Terror warnings, fake news, spectacles and scandals in real time – the networked world has wound itself up into a nervous frenzy, where everything has become visible: the banal and the terrible, the uninhibited abuse and the anonymous attack. Translated for the first time into English, Digital Fever analyses the patterns of outrage and agitation that have come to define social media and th…
This auto-translation book overviews the fish population and its research methods, help readers in understanding the concept of fish population and population identification. It divides into seven chapters according to the characteristics of the subject and the development results. Based on a systematic introduction to the basic concepts and research contents of the biology of fishery resources…
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This book is structured so that each section builds on the previous one, progressing from simpler concepts to more complicated ones. However, the book is also assembled so that you can flip directly to a chapter or specific topic to find the exact information you seek, such as information on buying a home or planning for retirement. Imagine that your financial journey is like a cross-country r…
Th e term “network” can mean all sorts of things, but I use it here to describe three levels of connections, all insecure. Th ere are the social connec- tions made explicit by social technologies; the behavioral networks mapped and traced through consumer-level tracking and aggregation of big data; and perhaps most powerful and invisible, the deeply rooted and interconnected networ…
This little book was written to accomplish something big: economic literacy. It is intentionally kept very short to be inviting rather than intimidating. You will gain life-changing understanding of how the economy works in practically no time. Per Bylund will make you excited about what economics has to offer. Because economic literacy is mind-opening. Sound economic reasoning is an enormou…
As this project started as a PhD dissertation, I express my great thanks to my first supervisor, Birgit Krawietz, whose provided criticism and constructive advice on writing a dissertation which is not only enjoyable for expert readers, but also for non-expert readers. Without her suggestions, I would have ignored the importance of an international audience. Furthermore, her comments and s…
This book is about more than business or economics. The rise of the Velvet Rope Economy threatens to worsen the divisiveness that plagues our politics and culture today. After all, if you never actually encounter people from a different class or social background, it’s much easier to demonize them. “With growing inequality, there is an attempt by the affluent to buy their way out of public …
Late in December 2019, the world first learnt about the outbreak of a cluster of viral pneumonia cases in Wuhan Province, China. Soon after, on 9 January 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) reported that the Chinese authorities had identified a novel coronavirus as the cause of these cases. The virus spread rapidly across the globe, and the out- break of the initially unnamed disea…
This book addresses the development and adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) in and by companies and the consequent need for private sector AI regulation. Highlighting the challenges to responsible business conduct and considering stakeholder interests, it identifies ethical concerns and discusses AI standards and AI norms. Based on this needs-based analysis, the author chooses relational e…
This book is a result of how wickedly complex life is for most all of us. Nothing seems to go according to plan. If that were the case, I would be penning a book about my adventures as an astronaut/firefighter/artist/sol- dier, which was my original plan around ten years of age. My father, Irving Zweibelson, was a World War II veteran, fine artist, and university professor. In the end,…
Originally published in 1993, this book provides an excellent analysis of commodity policies internationally during the late 20th Century. It discusses 2 major methods of market regulation: price stabilization – based on buffer stocks or export quotas – and compensatory finance. The authors analyse whether major commodity policies have reached their primary objectives and to what extent the…
The topic of book has occupied my mind since I finished writing my previous book: A Complexity Theory for Public Policy (2012a). In A Complexity Theory my goal was to present the implications of com- plexity theory for public policy studies. The complexity of public policy processes was recognized by almost everybody who practiced policy ana- lysis or policymaking or who studies policy…
Emerging Practices in the Age of Automated Digital Journalism provides detailed insight into the current state of journalism and its future challenges. The book brings together a global team of authors to review and analyse emerging practices in the automated digital scenario through which journalism is being reshaped, such as novel languages, storytelling forms, and business models. Providi…
This book explores democratic possibilities for education after the critique of the impact of neo-liberalism on educational policy and practice. Together, the authors investigate the contours of a 'new publicness' of education. This edited volume refers to well-established critiques that expose how neoliberal governance has normalised the privatisation of public life and undermined the publi…
The classic book Frankenstein, written two centuries ago by English author Mary Shelley, bears an eerie descriptive of our pandemic world today. ‘Nothing is so painful to the human mind as a great and sudden change’, Shelley wrote. Well, say hello to our COVID-19 world, ‘a great and sudden change’ accompanied by waves of pain jolting minds and lives worldwide through lockdowns, quar…
Privileged populations in the global north are increasingly getting hammered by natural disasters, turbo-charged by climate change. In other words, what vulnerable communities everywhere have been experiencing for decades. Climate breakdown is indeed accelerating, and the existential threat is finally impossible to ignore in the halls of power. This makes the debate about the Green New Deal…
"The prolificacy and accessibility of technology and digital communications platforms is not only empowering a new form of communication between people and communities, but changing the way individuals, communities and society collectively think, act, and behave. Social media as an open-source tool has lowered the barrier for the consumption of digital and technologically based information, man…
In this handbook, we discuss and reflect on two intricately interwoven concepts: privacy and social media. Using social media is fun, allows us to stay connected, to socialize, to be entertained, to seek out news, and to stumble across content we didn’t know we were interested in. Social media are platforms for exploration, games, and the unlikely beauty of the mundane, the ridiculous, and…
This book provides an expanded conceptualization of legalization that focuses on implementation of obligation, precision, and delegation at the international and domestic levels of politics. By adding domestic politics and the actors to the international level of analysis, the authors add the insights of Kenneth Waltz, Graham Allison, and Louis Henkin to understand why most international law is…
Taking a qualitative approach based on original case studies, this book offers a detailed overview of the contemporary media system in Malta. Three Maltese news organisations are examined to understand the editorial routines, ownership and management structures, and social and cultural factors that affect the day-to-day business of creating news. In-depth interviews with key stakeholders of …