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  • The Cyberspace Handbook

    Series series Media Practice
    The Cyberspace Handbook is a comprehensive guide to all aspects of new media, information technologies and the internet. It gives an overview of the economic, political, social and cultural contexts of cyberspace, and provides practical advice on using new technologies for research, communication and publication.The Cyberspace Handbook includes:*a glossary of over eighty key terms*a list of over ... Read more

    $83.99 CAD

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  • 50 Digital Ideas You Really Need to Know

    by Tom Chatfield ...
    Series series 50 Ideas You Really Need to Know series
    We are in the throes of a revolution, yet most of us are so disorientated by the rapid pace of technological and cultural change that we find it difficult to understand what's going on. 50 Digital Ideas you Really Need to Know provides a clear path through the confusion and misinformation surrounding those technologies that, for better or for worse, are transforming the world we live in and even ... Read more

    $5.99 CAD

  • From Gutenberg to Zuckerberg

    What You Really Need to Know About the Internet

    by John Naughton ...
    We've gone from regarding the Net as something exotic to something that we take for granted, like mains electricity or running water. Yet most people have no idea how the network functions, nor any conception of its architecture; and few can explain why it has been - and continues to be - so uniquely disruptive in social, economic and cultural contexts. John Naughton has been thinking, arguing, ... Read more

    $7.99 CAD

  • Big Data

    A Very Short Introduction

    Series series Very Short Introductions
    Since long before computers were even thought of, data has been collected and organized by diverse cultures across the world. Once access to the Internet became a reality for large swathes of the world's population, the amount of data generated each day became huge, and continues to grow exponentially. It includes all our uploaded documents, video, and photos, all our social media traffic, our ... Read more

    $11.99 CAD

  • Leaders in Computing

    Changing the digital world

    This collection of exclusive interviews provides a fascinating insight into the thoughts and ideas of influential figures from the world of IT and computing, including Sir Tim Berners-Lee, Donald Knuth, Linus Torvalds, Jimmy Wales, Grady Booch, Steve Wozniak, Vint Cerf, Karen Spärck Jones and Dame Stephanie Shirley. With representatives from areas as diverse as programming, development, hardware, ... Read more

    $4.99 CAD

  • The Computer

    A Very Short Introduction

    by Darrel Ince ...
    Series series Very Short Introductions
    There is a companion web site asssociated with the book (http://vsicomputer.wordpress.com/). It contains chapter summaries, links to relevant material and posts about items of news relevant to the book's contents. Computers have changed so much since the room-filling, bulky magnetic tape running monsters of the mid 20th century. They now form a vital part of most people's lives. And they are more ... Read more

    $11.99 CAD

  • The Internet of Things

    Series series Digital Media and Society
    More objects and devices are connected to digital networks than ever before. Things - from your phone to your car, from the heating to the lights in your house - have gathered the ability to sense their environments and create information about what is happening. Things have become media, able to both generate and communicate information. This has become known as 'the internet of things'.In this ... Read more

    $19.99 CAD

  • Hacking

    Digital Media and Technological Determinism

    by Tim Jordan ...
    Series series Digital Media and Society
    Hacking provides an introduction to the community of hackers and an analysis of the meaning of hacking in twenty-first century societies.On the one hand, hackers infect the computers of the world, entering where they are not invited, taking over not just individual workstations but whole networks. On the other, hackers write the software that fuels the Internet, from the most popular web ... Read more

    $19.99 CAD

  • A History of the Internet and the Digital Future

    by Johnny Ryan ...
    A great adjustment in human affairs is underway. Political, commercial and cultural life is changing from the centralized, hierarchical and standardized structures of the industrial age to something radically different: the economy of the emerging digital era.A History of the Internet and the Digital Future tells the story of the development of the Internet from the 1950s to the present, and ... Read more

    $29.99 CAD

  • A New History of Modern Computing

    Series series History of Computing
    How the computer became universal.Over the past fifty years, the computer has been transformed from a hulking scientific supertool and data processing workhorse, remote from the experiences of ordinary people, to a diverse family of devices that billions rely on to play games, shop, stream music and movies, communicate, and count their steps. In A New History of Modern Computing, Thomas Haigh and ... Read more

    $43.99 CAD

  • Net Locality

    Why Location Matters in a Networked World

    The first book to provide an introduction to the new theory of Net Locality and the profound effect on individuals and societies when everything is located or locatable.Describes net locality as an emerging form of location awareness central to all aspects of digital media, from mobile phones, to Google Maps, to location-based social networks and games, such as Foursquare and facebook.Warns of the ... Read more

    $44.99 CAD

  • Digital Universe

    The Global Telecommunication Revolution

    by Peter B. Seel ...
    For the student and general reader, a tour of the digital universe that offers critical observations and new perspectives on human communication and intelligence.Traces the development and diffusion of digital information and communication technologies, providing an analysis of trans-cultural effects among developed and developing nationsProvides a balanced analysis of the pros and cons of the ... Read more

    $43.99 CAD