Author: Mary Manjikian
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317010272
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 200
Book Description
'Threat Talk' exposes how US and Chinese scientists and policy-makers have understood and responded to the problem of internet addiction in their societies. Is the internet good or bad for society? American analysts like Lessig and Zittrain suggest that the internet is inherently liberating and positive for society, while Morozov and Sageman warn that the internet poses risks to citizens and societies. Using a comparative framework to illustrate how the two states differ in their assessments of the risks to citizens posed by the introduction of new technology, Mary Manjikian compellingly argues that both 'risk' and 'disease' are ideas which are understood differently at different historic periods and in different cultures. Her culturalist approach claims that the internet is neither inherently helpful, nor inherently threatening. Rather, its role and the dangers it poses may be understood differently by different societies. Is the internet good or bad for society? The answer, it appears, is 'it depends'.
Internet Crusader
Author: George Wylesol
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781910395516
Category : Computer viruses
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Ever have one of those days where you're talking to a smokin' hot chick online and she turns out to be a robot working for an evil cult... and that hot chick sends a computer virus masked as dirty pictures... and that computer virus allows Satan to come through everyone's computers and hypnotise them... but the family computer has parental locks on it so you don't get the virus... and then God messages you to say you're the only person on earth who can save human existence? Anyway, that's the set up for this part art book, part graphic novel and 100% true, deep dive into early internet culture from creator of 'Ghosts, Etc.' George Wylesol! "yo. ur abt to read 1 of the greatest storys ever told. its the story abt how i went on the internet and single handedly saved the world, killed the devil and made friends w god. i call this story Internet Crusader." - BSKskator191
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781910395516
Category : Computer viruses
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Ever have one of those days where you're talking to a smokin' hot chick online and she turns out to be a robot working for an evil cult... and that hot chick sends a computer virus masked as dirty pictures... and that computer virus allows Satan to come through everyone's computers and hypnotise them... but the family computer has parental locks on it so you don't get the virus... and then God messages you to say you're the only person on earth who can save human existence? Anyway, that's the set up for this part art book, part graphic novel and 100% true, deep dive into early internet culture from creator of 'Ghosts, Etc.' George Wylesol! "yo. ur abt to read 1 of the greatest storys ever told. its the story abt how i went on the internet and single handedly saved the world, killed the devil and made friends w god. i call this story Internet Crusader." - BSKskator191
Threat Talk
Author: Mary Manjikian
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317010272
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 200
Book Description
'Threat Talk' exposes how US and Chinese scientists and policy-makers have understood and responded to the problem of internet addiction in their societies. Is the internet good or bad for society? American analysts like Lessig and Zittrain suggest that the internet is inherently liberating and positive for society, while Morozov and Sageman warn that the internet poses risks to citizens and societies. Using a comparative framework to illustrate how the two states differ in their assessments of the risks to citizens posed by the introduction of new technology, Mary Manjikian compellingly argues that both 'risk' and 'disease' are ideas which are understood differently at different historic periods and in different cultures. Her culturalist approach claims that the internet is neither inherently helpful, nor inherently threatening. Rather, its role and the dangers it poses may be understood differently by different societies. Is the internet good or bad for society? The answer, it appears, is 'it depends'.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317010272
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 200
Book Description
'Threat Talk' exposes how US and Chinese scientists and policy-makers have understood and responded to the problem of internet addiction in their societies. Is the internet good or bad for society? American analysts like Lessig and Zittrain suggest that the internet is inherently liberating and positive for society, while Morozov and Sageman warn that the internet poses risks to citizens and societies. Using a comparative framework to illustrate how the two states differ in their assessments of the risks to citizens posed by the introduction of new technology, Mary Manjikian compellingly argues that both 'risk' and 'disease' are ideas which are understood differently at different historic periods and in different cultures. Her culturalist approach claims that the internet is neither inherently helpful, nor inherently threatening. Rather, its role and the dangers it poses may be understood differently by different societies. Is the internet good or bad for society? The answer, it appears, is 'it depends'.
Superconnected: The Internet, Digital Media, and Techno-Social Life
Author: Mary Chayko
Publisher: SAGE Publications
ISBN: 1506394833
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 289
Book Description
Superconnected: The Internet, Digital Media, and Techno-Social Life, Second Edition brings together the latest research from many relevant fields to examine how contemporary social life is mediated by various digital technologies: the internet, social media, and mobile devices. The book explores such topics as how digital technology led to the modern information age, information sharing and surveillance, how digital media shape socialization and development of the self, digital divides that separate groups in society, and the impact of digital media across social institutions. The author’s clear, nontechnical discussions and interdisciplinary synthesis make Superconnected an essential text for any course that examines how social life is affected when information and communication technology enter the picture. Dr. Mary Chayko is a sociologist, Teaching Professor of Communication and Information, and Director of Undergraduate Interdisciplinary Studies at the School of Communication and Information (SC&I) at Rutgers University. For more on the author and for instructor resources, visit her book blog at http://superconnectedblog.com. New to the Edition Current events, the latest statistics and new research findings are reflected throughout the book, including richly-detailed sections on the rise of “fake” news and information, the human-machine relationship, and the history and implications of the “dark web” and the “deep web.” The book’s companion blog, superconnectedblog.com, now includes customizable lecture slides and discussion questions for each chapter. Short podcasts, recorded by the author and posted to her blog, provide fun, unique points of access to every chapter.
Publisher: SAGE Publications
ISBN: 1506394833
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 289
Book Description
Superconnected: The Internet, Digital Media, and Techno-Social Life, Second Edition brings together the latest research from many relevant fields to examine how contemporary social life is mediated by various digital technologies: the internet, social media, and mobile devices. The book explores such topics as how digital technology led to the modern information age, information sharing and surveillance, how digital media shape socialization and development of the self, digital divides that separate groups in society, and the impact of digital media across social institutions. The author’s clear, nontechnical discussions and interdisciplinary synthesis make Superconnected an essential text for any course that examines how social life is affected when information and communication technology enter the picture. Dr. Mary Chayko is a sociologist, Teaching Professor of Communication and Information, and Director of Undergraduate Interdisciplinary Studies at the School of Communication and Information (SC&I) at Rutgers University. For more on the author and for instructor resources, visit her book blog at http://superconnectedblog.com. New to the Edition Current events, the latest statistics and new research findings are reflected throughout the book, including richly-detailed sections on the rise of “fake” news and information, the human-machine relationship, and the history and implications of the “dark web” and the “deep web.” The book’s companion blog, superconnectedblog.com, now includes customizable lecture slides and discussion questions for each chapter. Short podcasts, recorded by the author and posted to her blog, provide fun, unique points of access to every chapter.
Youth and Internet Addiction in China
Author: Trent Bax
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 113509702X
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 448
Book Description
A form of 'electronic opium' is how some people have characterised young people’s internet use in China. The problem of 'internet addiction' (wangyin) is seen by some parents as so severe that they have sought psychiatric help for their children. This book, which is based on extensive original research, including discussions with psychiatrists, parents and 'internet-addicted' young people, explores the conflicting attitudes which this issue reveals. It contrasts the views of young people who see internet use, especially gaming, as a welcome escape from the dehumanising pressures of contemporary Chinese life, with the approach of those such as their parents, who medicalise internet overuse and insist that working hard for good school grades is the correct way to progress. The author shows that these contrasting attitudes lead to battles which are often fierce and violent, and argues that the greater problem may in fact lie with parents and other authority figures, who misguidedly apply high pressure to enforce young people to conform to the empty values of a modern, dehumanised consumer-oriented society.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 113509702X
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 448
Book Description
A form of 'electronic opium' is how some people have characterised young people’s internet use in China. The problem of 'internet addiction' (wangyin) is seen by some parents as so severe that they have sought psychiatric help for their children. This book, which is based on extensive original research, including discussions with psychiatrists, parents and 'internet-addicted' young people, explores the conflicting attitudes which this issue reveals. It contrasts the views of young people who see internet use, especially gaming, as a welcome escape from the dehumanising pressures of contemporary Chinese life, with the approach of those such as their parents, who medicalise internet overuse and insist that working hard for good school grades is the correct way to progress. The author shows that these contrasting attitudes lead to battles which are often fierce and violent, and argues that the greater problem may in fact lie with parents and other authority figures, who misguidedly apply high pressure to enforce young people to conform to the empty values of a modern, dehumanised consumer-oriented society.
Countering Militant Islamist Radicalisation on the Internet
Author: Johnny Ryan
Publisher: IIEA
ISBN: 1874109869
Category : Cyberterrorism
Languages : en
Pages : 168
Book Description
Publisher: IIEA
ISBN: 1874109869
Category : Cyberterrorism
Languages : en
Pages : 168
Book Description
Terrorists’ Use of the Internet
Author: M. Conway
Publisher: IOS Press
ISBN: 1614997659
Category : Computers
Languages : en
Pages : 416
Book Description
Terrorist use of the Internet has become a focus of media, policy, and scholarly attention in recent years. Terrorists use the Internet in a variety of ways, the most important being for propaganda purposes and operations-related content, but it is also potentially a means or target of attack. This book presents revised versions of a selection of papers delivered at the NATO Advanced Research Workshop (ARW) on ‘Terrorists’ Use of the Internet’ held in Dublin, Ireland in June 2016. One aim of the workshop was to nurture dialogue between members of the academic, policy and practitioner communities, so the 60 delegates from 13 countries who attended the workshop included representatives from each of these. The participants encompassed a wide range of expertise (including engineering, computer science, law, criminology, political science, international relations, history, and linguistics) and the chapters contained herein reflect these diverse professional and disciplinary backgrounds. The workshop also aimed to address the convergence of threats. Following an introduction which provides an overview of the various ways in which terrorists use the Internet, the book’s remaining 25 chapters are grouped into 5 sections on cyber terrorism and critical infrastructure protection; cyber-enabled terrorist financing; jihadi online propaganda; online counterterrorism; and innovative approaches and responses. The book will be of interest to all those who need to maintain an awareness of the ways in which terrorists use the Internet and require an insight into how the threats posed by this use can be countered.
Publisher: IOS Press
ISBN: 1614997659
Category : Computers
Languages : en
Pages : 416
Book Description
Terrorist use of the Internet has become a focus of media, policy, and scholarly attention in recent years. Terrorists use the Internet in a variety of ways, the most important being for propaganda purposes and operations-related content, but it is also potentially a means or target of attack. This book presents revised versions of a selection of papers delivered at the NATO Advanced Research Workshop (ARW) on ‘Terrorists’ Use of the Internet’ held in Dublin, Ireland in June 2016. One aim of the workshop was to nurture dialogue between members of the academic, policy and practitioner communities, so the 60 delegates from 13 countries who attended the workshop included representatives from each of these. The participants encompassed a wide range of expertise (including engineering, computer science, law, criminology, political science, international relations, history, and linguistics) and the chapters contained herein reflect these diverse professional and disciplinary backgrounds. The workshop also aimed to address the convergence of threats. Following an introduction which provides an overview of the various ways in which terrorists use the Internet, the book’s remaining 25 chapters are grouped into 5 sections on cyber terrorism and critical infrastructure protection; cyber-enabled terrorist financing; jihadi online propaganda; online counterterrorism; and innovative approaches and responses. The book will be of interest to all those who need to maintain an awareness of the ways in which terrorists use the Internet and require an insight into how the threats posed by this use can be countered.
Writers in Revolt
Author: Ben Riven
Publisher: Trafford Publishing
ISBN: 1412033497
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 212
Book Description
Expatriate authors on the Costa Blanca set up the website of Left Bank to publish books on the Internet and print-on-demand. To Bertie's dismay, Jade refuses an offer of £20,000 for her historical saga. The insulted publisher ceases negotiation with another member of Left Bank for his crime series, and Tarquin takes his revenge on the Left Bank office. Hannah moves to Barcelona and meets a well-known but disenchanted fashion designer. Crispin gives up his high-profile career to become a bohemian artist. They are good friends but feel obliged to reveal their past to each other. Hannah is the mistress of a man she cannot marry for religious reasons, and Crispin has a genetic disability rendering him sterile. But Hannah's lover runs a gender clinic in England, and feels that new research could help Crispin. Damien works as a manservant to an expatriate author in Majorca. Lorna discovers that a diving accident giving him a severe case of the bends, brought his research at the Sorbonne to a halt. Lorna's niece Belinda says that because Damien is gay he knows nothing about straight love. If he is writing a stunning blockbuster, he must have sex with a woman. He feels angry and insulted. Through Left Bank website, the Majorca writers present eight publishers with a Magna Charta of the grievances of ignored authors. Damien is offered a managerial job in a hotel run by gays - but the friendship of these British writers is compelling.
Publisher: Trafford Publishing
ISBN: 1412033497
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 212
Book Description
Expatriate authors on the Costa Blanca set up the website of Left Bank to publish books on the Internet and print-on-demand. To Bertie's dismay, Jade refuses an offer of £20,000 for her historical saga. The insulted publisher ceases negotiation with another member of Left Bank for his crime series, and Tarquin takes his revenge on the Left Bank office. Hannah moves to Barcelona and meets a well-known but disenchanted fashion designer. Crispin gives up his high-profile career to become a bohemian artist. They are good friends but feel obliged to reveal their past to each other. Hannah is the mistress of a man she cannot marry for religious reasons, and Crispin has a genetic disability rendering him sterile. But Hannah's lover runs a gender clinic in England, and feels that new research could help Crispin. Damien works as a manservant to an expatriate author in Majorca. Lorna discovers that a diving accident giving him a severe case of the bends, brought his research at the Sorbonne to a halt. Lorna's niece Belinda says that because Damien is gay he knows nothing about straight love. If he is writing a stunning blockbuster, he must have sex with a woman. He feels angry and insulted. Through Left Bank website, the Majorca writers present eight publishers with a Magna Charta of the grievances of ignored authors. Damien is offered a managerial job in a hotel run by gays - but the friendship of these British writers is compelling.
God of the Internet
Author: Lynn Lipinski
Publisher: Majestic Content Los Angeles
ISBN: 0996467637
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 306
Book Description
Named to Kirkus Reviews' Best of 2016 Book List. Finalist, Best Thriller of 2016, Pacific Book Awards. A deadly and exhilarating game of cat and mouse that has all the makings of an engaging series about fighting terrorists. -Kirkus Reviews (starred review) In the fast-paced world of cybersecurity, Juliana al-Dossari is a woman with a mission. When terrorist hackers threaten to disrupt water and power systems in Boston, Dallas, and Los Angeles, she joins her husband and a team of white hat hackers to track them down. With few technical skills but plenty of courage, Juliana quickly learns how to navigate the dangerous waters of the internet in order to save her city. But using her knowledge comes at a high price - her marriage and her children are threatened if she fails. Filled with action, suspense and intrigue, God of the Internet is an edge-of-your-seat thriller that will keep you resisting to pause until the very end. GOD OF THE INTERNET is a delightfully frightening, completely realistic fictional depiction of a new face of terrorism. -IndieReader Five stars. In a real thrill ride of a read, God of the Internet...will grab readers from the very first pages, and keep them obsessively turning...all the way through until the very end. -Readers' Favorite Five stars. Lipinski has constructed a thriller based on elements that are intricately intertwined today-the internet, the family, and terrorism. In this fast paced potboiler, digital derring-do shares page space with familial obligations and international intrigue. -Pacific Book Review
Publisher: Majestic Content Los Angeles
ISBN: 0996467637
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 306
Book Description
Named to Kirkus Reviews' Best of 2016 Book List. Finalist, Best Thriller of 2016, Pacific Book Awards. A deadly and exhilarating game of cat and mouse that has all the makings of an engaging series about fighting terrorists. -Kirkus Reviews (starred review) In the fast-paced world of cybersecurity, Juliana al-Dossari is a woman with a mission. When terrorist hackers threaten to disrupt water and power systems in Boston, Dallas, and Los Angeles, she joins her husband and a team of white hat hackers to track them down. With few technical skills but plenty of courage, Juliana quickly learns how to navigate the dangerous waters of the internet in order to save her city. But using her knowledge comes at a high price - her marriage and her children are threatened if she fails. Filled with action, suspense and intrigue, God of the Internet is an edge-of-your-seat thriller that will keep you resisting to pause until the very end. GOD OF THE INTERNET is a delightfully frightening, completely realistic fictional depiction of a new face of terrorism. -IndieReader Five stars. In a real thrill ride of a read, God of the Internet...will grab readers from the very first pages, and keep them obsessively turning...all the way through until the very end. -Readers' Favorite Five stars. Lipinski has constructed a thriller based on elements that are intricately intertwined today-the internet, the family, and terrorism. In this fast paced potboiler, digital derring-do shares page space with familial obligations and international intrigue. -Pacific Book Review
The North-Eastern Frontiers of Medieval Europe
Author: Alan V. Murray
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1351884832
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 516
Book Description
By the mid-twelfth century the lands on the eastern coast of the Baltic Sea, from Finland to the frontiers of Poland, were Catholic Europe’s final frontier: a vast, undeveloped expanse of lowlands, forest and waters, inhabited by peoples belonging to the Finnic and Baltic language groups. In the course of the following three centuries, Finland, Estonia, Livonia and Prussia were incorporated into the Latin world through processes of conquest, Christianisation and settlement, and brought under the rule of Western monarchies and ecclesiastical institutions. Lithuania was left as the last pagan polity in Europe, yet able to accept Christianity on its own terms in 1386. The Western conquest of the Baltic lands advanced the frontier of Latin Christendom to that of the Russian Orthodox world, and had profound and long lasting effects on the institutions, society and culture of the region lasting into modern times. This volume presents 21 key studies (2 of them translated from German for the first time) on this crucial period in the development of North-Eastern Europe, dealing with crusade and conversion, the establishment of Western rule, settlement and society, and the development of towns, trade and the economy. It includes a classified bibliography of the main works published in Western languages since World War II together with an introduction by the editor.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1351884832
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 516
Book Description
By the mid-twelfth century the lands on the eastern coast of the Baltic Sea, from Finland to the frontiers of Poland, were Catholic Europe’s final frontier: a vast, undeveloped expanse of lowlands, forest and waters, inhabited by peoples belonging to the Finnic and Baltic language groups. In the course of the following three centuries, Finland, Estonia, Livonia and Prussia were incorporated into the Latin world through processes of conquest, Christianisation and settlement, and brought under the rule of Western monarchies and ecclesiastical institutions. Lithuania was left as the last pagan polity in Europe, yet able to accept Christianity on its own terms in 1386. The Western conquest of the Baltic lands advanced the frontier of Latin Christendom to that of the Russian Orthodox world, and had profound and long lasting effects on the institutions, society and culture of the region lasting into modern times. This volume presents 21 key studies (2 of them translated from German for the first time) on this crucial period in the development of North-Eastern Europe, dealing with crusade and conversion, the establishment of Western rule, settlement and society, and the development of towns, trade and the economy. It includes a classified bibliography of the main works published in Western languages since World War II together with an introduction by the editor.
A Necessary Evil
Author: Alex Kava
Publisher: MIRA
ISBN: 1488051615
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 412
Book Description
Plunge back into the thrilling world of profiler Maggie O’Dell in book 5 of this acclaimed series from New York Times bestselling author Alex Kava. When a monsignor is found knifed to death in a Nebraska airport restroom, FBI special agent Maggie O’Dell is called in to profile the ritualistic murder of a priest, the latest in a series of killings. Maggie soon discovers a disturbing Internet game that’s popular among victims of abuse by Catholic priests. With this first real lead in the investigation, she wonders if the group has turned cyberspace justice into reality. Then Maggie gets a second lead—one that leaves her stunned. For the past four years she has been obsessed with finding Father Michael Keller, whose brutal acts against children continue to haunt her. Now, it seems, he has become a target. When Keller offers to help Maggie solve the ritual killings in exchange for protection, she decides to ally herself with the elusive child killer, stepping into a world of malevolence from which she may not return unscathed. Maggie knows the bargain is a necessary evil…one that may be made in blood… Originally published in 2006
Publisher: MIRA
ISBN: 1488051615
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 412
Book Description
Plunge back into the thrilling world of profiler Maggie O’Dell in book 5 of this acclaimed series from New York Times bestselling author Alex Kava. When a monsignor is found knifed to death in a Nebraska airport restroom, FBI special agent Maggie O’Dell is called in to profile the ritualistic murder of a priest, the latest in a series of killings. Maggie soon discovers a disturbing Internet game that’s popular among victims of abuse by Catholic priests. With this first real lead in the investigation, she wonders if the group has turned cyberspace justice into reality. Then Maggie gets a second lead—one that leaves her stunned. For the past four years she has been obsessed with finding Father Michael Keller, whose brutal acts against children continue to haunt her. Now, it seems, he has become a target. When Keller offers to help Maggie solve the ritual killings in exchange for protection, she decides to ally herself with the elusive child killer, stepping into a world of malevolence from which she may not return unscathed. Maggie knows the bargain is a necessary evil…one that may be made in blood… Originally published in 2006