Decoding the Social World. Data Science and the Unintended Consequences of Communication, Hardback - Sandra Gonzalez-Bailon

How data science and the analysis of networks help us solve the puzzle of unintended consequences.

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons IncAuthor(s): Chris AtegekaNumber of pages: 288Publication date: 2021Dimensions: 161 x 235 x 26Cover type: HardbackRed...

Philosophy and social science assume that reason and cause are objective and universally applicable concepts. Through close readings of ancient and...

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Publisher: Stanford University PressAuthor(s): Yohei IgarashiNumber of pages: 256Collection: Stanford Text TechnologiesPublication date: 2019Dimens...

The Happenings that burst on to the late 1950s cultural scene were rapidly declared passe and even 'dead', but this book reveals how an internation...

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In Wars of Law, Tanisha M. Fazal assesses the unintended consequences of the proliferation of the laws of war for the commencement, conduct, and co...

DescriptionThe Mormon Church entered the public square on LGBT issues by joining forces with traditional-marriage proponents in Hawaii in 1993. Sin...

Publisher: University of California PressAuthor(s): Roberto J. GonzalezIllustration(s): 21 b-w photographs, 2 tablesNumber of pages: 270Publication...

Actions have consequences--and the ability to learn from them revolutionized life on earth. While it's easy enough to see that consequences are imp...

DescriptionIn this book, Sabine R. Huebner explores the world of the protagonists of the New Testament and the early Christians using the rich papy...

Shannon's major precept, that all communication is essentially digital, is now so commonplace among the modern digitalia that many wonder why Shann...

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Lorenz Boeninger tells the story of Niccolo di Lorenzo della Magna, a major printer of Renaissance Italy. Niccolo's hitherto mysterious life and ca...

A look at the close resemblance between the creation and structure of matter in both Dogon mythology and modern science - Reveals striking similari...

A revelatory exploration of how people's social networks evolve, arguing that everyone needs a science-based strategy to build meaningful and produ...

In the wondrous tradition of Sagan, Feynman, Kahneman, Dubner and Levitt, Gladwell - a vision of the future that uses cutting-edge biotech to explo...

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Political Communication in the Anglophone World: Case Studies, by Theodore F. Sheckels, considers a variety of politically fascinating communicatio...

DescriptionThe fourth book in the Sarai Gonzalez illustrated chapter book series inspired by the life of eleven-year-old viral video sensation and ...

Current and future adversaries will likely simultaneously employ a combination of different types of warfare. Non-state actors may mostly employ ir...

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How is it that, in doing our very best to achieve one thing, we can end up achieving just the opposite? There exists an unseen force with an unassu...

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This book updates and revalidates critical political economy of communication approaches. It is destined to become a work of reference for those in...

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Whistleblowing, Communication and Consequences offers the first in-depth analysis of the most publicized, and morally complex, case of whistleblowi...

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STAT2 is designed to help students build on their statistical knowledge in order to analyze rich datasets using statistical models. The book develo...

Adopting a mixed-method and multilevel perspective, this book provides a comprehensive investigation into the multifaceted consequences of social e...

To some, science is simply a means to an end; to others it is an almost spiritual meditation on theories and formulae.Publisher: Icon BooksAuthor(s...

Publisher: The University of Chicago PressAuthor(s): Lilliana MasonIllustration(s): 45 line drawings, 7 tablesNumber of pages: 216Collection: Chica...

Bourdieu once commented that what was needed was a 'new gaze' on the social world - a metanoia. This book describes this view and how to do it. Bas...

Statistical graphing was born in the seventeenth century as a scientific tool, but it quickly escaped all disciplinary bounds. Today graphics are u...

When and how did the Himalaya become the highest mountains in the world? Lachlan Fleetwood tells the story of the scientific, political and imagina...

The Truth about Angels is the ultimate practical guide to connecting with celestial beings.

A colourful celebration of foodPublisher: Templar PublishingAuthor(s): Sandra (Author) LawrenceNumber of pages: 64Collection: World ofPublication d...

Everything you ever wanted to know about how animals live together, and what that means for us.Publisher: Profile Books LtdAuthor(s): Ashley WardNu...

This supplemental text provides an inside look at the discipline of Communication Studies through a series of essays in which top scholars from a w...

Publisher: Lit VerlagAuthor(s): Jose M. FaraldoNumber of pages: 312Publication date: 2020Dimensions: 161 x 235 x 23Cover type: Paperback / softback...

Reducere. DescriptionThere are few more important philosophers at work today than John Searle, a creative and contentious thinker who has shaped the way we t...

The renowned philosopher John Searle investigates the nature of social reality. How do institutions such as money, marriage, and government arise f...

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLCIllustration(s): 54 bw illusNumber of pages: 272Collection: UCL World Archaeology SeriesPublication date: 2022D...

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The first comprehensive philosophical and historical account of the experimental foundations of Niels Bohr's practice of physics.Publisher: The Uni...

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Reducere. Plato. Aquinas. Descartes. Kant. Freud. These great thinkers are still impacting the culture today--from public-policy decisions to world events, t...