PI - Social Aspects 1

**Data built empires. Now it's shaping our future. 'Breathtaking in its scope and enormously fulfilling in its depth, this book is profoundly fascinating'** Lewis Dartnell, author of Being Human 'Es……続きを見る

Il coronavirus sta velocizzando la mutazione tecnologica e sta rendendo il dibattito sui gemelli digitali più che mai urgente. Il gemello digitale è la nostra vita riprodotta e raccontata dai dati; ……続きを見る

History shows us that technologies help humankind in our daily activities. Every major technological evolution brings about an economic, cultural and social revolution, transforming the lifestyles o……続きを見る

Transhumanism posits that humanity is on the verge of rapid evolutionary change as a result of emerging technologies and increased global consciousness. However, this insight is dismissed as a naive……続きを見る

This book is dedicated to the life and work of Ignacy Łukasiewicz, Polish pharmacist whose world-renowned achievements include construction of the world’s first oil refinery and invention of the mod……続きを見る

Nel corso della storia, la comparsa e la diffusione su larga scala di tecnologie che hanno contribuito a riplasmare la rappresentazione di sé e del mondo hanno sempre generato paure e previsioni “ap……続きを見る

How we use digital technologies and make them our own. Appropriation is the process by which we turn digital technologies into instruments for our own use. Since we do not use technologies but rathe……続きを見る

Winner of the American Association of Hispanics in Higher Education Edited Volume Book of the Year Award The growing population of engineering students who identify as Latin* are underrepresented in……続きを見る

This book explores how social robots and synthetic social agents will change our social systems and intersubjective relationships. It is obvious that technology influences societies. But how, and un……続きを見る

"Carlsen sees a world of wonder hiding in plain sight and may just change how you look at the world around you." ーTODAY Show A simple walk around the block set journalist Spike Carlsen, bestselling……続きを見る

Garrett Pierman argues that the Internet, as it is structured today, is inhospitable to democracy. What began as a government-funded defense project became, with the commercialization of the Interne……続きを見る

A gripping new investigation into the underbelly of digital technology, which reveals not only how costly the virtual world is, but how damaging it is to the environment. A simple ‘like’ sent from o……続きを見る

“Secondo i loro araldi, l’universo digitale sarebbe poco più concreto di una ‘nuvola’, il famoso cloud nel quale archiviamo documenti e fotografie. Per un po’, il mondo digitalizzato ci è sembrato s……続きを見る

This book of poems is compiled by "Akshay Sonthalia". Different writers from around the globe have sent their entities based on global pandemic CORONA, exploring the emotions and politics of locking……続きを見る

Cambiamento climatico. Instabilità finanziaria. Migrazioni. Disuguaglianze. Accelerazione digitale e lentezza politica. Le grandi trasformazioni in corso irrompono nel dibattito di ogni giorno con l……続きを見る

The past two decades have witnessed increasing opposition to mafia influence and activities in Italy. Community organizations such as Libera, founded in 1995, and Addiopizzo, originating in 2004, ex……続きを見る

Great leaps forward in scientific understanding have, throughout history, engendered similar leaps forward in how we understand ourselves. Now, the new hybrid disciplines of evolutionary biology and……続きを見る

A leading doctor unveils the groundbreaking potential of virtual medicine. Brennan Spiegel has spent years studying the medical power of the mind, and in VRx he reveals a revolutionary new kind of c……続きを見る

This book examines the increased utilization of social media in daily life and its impact on social movements. The contributors analyze “social media revolutions” such as the Arab Spring, the 15-M m……続きを見る

The rise and fall of the ringtone industry and its effect on mobile entertainment, music, television, film, and politics. A decade ago, the customizable ringtone was ubiquitous. Almost any crowd of ……続きを見る

Designed to trick the eye and stimulate the imagination, special effects have changed the way we look at films and the worlds created in them. Computer-generated imagery (CGI), as seen in Hollywood ……続きを見る

Hacking, espionage, war and cybercrime as you've never read about them before Fancy Bear was hungry. Looking for embarrassing information about Hillary Clinton, the elite hacking unit within Russian……続きを見る

An in-depth look at life in the “smart” city Technology has fundamentally transformed urban life. But today’s “smart” cities look little like what experts had predicted. Aaron Shapiro shows us the t……続きを見る

New perspectives on digital scholarship that speak to today's computational realities Scholars across the humanities, social sciences, and information sciences are grappling with how best to study v……続きを見る

Conversations with a founder of the influential Social Construction of Technology (SCOT) approach in science and technology studies offer an introduction to the field. Science and technology studies……続きを見る

Drug Abuse (NIDA) funded research project on drug information and online drug-related communities. The editors of this pivotal text, Edward Murguia, Ann Lessem, and Melissa Tackett-Gibson, elevate t……続きを見る

Making an online community that grows and survives isnt easy. It takes planning, vision and dedication. Most companies arent prepared to invest the time and manpower it takes to make it happen, and ……続きを見る

Communication and Control: Tools, Systems, and New Dimensions advocates a systems view of human communication in a time of intelligent, learning machines. This edited collection sheds new light on t……続きを見る