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Digination

Author : Robert C. MacDougall
Publisher : Lexington Books
ISBN 13 : 1611474396
Total Pages : 321 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (114 download)

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Download or read book Digination written by Robert C. MacDougall and published by Lexington Books. This book was released on 2012 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The shift from orality to literacy that began with the invention of the phonetic alphabet, and which went into high-gear with Gutenberg's printing press more than 500 years ago, helped make the modern world. Some commentators have argued that this shift from orality to literacy marked a much broader, cultural shift of cataclysmic proportions. Today, with everything from e-mail to blogs, iPods and podcasts, through Google, Yahoo, eBay, and with cutting-edge smart phones, we find ourselves developing relationships with these newest communication tools that aren't simply allowing us to communicate faster, farther and with more ease than ever before. We aren't just moving around ideas, data, and information at unimaginable speed and scale. Our interminglings and fusions with digital communication technologies are also altering both individual and group consciousness in fundamental ways--how we form and sustain relationships, how we think and perceive, what it means to see and to feel. We are remaking human identity once more, and manufacturing a new kind of culture along the way. The processes bound up in our digination may well be consequential to the trajectory of human evolution. That time-honored trope: the notion that technology is not the problem, rather, it's how people use technology that's the problem is shown to be wanting. Highlighting Marshall McLuhan's "tetrads" or laws of media as a primary tool of analysis, R.C. MacDougall argues in line with other media ecologists that it's not so much how we use certain tools that matters, it's that we use them. More than any other technological form perhaps, communication technologies play particularly powerful and systemic roles in our culture, or any culture for that matter. Late adopters and even abstainers are not exempt from the psychological, social and cultural effects (and side-effects) of modern digital communication technology. While there are certainly varying degrees of immersion--that is to say, while some of us live in the high-rise downtown district, some at the city limits, and still others out in the proverbial "woods"--we all live in Digination today.

Digital Deliverance

Author : Judson Carter Edwards
Publisher : University Press of America
ISBN 13 : 0761845526
Total Pages : 204 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (618 download)

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Download or read book Digital Deliverance written by Judson Carter Edwards and published by University Press of America. This book was released on 2009 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book offers a practice-based approach to developing strategies for utilizing broadband telecommunications for rural economic development. Edwards addresses four key questions in the publication: 1) How important is broadband telecommunications in the achievement of rural economic development success in the information-based economy? 2) What are the critical factors in assessing the potential of rural communities to utilize broadband telecommunications for economic development? 3) What policy trends are proposed to assist communities in the advancement of telecommunication-based economic development strategies? And 4) How can local leadership assist in the implementation of broadband for economic development success? By answering these important questions, Edwards provides the reader a step-by-step, practice-oriented framework for implementing a rural economic development planning strategy through the implementation of broadband telecommunications. Broadband connectivity is vital for rural communities to be actively engaged in the global information economy, but being connected is not enough. Utilization of technology is required if communities want to increase their potential for economic development success. Book jacket.

Leveling the Playing Field

Author : Rod Scher
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1442239271
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (422 download)

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Download or read book Leveling the Playing Field written by Rod Scher and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2016-08-01 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Leveling the Playing Field explores the technologies that “trickle down” to the rest of us, those that were once the domain of the wealthy and powerful--and which therefore tended to make them even more wealthy and powerful. Now, though, these technologies--from books to computers to 3D printing and beyond--have become part of a common toolkit, one accessible to almost anyone, or at least to many more than had heretofore had access. This is what happens with most technologies: They begin in the hands of the few, and they end up in the hands of the many. Along the way, they sometimes transform the world.

Communicating Catholicism

Author : Craig T. Maier
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1611479622
Total Pages : 254 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (114 download)

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Download or read book Communicating Catholicism written by Craig T. Maier and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2016-09-12 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: American Catholicism is in transition, and American dioceses need to become more sophisticated in how they think about and approach communication if the Church is to make this transition gracefully. Bringing together Catholic theology, philosophy of communication, and corporate communication scholarship, this book creates a new sub-discipline, “diocesan institutional rhetoric,” that speaks to both scholars and practitioners in the fields of communication and rhetorical studies, Catholic theology, and pastoral leadership.

The Reflective, Facilitative, and Interpretive Practice of the Coordinated Management of Meaning

Author : Beth Fisher-Yoshida
Publisher : Lexington Books
ISBN 13 : 1611475147
Total Pages : 319 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (114 download)

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Download or read book The Reflective, Facilitative, and Interpretive Practice of the Coordinated Management of Meaning written by Beth Fisher-Yoshida and published by Lexington Books. This book was released on 2012-04-12 with total page 319 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Reflective, Facilitative and Interpretive Practices of the Coordinated Management of Meaning: Making Lives, Making Meaning, showcases practical applications of the theory of Coordinated Management of Meaning (CMM). In the facilitation section, CMM creates dynamics within groups leading toward improved ways of working together; in the interpretation section CMM offers alternative frames to interpret interactions with one another; and in the reflection section CMM is a means to reflect on experiences and interactions to deeper levels of understanding and learning. CMM is grounded in social constructionism, takes a communication perspective and provides concepts and tools for making better social worlds.

Communicative Engagement and Social Liberation

Author : Patricia Arneson
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1611476518
Total Pages : 233 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (114 download)

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Download or read book Communicative Engagement and Social Liberation written by Patricia Arneson and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2013-11-29 with total page 233 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Communicative Engagement and Social Liberation: Justice Will Be Made recognizes limitations in contemporary understandings that separate history and rhetoric. Drawing together ontological and epistemic perspectives to allow for a fuller appreciation of communication in shaping lived-experience, facets of the two academic subjects are united in acts of communicative engagement. Communicative engagement draws from Anna-Teresa Tymieniecka’s writings on the human condition; extends the communicative praxis of philosopher Calvin O. Schrag by reuniting theōria-poíēsis-praxis; expands Ramsey Eric Ramsey’s writings to provide ground for vitalizing social liberation; and includes the work of philosophers including Hans-Georg Gadamer, Maurice Merleau-Ponty, and Michel Foucault as well as philosophers of communication including Lenore Langsdorf, Michael J. Hyde, Corey Anton, and others who guide a recollection of the significance of poíēsis in human communication. Myrtilla Miner, Mary White Ovington, and Jessie Daniel Ames dedicated their lives to being out-of-place and speaking out-of-turn to alter the way humanity was understood by members of society at large. The lived-experiences of these historical figures assists readers in recognizing how creativity (poíēsis) can potentially enable liberation from restrictive social circumstances.

Ways of Sensing

Author : David Howes
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317929489
Total Pages : 209 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (179 download)

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Download or read book Ways of Sensing written by David Howes and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-10-30 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ways of Sensing is a stimulating exploration of the cultural, historical and political dimensions of the world of the senses. The book spans a wide range of settings and makes comparisons between different cultures and epochs, revealing the power and diversity of sensory expressions across time and space. The chapters reflect on topics such as the tactile appeal of medieval art, the healing power of Navajo sand paintings, the aesthetic blight of the modern hospital, the role of the senses in the courtroom, and the branding of sensations in the marketplace. Howes and Classen consider how political issues such as nationalism, gender equality and the treatment of minority groups are shaped by sensory practices and metaphors. They also reveal how the phenomenon of synaesthesia, or mingling of the senses, can be seen as not simply a neurological condition but a vital cultural mode of creating social and cosmic interconnections. Written by leading scholars in the field, Ways of Sensing provides readers with a valuable and engaging introduction to the life of the senses in society.

Self-Representation and Digital Culture

Author : N. Thumim
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 1137265132
Total Pages : 205 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (372 download)

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Download or read book Self-Representation and Digital Culture written by N. Thumim and published by Springer. This book was released on 2012-07-17 with total page 205 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Taking a close look at ordinary people 'telling their own story', Nancy Thumim explores self-representations in contemporary digital culture in settings as diverse as reality TV, online storytelling, and oral histories displayed in museums.

A Treatise of Algebra in Two Books

Author : Philip Ronayne
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 478 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book A Treatise of Algebra in Two Books written by Philip Ronayne and published by . This book was released on 1717 with total page 478 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The New Testament

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 366 pages
Book Rating : 4.R/5 (5 download)

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Download or read book The New Testament written by and published by . This book was released on 1850 with total page 366 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Podcast Journalism

Author : David Dowling
Publisher : Columbia University Press
ISBN 13 : 0231559828
Total Pages : 181 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (315 download)

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Download or read book Podcast Journalism written by David Dowling and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 2024-03-19 with total page 181 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Podcasting’s stratospheric rise has inspired a new breed of audio reporting. Offering immersive storytelling for a binge-listening audience as well as reaching previously underserved communities, podcasts have become journalism’s most rapidly growing digital genre, buoying a beleaguered news industry. Yet many concerns have been raised about this new medium, such as the potential for disinformation, the influence of sponsors on content, the dominance of a few publishers and platforms, and at-times questionable adherence to journalistic principles. David O. Dowling critically examines how podcasting and its evolving conventions are transforming reporting—and even reshaping journalism’s core functions and identity. He considers podcast reporting’s most influential achievements as well as its most consequential ethical and journalistic shortcomings, emphasizing the reciprocal influences between podcasting and traditional and digital journalism. Podcasting, both as a medium and a business, has benefited from the blurring of boundaries separating news from entertainment, editorial from advertising, and neutrality from subjectivity. The same qualities and forces that have allowed podcasting to bypass the limitations of traditional categories, expand the space of social and political discourse, and provide openings for marginalized voices have also permitted corporations to extend their reach and far-right firebrands to increase their influence. Equally attentive to the medium’s strengths and flaws, this is a vital book for all readers interested in how podcasting has changed journalism.

Neuroscience and Media

Author : Michael Grabowski
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 131760847X
Total Pages : 295 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (176 download)

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Download or read book Neuroscience and Media written by Michael Grabowski and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-12-05 with total page 295 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume explores how advances in the fields of evolutionary neuroscience and cognitive psychology are informing media studies with a better understanding of how humans perceive, think and experience emotion within mediated environments. The book highlights interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary approaches to the production and reception of cinema, television, the Internet and other forms of mediated communication that take into account new understandings of how the embodied brain senses and interacts with its symbolic environment. Moreover, as popular media shape perceptions of the promises and limits of brain science, contributors also examine the representation of neuroscience and cognitive psychology within mediated culture.

Why Do We Go to the Zoo?

Author : Erik A. Garrett
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1611476461
Total Pages : 155 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (114 download)

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Download or read book Why Do We Go to the Zoo? written by Erik A. Garrett and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2013-12-05 with total page 155 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Despite hundreds of millions of visitors each year, zoos have remained outside of the realm of philosophical analysis. This lack of theoretical examination is interesting considering the paradoxical position within which a zoo is situated, being a space of animal confinement as well as a site that provides valuable tools for species conservation, public education, and entertainment. Why Do We Go to the Zoo? argues that the zoo is a legitimate space of academic inquiry. The modes of communication taking place at the zoo that keep drawing us back time and time again beg for a careful investigation. In this book, the meaning of the zoo as communicative space is explored. This book relies on the phenomenological method from Edmund Husserl and a rhetorical approach to examine the interaction between people and animals in the zoo space. Phenomenology, the philosophy of examining the engaged everyday lived experience, is a natural method to use in the project. Despite its rich history and tradition it is interesting that there are very few books explaining “how to do” phenomenology. Why Do We Go to the Zoo? provides a detailed account of how to actually conduct a phenomenological analysis. The author spent thousands of hours in zoos watching people and animals interact as well as talking with people both formally and informally. This book asks readers to bracket their preconceptions of what goes on in the zoo and, instead, to explore the meaning of powerful zoo experiences while reminding us of the troubled history of zoos.

A Treatise on the Law of Obligations, Or Contracts

Author : Robert Joseph Pothier
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 728 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Treatise on the Law of Obligations, Or Contracts written by Robert Joseph Pothier and published by . This book was released on 1806 with total page 728 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Communication and Control

Author : Robert MacDougall
Publisher : Lexington Books
ISBN 13 : 0739198769
Total Pages : 281 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (391 download)

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Download or read book Communication and Control written by Robert MacDougall and published by Lexington Books. This book was released on 2015-07-01 with total page 281 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Communication and Control: Tools, Systems, and New Dimensions advocates a systems view of human communication in a time of intelligent, learning machines. This edited collection sheds new light on things as mundane yet still profoundly consequential (and seemingly “low-tech”) as push buttons, pagers, and telemarketing systems. Contributors also investigate aspects of “remote control” related to education, organizational design, artificial intelligence, cyberwarfare, drones, and even binge-watching on Netflix. In line with a systems view, the collection takes up a media ecological view. This work will be of interest to students, scholars, and researchers in communication, new media, and technology.

Social Networking

Author : Anastacia Kurylo
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1611477395
Total Pages : 203 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (114 download)

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Download or read book Social Networking written by Anastacia Kurylo and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2016-03-04 with total page 203 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Social Networking: Redefining Communication in the Digital Age fulfills a pressing demand in social network literature by bringing together international experts from the fields of communication, new media technologies, marketing and advertising, public relations and journalism, business, and education. In this volume contributors traces online social networking practices across national borders, cultural confines, and geographic limits. The book delves into the socioeconomic, political, cultural, and professional dimensions of social networking around the globe, and explores the similarities, distinctions, and specific characteristics of social media networks in diverse settings. The chapters offer an important contribution to the scholarly research on the uses and applications of online social networking around the world and pertain to a broad range of academic fields. Overall, the volume addresses a subject matter of keen interest to academics and practitioners alike and provides a much-needed forum for sharing innovative research practices and exchanging new ideas.

Drugs & Media

Author : Robert C. MacDougall
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 1441143858
Total Pages : 363 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (411 download)

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Download or read book Drugs & Media written by Robert C. MacDougall and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2011-11-24 with total page 363 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: We have developed into a culture that is over-reliant upon pharmaceutical and recreational drugs; where drugs are incessantly advertised and promoted to us via our mass media. Like drugs, communication media alter the way we interact with the world; they direct our attention in various ways, sometimes enabling certain behaviors and experiences, and prohibiting others. The contributors to this cutting-edge collection apply media ecological concepts to consider how drugs function as communication technologies; literally media in and for the human sensorium. In these essays, drugs are considered as communication media in a practical sense, not merely in the metaphorical way they tend to be discussed in the popular press. Media and drugs are thus conceived as communicative tools that enhance and/or inhibit physical, social and symbolic experience - our ways of seeing and being in the world. Drugs & Media: New Perspectives on Communication, Consumption and Consciousness is the first book to examine this parallel, promoting a critical awareness of the significant impact of drugs and media on individuals, society and our wider human culture.