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Social Media in Trinidad : Values and Visibility
Drawing on 15 months of ethnographic research in one of the most under-developed regions in the Caribbean island of Trinidad, this book describes the uses and consequences of social media for its residents. Jolynna Sinanan argues that this semi-urban town is a place in-between: somewhere city dwellers look down on and villagers look up to. The complex identity of the town is expressed through u…
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- -
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9781787350953
- Collation
- XIV, 252p
- Series Title
- Why We Post
- Call Number
- 302.30285 SIN
Environmental arsenic in a changing world : proceedings of the 7th Internatio…
The Congress ""Arsenic in the Environment"" offers an international, multi- and interdisciplinary discussion platform for research and innovation aimed towards a holistic solution to the problem posed by the environmental toxin arsenic, with significant societal impact. The Congress has focused on cutting edge and breakthrough research in physical, chemical, toxicological, medical, agricultural…
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- 9
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- 9781138486096
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- -
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- 363.73849 ZHU e
Counter-terrorism, ethics and technology : emerging challenges at the frontie…
This open access book brings together a range of contributions that seek to explore the ethical issues arising from the overlap between counter-terrorism, ethics, and technologies. Terrorism and our responses pose some of the most significant ethical challenges to states and people. At the same time, we are becoming increasingly aware of the ethical implications of new and emerging technologies…
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- 6
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9783030902216
- Collation
- XVI, 221p.; ill.
- Series Title
- Advanced Sciences and Technologies for Security Applications
- Call Number
- 363.325 COU h
Fashion media and sustainability : encouraging ethical consumption via journa…
ashion is among the biggest polluters, yet the media still promote throwaway fast fashion. The growing fashion public relations industry encourages and enables this media coverage. This policy brief identifies patterns in the way journalists and influencers cover fashion which contribute to unsustainable buying behaviours. Recent research recommends practical steps to improve media coverage to …
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- 9781912656912
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- iii + 36 p
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- -
- Call Number
- 746.92 DEN f
Misinformation policy in Sub-Saharan Africa : from laws and regulations to me…
Misinformation Policy in Sub-Saharan Africa is a single volume containing two research reports by eight authors examining policy towards misinformation in Sub-Saharan Africa. The volume first examines the teaching of ‘media literacy’ in state-run schools in seven Sub-Saharan African countries as of mid-2020, as relates to misinformation. It explains the limited elements of media and informa…
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- 6
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9781914386053
- Collation
- iii, 224 p
- Series Title
- CAMRI Policy Briefs and Reports, 8
- Call Number
- 302.230967 DIA
Beyond narrative : exploring narrative liminality and its cultural work
This book calls for an investigation of the ›borderlands of narrativity‹ — the complex and culturally productive area where the symbolic form of narrative meets other symbolic logics, such as data(base), play, spectacle, or ritual. It opens up a conversation about the ›beyond‹ of narrative, about the myriad constellations in which narrativity interlaces with, rubs against, or morphs i…
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- -
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9783839461303
- Collation
- 271 p
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- 420 HER b
The territory of Japan : its history and legal basis
This Open Access book carefully examines the legal and historical bases of the territory of Japan as a modern State from the Meiji period to 2002. A new preface summarizes key developments in the situation up through 2022. Japan’s current territory is stipulated by the Potsdam Declaration (1945) and the Treaty of Peace with Japan (1951); it includes the Northern Territories, the Senkaku Is…
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- 2
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9789819930135
- Collation
- xxi, 185p.; ill.
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- 341.420952 THE k
Cyber security politics : socio-technological transformations and political f…
This book examines new and challenging political aspects of cyber security and presents it as an issue defined by socio-technological uncertainty and political fragmentation. Structured along two broad themes and providing empirical examples for how socio-technical changes and political responses interact, the first part of the book looks at the current use of cyber space in conflictual setting…
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- -
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9781003110224
- Collation
- xiv + 272 p
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- 005.8 DUN c
Soldiers' stories : military women in cinema and television since World War II
From Skirts Ahoy! to M*A*S*H, Private Benjamin, G.I. Jane, and JAG, films and television shows have grappled with the notion that military women are contradictory figures, unable to be both effective soldiers and appropriately feminine. In Soldiers’ Stories, Yvonne Tasker traces this perceived paradox across genres including musicals, screwball comedies, and action thrillers. She explains how…
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- -
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9780822393351
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- -
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- 791.436581 YVO s
The democratization of artificial intelligence : net politics in the era of l…
After a long time of neglect, Artificial Intelligence is once again at the center of most of our political, economic, and socio-cultural debates. Recent advances in the field of Artifical Neural Networks have led to a renaissance of dystopian and utopian speculations on an AI-rendered future. Algorithmic technologies are deployed for identifying potential terrorists through vast surveillance ne…
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- 1
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9783837647198
- Collation
- x, 335 p
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- 006.301 AND
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