Digital Disconnect: How Capitalism Is Turning the Internet Against Democracy, Paperback

DescriptionKenya is the most digitally advanced country in sub-Saharan Africa, where Twitter, Facebook, WhatsApp, and other online platforms are pa...

Why there is no such thing as a free audience in today's attention economyThe internet was supposed to fragment audiences and make media monopolies...

A brilliant new voice on tech and life: this debut essay collection announces a startling talent.

This book delves into the corporate takeover of public morality, or 'woke capitalism'. Discussing the political causes that it has adopted, and the...

A blazingly smart, mind-bending dive into the internet with an extraordinary writer: a must-read for anyone wanting to understand the way we live t...

Historian and political thinker Ellen Meiksins Wood argues that theories of "postmodern" fragmentation, "difference, " and con-tingency can barely ...

With the increased digitisation of society comes an increased concern about who is left behind. From societal causes to everyday actions, The Digit...

Who benefits from smart technology? Whose interests are served when we trade our personal data for convenience and connectivity?Smart technology is...

Reducere. DescriptionJust about any social need is now met with an opportunity to "connect" through digital means. But this convenience is not free--it is pu...

The fall of the Berlin wall was seen by many as the final triumph of liberal democracy over communism. But now, in the wake of the great financial ...

The rise of populism in the West and the rise of China in the East have stirred a rethinking of how democratic systems work--and how they fail. The...

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Reducere. Clinical psychologist Catherine Steiner-Adair takes an in-depth look at how the Internet and the digital revolution are profoundly changing childho...

A compelling look at the B Corp movement and why socially and environmentally responsible companies are vital for everyone's future--"a valuable gu...

Reducere. Trump is out of the White House, but American democracy is on the ropes and teetering on the brink of competitive authoritarianism controlled by th...

Reducere. Trump is out of the White House, but American democracy is on the ropes and teetering on the brink of competitive authoritarianism controlled by th...

The 10th-anniversary edition of this landmark investigation into how the Internet is dramatically changing how we think, remember and interact, wit...

"Trying to shield yourself from disinformation and deep fakes? Cyrus Krohn offers a 'five-step program' to fight back. This book rings true."--Jill...

Reducere. India is connecting at a dizzying pace. In 2000, roughly 20 million Indians had access to the internet. In 2017, 465 million were online, with thre...

Militant Normals, written by one of the conservative movement's wittiest commentators, is a no-holds-barred takedown of the preening elites who hav...

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Reducere. Contributor(s): With: Peter AbrahamsAuthor: Sidney D. KirkpatrickCarlos Lehder Rivas, kingpin of Colombia's most murderous cocaine empire. A powerf...

Reducere. The extent to which the internet has altered the norms of the English language is taken stock of from the nuances of tildes to the likes of 'LOL', ...

Two top specialists in profitable growth and innovative customer-supplier relationships show companies of all sizes how to compete with the tech gi...

Publisher: Princeton University PressAuthor(s): Jacob GrumbachIllustration(s): 32 b/w illus. 17 tables.Number of pages: 288Collection: Princeton St...

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Publisher: Oxford University Press IncAuthor(s): Jennifer (Helen Houlahan Rigali Assistant Professor of Political Science, Helen Houlahan Rigali As...

Reducere. The current U.S. immigration nightmare is a product of capitalism. The familiar, heartbreaking stories of dangerous treks, migrant exploitation, as...

A 9 step journey that takes you FROM your wounds of your past, THROUGH dismantling the cause of your current negative core beliefs, TO paradigm shi...

Publisher: Polity PressAuthor(s): HubermanNumber of pages: 224Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 152 x 229 x 18Cover type: Paperback / softbackRedes...

Reducere. The coronavirus pandemic, the deepening economic crash, dangerously divisive political responses, and exploding social tensions have thrown an alre...