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- Tags: Interdisciplinary studies
Capital, State, Empire : The New American Way of Digital Warfare
Tags: Business and Management, Communication studies Society and social sciences, Economics, Finance, Geopolitics Society and social sciences, information and interdisciplinary subjects, Interdisciplinary studies, International Relations, Media studies, Political control and freedoms Society and social sciences, Political economy Reference, Politics and government, Social discrimination and inequality Society and social sciences, Social discrimination and inequality Mod, Social issues and processes, Society and culture: general, Society and social sciences
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…
Tags: Business and Management, Communication Studies, Cultural studies Society and social sciences, Film, Finance, Industry and industrial studies, information and communication industries Reference, information and interdisciplinary subjects, Interdisciplinary studies, Media, Media studies Society and social sciences, Society and culture: general, Society and social sciences, sociology, Sociology and anthropology, Sociology: work and labour The arts, TV and radio Economics
Critical Theory of Communication: New Readings of Lukács, Adorno, Marcuse, Honneth and Habermas in the Age of the Internet
"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…
Tags: Communication studies Society and social sciences, information and interdisciplinary subjects, Interdisciplinary studies, Media studies Society and social sciences, Philosophy, Reference, Society and culture: general, Society and social sciences, Sociology Humanities, Sociology and anthropology
Dull Disasters? How planning ahead will make a difference
Economic losses from disasters are now reaching an average of US$250–$300 billion a year. In the last 20 years, more than 530,000 people died as a direct result of extreme weather events; millions more were seriously injured. Most of the deaths…
Tags: Aid and relief programmes Economics, Business and Management, criminology, Development economics and emerging economies Society and social sciences, Development economics and emerging economies Mod, Development Studies, Economics, Economics Economics, Finance, information and interdisciplinary subjects, Interdisciplinary studies, Political economy Reference, Social impact of disasters Society and social sciences, Social issues and processes, Social services and welfare, Social welfare and social services, Society and culture: general, Society and social sciences
Education, Learning, Training
Garden Learning: A Study on European Botanic Gardens’ Collaborative Learning Processes
"From 2007-2013 the European 7th Framework Program Science in Society (FP7) funded a multitude of formal and informal educational institutions to join forces and engage in alternative ways to teach science—inside and outside the classroom—all over…
Tags: Business and Management, education, Finance, information and interdisciplinary subjects, Institutions and learned societies: general Economics, Interdisciplinary studies, Organization and management of education Reference, Organizational theory and behaviour Designed for differentiated learning, Society and social sciences
Knowledge in the Age of Digital Capitalism: An Introduction to Cognitive Materialism
Knowledge in the Age of Digital Capitalism proposes a new critical theory concerning the functioning of capitalism and how we consider knowledge and information. This ambitious book systematically and lucidly introduces contemporary phenomena into…
Tags: Communication studies Society and social sciences, information and interdisciplinary subjects, Interdisciplinary studies, Media studies Society and social sciences, Philosophy, Philosophy: epistemology and theory of knowledge Reference, Reference, Social theory Humanities, Society and culture: general, Society and social sciences, sociology, Sociology and anthropology
Making Publics, Making Places
Politicizing Digital Space: Theory, the Internet, and Renewing Democracy
"The objective of this book is to outline how a radically democratic politics can be reinvigorated in theory and practice through the use of the internet. The author argues that politics in its proper sense can be distinguished from anti-politics…
Tags: Communication studies Society and social sciences, information and interdisciplinary subjects, Interdisciplinary studies, Media studies Society and social sciences, Political control and freedoms, Political science and theory Society and social sciences, Political structure and processes, Political structures: democracy Reference, Politics and government, Social issues and processes Society and social sciences, Society and culture: general, Society and social sciences
Rethinking sustainable cities: Accessible, green and fair
Available Open Access under CC-BY-NC licence. Sustainable urbanisation has moved to the forefront of global debate, research and policy agendas over recent years. Rapid urbanisation throughout China, India and many other low and middle income…