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  • How Institutions Listen

    Civic Data, AI, and the Path to Public Trust

    by Eric Gordon ...
    Series series Strong Ideas
    How and why the current public engagement model has run its course—and how AI-assisted listening at scale can help.We often assume that citizen participation is the biggest barrier to effective representation. In fact, governments are sitting on mountains of civic data that they cannot effectively process.In How Institutions Listen, Eric Gordon shows how we can marshal this wealth of data with ... Read more

    $28.99 USD

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  • Civic Media

    Technology, Design, Practice

    Edited by Eric Gordon, Paul Mihailidis ...
    Examinations of civic engagement in digital culture—the technologies, designs, and practices that support connection through common purpose in civic, political, and social life.Countless people around the world harness the affordances of digital media to enable democratic participation, coordinate disaster relief, campaign for policy change, and strengthen local advocacy groups. The world watched ... Read more

    $31.99 USD

  • Net Locality

    Why Location Matters in a Networked World

    by Eric Gordon, Adriana de Souza e Silva ...
    The first book to provide an introduction to the new theory of Net Locality and the profound effect on individuals and societies when everything is located or locatable.Describes net locality as an emerging form of location awareness central to all aspects of digital media, from mobile phones, to Google Maps, to location-based social networks and games, such as Foursquare and facebook.Warns of the ... Read more

    $85.00 USD

  • Meaningful Inefficiencies

    Civic Design in an Age of Digital Expediency

    by Eric Gordon, Gabriel Mugar ...
    Public trust in the institutions that mediate civic life-from governing bodies to newsrooms-is low. In facing this challenge, many organizations assume that ensuring greater efficiency will build trust. As a result, these organizations are quick to adopt new technologies to enhance what they do, whether it's a new app or dashboard. However, efficiency, or charting a path to a goal with the least ... Read more

    $32.39 USD

  • Ludics

    Play as Humanistic Inquiry

    Edited by Vassiliki Rapti, Eric Gordon ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    This book establishes play as a mode of humanistic inquiry with a profound effect on art, culture and society. Play is treated as a dynamic and relational modality where relationships of all kinds are forged and inquisitive interdisciplinary engagement is embraced. Play cultivates reflection, connection, and creativity, offering new epistemological directions for the humanities. With examples from ... Read more

    $89.09 USD

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    Innocencia (Unabridged)

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    by Alfredo d'Escragnolle Taunay ...
    Narrated by Monica Lim, Eric Gordon, Cynthia Shelton, Donald Velez ...

    Unabridged

    6 hours 58 min

    The story of Innocencia, an 18-year-old girl who lives in the prairies of Brazil, is a twist on the traditional love triangle. The plot has been compared to the more famous "Paul and Virginie" and "Romeo and Juliet", but it takes place on the dropback of the loneliness of the sparsely populated backregions in 19th century Brazil, visited by a German naturalist in search of new species of insects, ... Read more

    $4.99 USD

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  • The Oxford Handbook of Internet Studies

    Edited by William H. Dutton ...
    Series series Oxford Handbooks
    Internet Studies has been one of the most dynamic and rapidly expanding interdisciplinary fields to emerge over the last decade. The Oxford Handbook of Internet Studies has been designed to provide a valuable resource for academics and students in this area, bringing together leading scholarly perspectives on how the Internet has been studied and how the research agenda should be pursued in the ... Read more

    $44.99 USD

  • The War on Learning

    Gaining Ground in the Digital University

    by Elizabeth Losh ...
    An examination of technology-based education initiatives—from MOOCs to virtual worlds—that argues against treating education as a product rather than a process.Behind the lectern stands the professor, deploying course management systems, online quizzes, wireless clickers, PowerPoint slides, podcasts, and plagiarism-detection software. In the seats are the students, armed with smartphones, laptops, ... Read more

    $25.99 USD

  • Hyperconnectivity and Its Discontents

    by Rogers Brubaker ...
    Digital hyperconnectivity is a defining fact of our time. The Silicon Valley dream of universal connection – the dream of connecting everyone and everything to everyone and everything else, everywhere and all the time – is rapidly becoming a reality. In this wide-ranging and sharply argued book, Rogers Brubaker develops an original interpretive account of the pervasive and unsettling changes ... Read more

    $20.00 USD

  • The New Education

    How to Revolutionize the University to Prepare Students for a World In Flux

    by Cathy N. Davidson ...
    “One of the most thoughtful voices from within academia” (Washington Post) argues the American university is stuck in the past—and shows how we can revolutionize itWe’re living in a period of great upheaval—yet there hasn't been a corresponding change in our system of higher education. In The New Education, Cathy N. Davidson argues we need a new theory and practice of learning that emphasizes ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

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  • Algorithms of Oppression

    How Search Engines Reinforce Racism

    by Safiya Umoja Noble ...
    A revealing look at how negative biases against women of color are embedded in search engine results and algorithmsRun a Google search for “black girls”—what will you find? “Big Booty” and other sexually explicit terms are likely to come up as top search terms. But, if you type in “white girls,” the results are radically different. The suggested porn sites and un-moderated discussions about “why ... Read more

    $22.79 USD

  • Is Technology Good for Education?

    by Neil Selwyn ...
    Series series Digital Futures
    Digital technologies are a key feature of contemporary education. Schools, colleges and universities operate along high-tech lines, while alternate forms of online education have emerged to challenge the dominance of traditional institutions. According to many experts, the rapid digitization of education over the past ten years has undoubtedly been a ‘good thing’.Is Technology Good For Education? ... Read more

    $10.00 USD