transport layer protocols 146 7. 6. Multi-transport protocols 149 7. 7. Haptic transport protocol performance metrics 149 7. 8. Conclusion 150 7. 9. References 150 Chapter 8 Mapping Wireless Networked Robotics into Tactile Internet 155 Nicola Roberto Zema and Tara Ali-Yahiya 8. 1. Wireless networked robots 155 8. 2. WNR traffic requisites 158 8. 2. 1. Types of traffic in WNRs 158 8. 3. Traffic shaping and TI haptic codecs 160 8. 3. 1. Introduction 161 8. 3. 2. Mapping WNR control traffic to TI 161 8. 4. WNRs in the Tactile Internet architecture 164 8. 4. 1. WNRs in the TI architecture and interfaces 165 8. 5. Conclusion 169 8. 6. References 170 Chapter 9 HoIP over 5G for Tactile Internet Teleoperation Application 173 Tara Ali-Yahiya, Wryamonnet and Bakhtiar M. Amin 9. 1. Relatedworks 174 9. 2. 5G architecture design for Tactile Internet 179 9. 2. 1. Tactile edge A 180 9. 2. 2. Network domain 182 9. 2. 3. Protocol stack of 5G integration with IEEE 1918. 1 182 9. 3. HapticsoverIP 183 9. 4. Teleoperationcasestudy 185 9. 4. 1. Master to slave (uplink) data rate in edge A 187 9. 4. 2. Slave to master (downlink) data rate in edge B 187 9. 4. 3. Encapsulating the haptic data in HoIP 188 9. 4. 4. 5G network data and control handling 188 9. 4. 5. Case study operational states 190 9. 4. 6. Case study protocol stack 191 9. 5. Simulationresults 192 9. 5. 1. Simulation topology 193 9. 5. 2. NS3networkarchitecture 194 9. 5. 3. Simulation scenario 196 9. 5. 4. Simulation results 198 9. 6. Conclusion 203 9. 7. References 203 Chapter 10 Issues and Challenges Facing Low Latency in the Tactile Internet 209 Tara Ali-Yahiya 10. 1. Introduction 209 10. 1. 1. Technical requirements for the TI 211 10. 2. Low latency in the Tactile Internet 212 10. 2. 1. Resource allocation 212 10. 2. 2. Mobile edge computing 213 10. 2. 3. Network coding 214 10. 2. 4. Haptic communication protocols 214 10. 3. Intelligence and the Tactile Internet 216 10. 4. Edge intelligent 216 10. 5. Openissues 219 10. 6. Conclusion 220 10. 7. References 221 List of Authors 227 Index 229

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Book SynopsisThis book discusses the media, beliefs, the news, the Internet, etc. but it should not be seen as yet another critique of the media system, exploring with indignant fascination the idea of a machination against truth set up to serve a society of domination. These kinds of theories, whether they pertain to conspiracy theories or, more subtly, to a self-styled "critical" way of thinking, have always seemed to be the expression of a form of intellectual puerility. This is not to say that attempts at manipulating opinions do not occur, or that our world is free from compromised principles, or indeed corruption; far from it, but none of this is the key issue. In fact, reality can somehow be even more unsettling than those myths, however sophisticated they may be, that envisage the media system hand-in-hand with industry, science, and so forth, all in agreement so as to lead the "people" away from the truth. It is more unsettling because the processes described in this book and that allow falsehood and dubiousness to take hold of the public sphere are boosted by the development of IT, the workings of our minds, and the very nature of democracy. And finally, it is more unsettling because we are all responsible for what is going to happen to us.Table of ContentsPreface vii Introduction ix Chapter 1. More is Less: Mental Avarice and Mass Information 1 1.1. The revolution of the cognitive market 1 1.2. Amplification of the confirmation bias 6 1.3. The Seattle affair 9 1.3.1. The Wason experiment 10 1.4. The theorem of information credulity 14 1.5. Filter bubbles 17 Chapter 2. Why Does the Internet Side with Dubious Ideas? 19 2.1. The utopia of the knowledge society and the empire of beliefs 19 2.2. The ditherer’s problem 20 2.3. Competition between belief and knowledge on the Internet 23 2.4. Psychokinesis 27 2.5. The Loch Ness Monster 27 2.6. Aspartame 28 2.7. Crop circles 28 2.8. Astrology 29 2.9. Overview of resutls 30 2.10. How can we explain these results? 30 2.11. The Titanic syndrome 31 2.12. When Olson’s paradox plays against knowledge 34 2.13. Charles Fort, his life, and his works in a few words 36 2.14. Fort products: argumentative mille-feuilles 38 2.15. The sharing of the arguments of conviction 40 2.16. A Fortean product in the making: Michael Jackson’s fake death 42 2.17. When Fort reinforces Olson 44 2.18. Would you believe it! 46 2.19. It is all in the Bible, all of it 49 2.20. The transparency paradox 52 2.21. A shorter incubation period 56 Chapter 3. Competition Serves the Truth, Excessive Competition Harms It 61 3.1. Michael Jackson’s son, abused by Nicolas Sarkozy 61 3.2. A “prisoner’s dilemma” kind of situation 63 3.3. Presidential unfaithfulness and the burnt Koran 66 3.4. The IRC curve (information reliability/competition) 72 Chapter 4. What Can Be Done? From the Democracy of the Gullible to the Democracy of Enlightenment 77 4.1. The hope of the astrophysicist 77 4.2. The bad education 80 4.3. When gullibility looks like intelligence 83 4.4. The sum of imperfections 88 4.5. Toward cognitive demagogy 93 4.6. How to keep the illusion scholar inside us in check 96 4.7. Declaration of mental independence 98 4.8. The fourth power 102 4.9. A new form of scientific communication 104 4.10. A new militancy 106 Conclusion 109 Bibliography 111 Index 121

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Book SynopsisThe purpose of the Reasoning Web Summer School is to disseminate recent advances on reasoning techniques and related issues that are of particular interest to Semantic Web and Linked Data applications. It is primarily intended for postgraduate students, postdocs, young researchers, and senior researchers wishing to deepen their knowledge. As in the previous years, lectures in the summer school were given by a distinguished group of expert lecturers. The broad theme of this year's summer school was “Reasoning in Probabilistic Models and Machine Learning” and it covered various aspects of ontological reasoning and related issues that are of particular interest to Semantic Web and Linked Data applications. The following eight lectures were presented during the school: Logic-Based Explainability in Machine Learning; Causal Explanations and Fairness in Data; Statistical Relational Extensions of Answer Set Programming; Vadalog: Its Extensions and Business Applications; Cross-Modal Knowledge Discovery, Inference, and Challenges; Reasoning with Tractable Probabilistic Circuits; From Statistical Relational to Neural Symbolic Artificial Intelligence; Building Intelligent Data Apps in Rel using Reasoning and Probabilistic Modelling.Table of ContentsExplainability in Machine Learning.- Causal Explanations and Fairness in Data.- Statistical Relational Extensions of Answer Set Programming.- Vadalog: Its Extensions and Business Applications.- Cross-Modal Knowledge Discovery, Inference, and Challenges.- Reasoning with Tractable Probabilistic Circuits.- From Statistical Relational to Neural Symbolic Artificial Intelligence.- Building Intelligent Data Apps in Rel using Reasoning and Probabilistic Modelling.

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Book SynopsisThis book offers a comparative perspective on the technological, economic, and political aspects of Internet development in the post-Soviet countries. In doing so, international experts analyze similarities and differences in various countries throughout the chapters.The volume consists of two parts. The chapters of the first part examine the post-Soviet area as a whole. The second part includes specific case studies on the development of the Internet, either in individual countries or in groups of countries. Countries analyzed are Estonia, Ukraine, Russia as well as three Central Asian countries: Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan and Tajikistan. Topics covered in the volume include, but are not limited to measurement, dynamics, and structure of each national Internet audience; the history of the Internet in the post-Soviet countries; development of infrastructure; Internet regulation and institutional aspects; online markets such as telecommunications, online advertising, e-commerce, and digital content; social and cultural aspects; as well as the transformation of the national media systems. This book is a must-read for students, researchers, and scholars of political science and economics, as well as policymakers and practitioners interested in a better understanding of Internet development in the post-Soviet area. Table of Contents1. Introduction.- PART 1. CHARACTERIZING THE POST-SOVIET INTERNET.- 2.Representation of the Post-Soviet Countries in the Global Online Information Space in 2020-2021: Frequency of Mention, Media Dynamics, Mood Characteristics.- 3. Legal Regulation of the Internet around Post-Soviet Space.- 4. Cancel Culture and Novaya Etika in Russian Public Discourse.- 5. Online coping strategies during the COVID-19 pandemic: the case of Izoizolyacia flash mob.- PART 2. POST-SOVIET COUNTRIES: SPECIAL FOCUS.- 6. Developing an Advanced Digital Society: An Estonian Case Study.- 7. Uanet through Socio-Political Perspectives.- 8. Media Generations of the Russians in the Digital Media Environment: Opportunities for Intergenerational Communication.- 9. Elite Students in Kazakhstan: Complexities of the Internet and the International Arena.- 10. Measuring Media Literacy Level: A Case of Central Asia

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Book SynopsisDieses essential liefert komprimiertes Überblickswissen rund um Digitalisierung und Industrie 4.0. Es zeigt ausgewählte Zusammenhänge mit großen gesellschaftlichen Herausforderungen auf, benennt technisch und weniger technisch geprägte Anforderungen an uns Menschen und gibt Überlegungen zu persönlicher Entwicklung und Entfaltung in der Gemeinschaft als Konsequenz. Abrundend werden vielfältige Anknüpfungspunkte zu weiteren Offline- und Online-Quellen angeboten.Table of ContentsDigitalisierung.- Vernetzung von belebter und unbelebter Materie.- Künstliche Intelligenz.- Gesellschaft und Arbeiten 4.0.- Vernetztes Lernen.- Individuelle Entwicklung und Entfaltung

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Book SynopsisDie unscharfe Logik (Fuzzy Logic) erweitert die klassische Logik, indem neben den beiden Wahrheitswerten 1 für ‚wahr’ und 0 für ‚falsch’ alle Werte des Einheitsintervalls zugelassen sind. Die unscharfe Logik entspricht der menschlichen Wahrnehmung, da sie unsichere Sachverhalte oder vage Aussagen in einem Entscheidungsprozess mitberücksichtigt. Edy Portmann und Andreas Meier geben in diesem essential über Fuzzy Leadership einen Überblick zu Grundlagen der unscharfen Logik und zeigen das Potenzial in unterschiedlichen Anwendungen der digitalen Wirtschaft sowie in der Informations- und Wissensgesellschaft auf. Die Autoren:Prof. Dr. Edy Portmann ist Swiss Post Professor of Computer Science am Human-IST Institut der Universität Fribourg, Schweiz. In seiner Forschung beschäftigt er sich mit Fragen rund um Informationssysteme, -verarbeitung und -beschaffung. Prof. Dr. Andreas Meier leitete in den Jahren 1999 bis 2018 den Lehrstuhl für Wirtschaftsinformatik an der Universität Fribourg, Schweiz. Seine Forschungsgebiete waren eBusiness, eGovernment und Informationsmanagement. Table of ContentsFuzzy Leadership.- Human Smart Cities.- eSociety Reloaded.- Wo führt die Reise hin?.

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Book SynopsisDieses Buch bietet eine praktische Einführung in die Software ARIS Der ARIS Architect 10 der Software AG ist eines der weltweit führenden Prozessmodellierungstools. Dieses Buch bietet eine umfangreiche Einführung in das ARIS-Konzept und das praktische Arbeiten mit der Software. Ziel ist es, das tägliche Arbeiten und einfache Projekte mit ARIS selbstständig zu erledigen. Im Vordergrund stehen die Modellierung und Modellauswertung. Der ARIS-Versionswechsel von 9 auf 10 machte eine Überarbeitung dieses Buchs unumgänglich, die der Autor in der vorliegenden fünften Auflage umgesetzt hat. Dafür hat er die komplette Funktionalität überprüft und angepasst. Das neue Kapitel 2 beschreibt in kurzen Zügen die innovative „ARIS Cloud“ für das orts- und zeitunabhängige Teamwork. Zahlreiche Aufgaben und zwei umfangreiche Fallstudien (jeweils mit Lösungen) bieten eigenständige Übungsmöglichkeiten. Das Buch ist als ARIS-Einführung auch für das Selbststudium bestens geeignet. Abbildungen und Modelle stehen zum Download zur Verfügung und veranschaulichen das Gelernte. Der Autor bringt Ihnen den Umgang mit der Software bei Nach einer kurzen Einführung in das Prozessmanagement beschäftigt sich der Autor unter anderem mit den folgenden Thematiken:· ARIS Cloud· Geschäftsprozessmodellierung und -optimierung· Systemverwaltung· Modellgestützte Prozessanalyse· BPMN 2.0 mit ARIS Mit seinem Buch schafft Heinrich Seidlmeier eine Einführung in ARIS für Studierende, aber auch für Praktiker in Beruf und Weiterbildung.Table of ContentsKurzeinführung Prozessmanagement - ARIS Cloud - Prozessmodellierung und -optimierung - Systemverwaltung -Modellgestützte Prozessanalyse - BPMN 2.0 mit ARIS - Aufgaben und Fallstudien

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Book SynopsisAndreas Meier und Edy Portmann verwenden in diesem essential über Fuzzy Management die unscharfe Logik zur Lösung betriebswirtschaftlicher Probleme in der digitalen Wirtschaft. Die unscharfe Logik erweitert die klassische Logik mit den beiden Werten „wahr“ und „falsch“ und führt zu differenzierteren Beurteilungen. Neben Portfolio Management, Performance Measurement, Service Level Engineering und Reputationsmanagement wird die Business Intelligence mit weichen Faktoren angereichert, um den Entscheidungsprozess zu verbessern.Die Autoren: Prof. Dr. Andreas Meier leitete in den Jahren 1999 bis 2018 den Lehrstuhl für Wirtschaftsinformatik an der Universität Fribourg, Schweiz. Seine Forschungsgebiete waren eBusiness, eGovernment und Informationsmanagement. Prof. Dr. Edy Portmann ist Swiss Post Professor of Computer Science am Human-IST Institut der Universität Fribourg, Schweiz. In seiner Forschung beschäftigt er sich mit Fragen rund um Informationssysteme, -verarbeitung und -beschaffung.Table of ContentsFuzzy Management und Portfolio Management.- Performance Measurement und Service Level Engineering.- Reputationsanalysen und Business Intelligence.

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Book SynopsisDer digitale Zwilling lässt sich als intelligentes, digitales Abbild eines realen Produktes oder Prozesses beschreiben. Die Studie untersucht digitale Zwillinge aus einer Geschäftsmodellperspektive. Eine vergleichende Analyse von sechs unterschiedlichen Geschäftsmodellen anhand des Business Model Canvas zeigt deutliche Unterschiede in der Interpretation der Begrifflichkeit des digitalen Zwillings und dessen Verwendung als Geschäftsmodell auf. Die größte Herausforderung für die Entwicklung digitaler Zwillinge sind fehlende monetäre Argumente und das Überwinden von Schnittstellenproblematiken. Gleichzeitig werden große Potenziale im Business to Business-Bereich (B2B) und mittelfristig auch im Business to Customer-Bereich (B2C) erwartet. ​Die Autoren:Robin Klostermeier ist Unternehmensberater und berät Kunden zu Fragen der digitalen Transformation und Datenintegration.Prof. Dr. Steffi Haag ist Juniorprofessorin für Wirtschaftsinformatik an der Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg. Prof. Dr. Alexander Benlian ist Professor für Wirtschaftsinformatik & E-Services an der Technischen Universität Darmstadt.Table of ContentsAnwendungsbereiche digitaler Zwillinge.- Fallstudienergebnisse – Definition digitaler Zwillinge, digitaler Zwilling als Produkt und Geschäftsmodell.- Entwicklung und Potenziale digitaler Zwillinge.- Implikationen für Forschung und Praxis.

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Book SynopsisImmer mehr Unternehmen bauen Chatbots, damit ihre Kunden und Mitarbeiter in natürlicher Sprache mit den Systemen des Unternehmens kommunizieren können. Mittels Chatbots können dialogintensive Prozesse automatisiert und neue Wissensquellen erschlossen werden. Das vorliegende essential führt die Grundlagen von Chatbots ein und zeigt mit Praxisbeispielen der Schweizerischen Post, wo sie angewendet werden können, worauf bei ihrer Gestaltung geachtet werden muss und welche neuen Fähigkeiten in einem Unternehmen für deren Einsatz erforderlich sind.Die Autoren:Toni Stucki hat langjährige Erfahrungen als Softwarearchitekt. Bei der Schweizerischen Post leitet er ein Softwareentwicklungsteam, mit dem er bereits mehrere Chatbots implementiert hat. Dr. Sara D’Onofrio arbeitete als Innovation-Managerin bei der Schweizerischen Post und war bei der Chatbot-Entwicklung der IT Post mit dabei. In ihrer Dissertation beschäftigte sie sich mit der Thematik Chatbots. Prof. Dr. Edy Portmann ist Swiss Post Professor of Computer Science am Human-IST Institut der Universität Freiburg i.Üe., Schweiz, und beschäftigt sich mit Fragen rund um Informationssysteme, -verarbeitung und -beschaffung. Table of ContentsGrundlagen zu Chatbots.- Chatbots bei der Schweizerischen Post.- Erfahrungsberichte.

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Book SynopsisTaking a cross-media approach to the ever-changing field of digital storytelling, this book offers an essential introduction to producing and editing interactive storytelling content, and to the platforms that host it.Table of ContentsContents Acknowledgments Preface Where to start? How this volume is organized Chapter 1: Introduction 1.1 Preliminary definitions 1.1.1 The fascination for interactivity 1.1.2 Digital, virtual, interactive 1.1.3 Interacting, participating, collaborating 1.2 Telling stories through actions 1.2.1 Dramatic media 1.2.2 Actions and events 1.2.3 Dramatic action 1.2.4 Narrative action 1.2.5 Sequence of actions 1.2.6 Generating events 1.3 Last general issues 1.3.1 Author, authorship, control 1.3.2 Characters or stories 1.3.3 The field of investigation 1.3.4 Database, narrative and video contents 1.3.5 Delimiting the field 1.4 A general model of analysis Chapter 2 - Dynamic Elements: the Units 2.1. What are the units 2.2 The logical relationship between the units 2.3 Organising the Multilinear Project 2.4. What separates the units 2.5. Tagging the units: metadata 2.6 Exercises 2.6.1 The flow chart of dynamic elements 2.6.2 The user actions Chapter 3 - Dynamic elements: the Agents 3.1 Agents and audience 3.2 Intelligent agents 3.2.1 Planning as improvisation 3.2.2 Planning as directing 3.2.3 Scripting as planning 3.3 Emotions and agents 3.3.1 The (mental) reality of emotions 3.3.2 The social component of emotions 3.3.3 Emotions as a behavioural drive 3.4 Exercises 3.4.1 Describing the state of the world 3.4.2 Writing the actions 3.4.3 Writing Preconditions and Effects 3.4.4 Simulating the execution 3.4.5 Starting from the goal state 3.4.6 Reusing the plan Chapter 4 - Display: audience, system, emotions 4.1 Participation 4.1.1 Narratology vs Ludology 4.1.2. Interaction vs Narration 4.1.3. Balancing the agency 4.1.4. Intensity of process 4.1.5. User’s action 4.1.6. Intelligible actions 4.2 Writing the interaction through the units 4.2.1. Interaction by navigating the map 4.2.2. Interaction by dialogues and behaviours 4.2.3. Interaction by physical actions 4.3 Emotions in computational systems 4.3.1 Coding characters’ emotions 4.3.2 The emotions of the audience 4.4. Cross media contents’ communication 4.5 Exercises Chapter 5 - Engines and systems: supporting creativity and dramatic tension 5.1 Systems and automation 5.2 System classification 5.3 Fully manual authorship 5.4 Manually authored database and automation for plot generation 5.4.1 Plot grammars 5.4.2 Constraints on plot generation 5.4.3 Planning for plot generation 5.4.4 Plot generation based on dramatic tension 5.5 Database and automation 5.6 Emergent narratives: joint automation of plot and database 5.6.1 Constraints on the plot and modifications of database elements 5.6.2 Plot and database modelled with constraints 5.6.3 Full plot automation and database simulation 5.7 General Considerations on Storytelling Systems 5.8 Exercises 5.8.1 The form to the story, or the application of a template 5.8.2 The constrained plot generation: preconditions and effects annotation 5.8.3 The dramatic tension of the story Chapter 6. Examples to know 6.1. 1966: Eliza 6.2. 1976: Adventure 6.3. 1978: Aspen Movie Map 6.4. 1987: Afternoon a story 6.5. 1987: City in transition: New Orleans 1983-86 6.6 1911: Angels 6.7 1993: Myst 6.8 1996: Pokémon 6.9 1999. Desert rain 6.10 2001:Can you see me now? 6.11 2003: Facade 6.12 2005: FearNot! 6.13 2006: DramaTour 6.14 2012: The Walking Dead 6.15 2013: Nothing for Dinner 6.16 2018:. Black mirror Bandersnatch 61.7 2029: The Invisible Guardian 6.18 2020: Down the Rabbit Hole Index .

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