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  • Critical Voices in Library and Information Work

    Voices and Inspiration from the Discipline

    by Stephen Bales, Tina Budzise-Weaver ...
    Series series Routledge Guides to Practice in Libraries, Archives and Information Science
    Critical Voices in Library and Information Work presents 25 profiles of notable, transformational library and information science (LIS) workers in the United States, Canada, and the UK, all of whom are involved in progressive library and information work projects or research endeavors.Discussing a piece of literature, art, or music that helped direct their path into socially conscious library work ... Read more

    $51.99 USD

  • Transformative Library and Information Work

    Profiles in Social Justice

    by Stephen Bales, Tina Budzise-Weaver ...
    Series series Chandos Information Professional Series
    Intended to be an accessible guide to transformational information work, the book collects approximately thirty brief case studies of information related organizations, initiatives, and/or projects that focus on social justice related activities. Each case is a short narrative account of its particular subject's history, objectives, accomplishments, and challenges faced. It also describes the ... Read more

    $71.99 USD

  • Social Justice and Library Work

    A Guide to Theory and Practice

    by Stephen Bales ...
    Although they may not have always been explicitly stated, library work has always had normative goals. Until recently, such goals have largely been abstract; they are things like knowledge creation, education, forwarding science, preserving history, supporting democracy, and safeguarding civilization. The modern spirit of social and cultural critique, however, has focused our attention on the ... Read more

    $71.09 USD

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  • Race After Technology

    Abolitionist Tools for the New Jim Code

    by Ruha Benjamin ...
    From everyday apps to complex algorithms, Ruha Benjamin cuts through tech-industry hype to understand how emerging technologies can reinforce White supremacy and deepen social inequity.Benjamin argues that automation, far from being a sinister story of racist programmers scheming on the dark web, has the potential to hide, speed up, and deepen discrimination while appearing neutral and even ... Read more

    $16.00 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

  • Participatory Culture in a Networked Era

    A Conversation on Youth, Learning, Commerce, and Politics

    by Henry Jenkins, Mizuko Ito, danah boyd ...
    In the last two decades, both the conception and the practice of participatory culture have been transformed by the new affordances enabled by digital, networked, and mobile technologies. This exciting new book explores that transformation by bringing together three leading figures in conversation. Jenkins, Ito and boyd examine the ways in which our personal and professional lives are shaped by ... Read more

    $20.00 USD

  • That Book Is Dangerous!

    How Moral Panic, Social Media, and the Culture Wars Are Remaking Publishing

    by Adam Szetela ...
    An alarming exposé of the new challenges to literary freedom in the age of social media—when anyone with an identity and an internet connection can be a censor.In That Book Is Dangerous!, Adam Szetela investigates how well-intentioned and often successful efforts to diversify American literature have also produced serious problems for literary freedom. Although progressives are correct to be ... Read more

    $17.99 USD

  • Love in the Time of Self-Publishing

    How Romance Writers Changed the Rules of Writing and Success

    by Christine M. Larson ...
    Lessons in creative labor, solidarity, and inclusion under precarious economic conditionsAs writers, musicians, online content creators, and other independent workers fight for better labor terms, romance authors offer a powerful example—and a cautionary tale—about self-organization and mutual aid in the digital economy. In Love in the Time of Self-Publishing, Christine Larson traces the forty ... Read more

    $14.39 USD

  • Knowledge Justice

    Disrupting Library and Information Studies through Critical Race Theory

    Edited by Sofia Y. Leung, Jorge R. Lopez-McKnight ...
    Black, Indigenous, and Peoples of Color--reimagine library and information science through the lens of critical race theory.In Knowledge Justice, Black, Indigenous, and Peoples of Color scholars use critical race theory (CRT) to challenge the foundational principles, values, and assumptions of Library and Information Science and Studies (LIS) in the United States. They propel CRT to center stage ... Read more

    $25.99 USD

  • Remaking the News

    Essays on the Future of Journalism Scholarship in the Digital Age

    Edited by Pablo J. Boczkowski, C. W. Anderson ...
    Series series Inside Technology
    Leading scholars chart the future of studies on technology and journalism in the digital age.The use of digital technology has transformed the way news is produced, distributed, and received. Just as media organizations and journalists have realized that technology is a central and indispensable part of their enterprise, scholars of journalism have shifted their focus to the role of technology. In ... Read more

    $28.99 USD

  • Digital Black Feminism

    by Catherine Knight Steele ...
    Series series Critical Cultural Communication
    Winner, Diamond Anniversary Book Award, awarded by the National Communication AssociationWinner, 2022 Nancy Baym Book Award, given by the Association of Internet ResearchersTraces the longstanding relationship between technology and Black feminist thoughtBlack women are at the forefront of some of this century’s most important discussions about technology: trolling, online harassment, algorithmic ... Read more

    Was $26.99 USD Now $19.99 USD

  • Ethics for a Digital Age

    Edited by Bastiaan Vanacker, Don Heider ...
    Series Book 104 - Digital Formations
    Thematically organized around three of the most pressing ethical issues of the digital age (shifting of professional norms, moderating offensive content, and privacy), this volume offers a window into some of the hot-button ethical issues facing a society where digital has become the new normal. Straddling an applied ethical and theoretical approach, the research represented not only reflects on ... Read more

    $43.09 USD