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Intended as an introduction to the law for electronic data processing managers, this book provides a comprehensive overview of legal issues and concerns of particular relevance to those responsible for running computer operations.

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This book is a study of the power to monitor what is said, authorize who may speak, and even to determine what is and is not knowable within the context of electronic discourse communities.

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Ben is a typical kid with a not-so-typical passion for cybersecurity and helping others. His skills are put to the test when his cousin, Ethan, accidentally releases a virus that is set to ruin devices all over town.Can Ben stop the cyberattack in time and prove that he is ready to be a true cyber defender

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How control over information creation, processing, flows, and use has become the most effective form of power: theoretical foundations and empirical examples of information policy in the U.S., an innovator informational state.

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Argues that technologies pushing the boundaries of humanness can radically improve our quality of life - IF they are controlled democratically and made equally available in a liberal society

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Entertaining, concise, and relentlessly probing, City of Bits is a comprehensive introduction to a new type of city, an increasingly important system of virtual spaces interconnected by the information superhighway.

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The number of travelers along the information superhighway is increasing at a rate of 10 percent a month. How will this communications revolution affect our culture and society Pierre Levy shows how

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The odyssey of a group of refugees from a closed-down online game and an exploration of emergent fan cultures in virtual worlds.

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Computers and information technology have created numerous options for their users. This volume provides a philosophical examination of ethical issues related to computers as information processing machines, and raises the questions of intellectual property, censorship and privacy.

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"An excellent survey of the Internet's major fault lines."-Wall Street Journal

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"Explores whether, for whom, and under what circumstances the free, networked, public sharing of ICT resources contributes to positive social change"--

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Many Asian countries are achieving remarkable success in closing what researchers call the digital divide between developing and developed nations, while others continue to struggle.

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Representing the first in-depth qualitative study of how social media such as Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube are used to mediate contentious public parades and protests in Northern Ireland, this book explores the implications of mis-and dis-information spread via online platforms for peacebuilding in societies transitioning out of conflict.

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Representing the first in-depth qualitative study of how social media such as Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube are used to mediate contentious public parades and protests in Northern Ireland, this book explores the implications of mis-and dis-information spread via online platforms for peacebuilding in societies transitioning out of conflict.

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Digital surrounds us for better or for worse, but it has changed our lives forever. This book takes a look at how these changes have undermined areas of our livesboth good and bad. Andrew Edwards shows us how this has happened and how to be more thoughtful about the effects of the technology that surrounds us and continues to proliferate.

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Developments in microelectronics in the early 1970s meant that computers at home seemed about to become commonplace. This title tells about the story of first commonplace home computers - the Sinclairs, Commodores, Amstrads, and the earliest versions of Microsoft Windows - that helped to make the computer an indispensable item in the British home.

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How are the new electronic technologies transforming business here and abroad indeed, the entire world economy and what new strategies must business develop to meet the challenges of this transformation

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A fascinating, fast-paced coming-of-age storyN set in the bedrooms, computer rooms, and arcades of the 80s, when the first computer kids were pioneering the frontier of digitalculture.