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  • The Home in the Digital Age

    Series series Routledge Advances in Sociology
    The Home in the Digital Age is a set of multidisciplinary studies exploring the impact of digital technologies in the home, with a shift of emphasis from technology to the people living and using this in their homes.The book covers a wide variety of topics on the design, introduction and use of digital technologies in the home, combining the technological dimension with the cognitive, emotional, ... Read more

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  • Law and Regulation of Mobile Payment Systems

    Issues arising ‘post’ financial inclusion in Kenya

    by Joy Malala ...
    Series series Routledge Research in Finance and Banking Law
    Over the last ten years mobile payment systems have revolutionised banking in some countries in Africa. In Kenya the introduction of M-Pesa, a new financial services model, has transformed the banking and financial services industry. Giving the unbanked majority access to the financial services market it has attracted over 18 million subscribers which is remarkable given that fewer than 4 million ... Read more

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    Experiencing and Anticipating Emerging Technologies

    This Open Access book brings the experiences of automation as part of quotidian life into focus. It asks how, where and when automated technologies and systems are emerging in everyday life across different global regions? What are their likely impacts in the present and future? How do engineers, policy makers, industry stakeholders and designers envisage artificial intelligence (AI) and automated ... Read more

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  • The Equality Machine

    Harnessing Digital Technology for a Brighter, More Inclusive Future

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    **AN ECONOMIST BEST BOOK OF 2022At a time when AI and digital platforms are under fire, Orly Lobel, a renowned tech policy scholar, defends technology as a powerful tool we can harness to achieve equality and a better future.**Much has been written about the challenges tech presents to equality and democracy. But we can either criticize big data and automation or steer it to do better. Lobel makes ... Read more

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  • The Workplace of the Future

    The Fourth Industrial Revolution, the Precariat and the Death of Hierarchies

    Series series Routledge Studies in the Economics of Innovation
    The Fourth Industrial Revolution is a global development that shows no signs of slowing down. In his book, The Workplace of the Future: The Fourth Industrial Revolution, the Precariat and the Death of Hierarchies, Jon-Arild Johannessen sets a chilling vision of how robots and artificial intelligence will completely disrupt and transform working life.The author contests that once the dust has ... Read more

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  • A Citizen's Guide to Artificial Intelligence

    ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE FOR BEGINNERS: Get a concise, informative overview of AI ethics and policy—and how it could impact our society.Artificial intelligence, or AI for short, has generated a staggering amount of hype in the past several years. Is it the game-changer it's been cracked up to be? If so, how is it changing the game? How is it likely to affect us as customers, tenants, aspiring home ... Read more

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  • Big Data in Education

    The digital future of learning, policy and practice

    Big data has the power to transform education and educational research. Governments, researchers and commercial companies are only beginning to understand the potential that big data offers in informing policy ideas, contributing to the development of new educational tools and innovative ways of conducting research.This cutting-edge overview explores the current state-of-play, looking at big data ... Read more

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  • Online Gaming in Context

    The social and cultural significance of online games

    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

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  • An Introduction to Ethics in Robotics and AI

    Series series Philosophy and Religion (R0)
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    Technology, Power, and Knowledge

    Series series Routledge Studies in Crime, Security and Justice
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