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  • Freedom | Oppression | Games & Play

    by Alexander Pfeiffer, Natalie Denk, Thomas Wernbacher, Nikolaus Koenig ...
    Freedom and Oppression are not simple opposites, they form a dialectical relationship in which, as concepts, one cannot exist without the other. Sometimes, they can even enable, emphasize and strengthen each other: just as freedom begins to shine once it contrasts against oppressive forces, oppression becomes the most effective when it gives a certain amount of leeway to the oppressed. This ... Read more

    $3.99 USD

  • Disruptive Technologies in Media, Arts and Design

    A Collection of Innovative Research Case-Studies that Explore the Use of Artificial Intelligence and Blockchain within the Media, Arts and Design Sector

    Edited by Alexiei Dingli, Alexander Pfeiffer, Alesha Serada, Mark Bugeja, Stephen Bezzina ...
    Series series Springer Nature Proceedings excluding Computer Science
    This book presents selected proceedings from two installments of the MAD Conference in 2020—MAD Blockchain 2020 and MAD Artificial Intelligence 2020. These events focused on applications of these novel technologies in media, arts and design. A number of researchers present their own projects and practical implementations of blockchain and AI in games, art, education and sustainable living, while ... Read more

    $170.09 USD

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  • Life in Media

    A Global Introduction to Media Studies

    by Mark Deuze ...
    A new way to teach media studies that centers students’ lived experiences and diverse perspectives from around the world.From the intimate to the mundane, most aspects of our lives—how we learn, love, work, and play—take place in media. Taking an expansive, global perspective, this introductory textbook covers what it means to live in, rather than with, media. Mark Deuze focuses on the lived ... Read more

    $44.99 USD

  • Human-Centered AI

    by Ben Shneiderman ...
    The remarkable progress in algorithms for machine and deep learning have opened the doors to new opportunities, and some dark possibilities. However, a bright future awaits those who build on their working methods by including HCAI strategies of design and testing. As many technology companies and thought leaders have argued, the goal is not to replace people, but to empower them by making design ... Read more

    $17.99 USD

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  • Eurogames

    The Design, Culture and Play of Modern European Board Games

    by Stewart Woods ...
    While board games can appear almost primitive in the digital age, eurogames--also known as German-style board games--have increased in popularity nearly concurrently with the rise of video games. Eurogames have simple rules and short playing times and emphasize strategy over luck and conflict. This book examines the form of eurogames, the hobbyist culture that surrounds them, and the way that ... Read more

    $16.99 USD

  • From Digital Twins to Digital Selves and Beyond

    Engineering and Social Models for a Trans-humanist World

    by Franz Barachini, Christian Stary ...
    Series series Computer Science (R0)
    This open access book aims at deepening the understanding of the relation between cyber-physical systems (CPSs) as socio-technical systems and their digital representations with intertwined artificial intelligence (AI). The authors describe why it is crucial for digital selves to be able to develop emotional behavior and why a humanity-inspired AI is necessary so that humans and humanoids can ... Read more

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  • The Mediatization of Culture and Society

    by Stig Prof Hjarvard ...
    Mediatization has emerged as a key concept to reconsider old, yet fundamental questions about the role and influence of media in culture and society. In particular the theory of mediatization has proved fruitful for the analysis of how media spread to, become intertwined with, and influence other social institutions and cultural phenomena like politics, play and religion.This book presents a major ... Read more

    $68.99 USD

  • The 4th Industrial Revolution

    Responding to the Impact of Artificial Intelligence on Business

    by Mark Skilton, Felix Hovsepian ...
    Series series Business and Management (R0)
    This book helps decision makers grasp the importance, and applicability to business, of the new technologies and extended connectivity of systems that underlie what is becoming known as the Fourth Industrial Revolution: technologies and systems such as artificial intelligence, machine learning, 3D printing, the internet of things, virtual and augmented reality, big data and mobile networks.The WEF ... Read more

    $49.99 USD

  • Sad by Design

    On Platform Nihilism

    by Geert Lovink ...
    Series series Digital Barricades
    Sadness is now a design problem. The highs and lows of melancholy are coded into social media platforms. After all the clicking, browsing, swiping and liking, all we are left with is the flat and empty aftermath of time lost to the app.Sad by Design offers a critical analysis of the growing social media controversies such as fake news, toxic viral memes and online addiction. The failed search for ... Read more

    $14.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Online Gaming in Context

    The social and cultural significance of online games

    Edited by Garry Crawford, Victoria K Gosling, Ben Light ...
    Series series Routledge Advances in Sociology
    There is little question of the social, cultural and economic importance of video games in the world today, with gaming now rivalling the movie and music sectors as a major leisure industry and pastime. The significance of video games within our everyday lives has certainly been increased and shaped by new technologies and gaming patterns, including the rise of home-based games consoles, advances ... Read more

    $80.99 USD

  • Urban Analytics

    by Seth Spielman, David Folch, Alex David Singleton ...
    Series series Spatial Analytics and GIS
    The economic and political situation of cities has shifted in recent years in light of rapid growth amidst infrastructure decline, the suburbanization of poverty and inner city revitalization. At the same time, the way that data are used to understand urban systems has changed dramatically.Urban Analytics offers a field-defining look at the challenges and opportunities of using new and emerging ... Read more

    $71.99 USD

  • Media Life

    by Mark Deuze ...
    Research consistently shows how through the years more of our time gets spent using media, how multitasking our media has become a regular feature of everyday life, and that consuming media for most people increasingly takes place alongside producing media.Media Life is a primer on how we may think of our lives as lived in rather than with media. The book uses the way media function today as a ... Read more

    $24.00 USD