Authors: Martin Lister.
Paperback, 404 pages
Publisher: Routledge
Publication Date: 2002-08-15
Edition: 1

Reviews :

    New Media: A Critical Introduction provides a comprehensive overview of the culture, technologies and history of new media. The authors consider the ways in which "new media" really are new, assess claims that a media and technological revolution is underway, and formulate new ways for media studies to respond to current events. They address a range of key debates surrounding the use and promise of new media forms, including issues of authorship, textuality, community, identity, interactivity, vision and visuality, the nature and power of technology, intelligent systems and artificial life. Structured into cross-referenced thematic sections, the book features case studies, a user's guide and an extensive glossary of terms, with summaries of key points and a comprehensive guide to further reading for each section....

Authors: Jack Pinkowski.
Hardcover, 480 pages
Publisher: CRC
Publication Date: 2008-01-24
Edition: 1

Reviews :

    Blinded by emotional rhetoric, political posturing, and genuine fear, previous efforts to defend our way of life against aggressors intent on inflicting personal and economic destruction have proven, in hindsight, to be misguided, panicked, and reactionary. Evaluation and assessment to date is largely focused on reviewing government documents, doing little to alleviate the distorted perspectives from which we vainly attempt to invoke workable policy.

In contrast to much of the current literature, Homeland Security Handbook takes a sober, analytical look at the policies, results, and lessons learned in what is still a nascent field. This comprehensive reference considers the myriad factors, implications, and ramifications involved with the practical and effective protection of our safety.

Dividing contributions into five sections, this book—

Provides an overview and historical perspective of the worldwide threat of terrorism and debates the necessity and danger of highly-centralized government response

Explores specific threats to homeland security including the exploitation of our own vulnerabilities. It explores the insidious effect of psycho-terrorism and challenges the economic and military wisdom of launching armies against a nation-less and nebulous threat

Offers practical, reasoned advice from practitioners and academic experts on planning, preparedness, prevention, and recovery

Reviews supporting case studies from local and foreign governmental response to security and border control

Quantifies the cost of homeland security in terms of funding, as well as the hardships incurred by rash and biased actions

Conscious of the multi-faceted nature of the problem, the editor combines theory and practice to address concerns in border and transportation security, emergency preparedness and response, and infrastructure protection....

Authors: Tiziana Terranova.
Paperback, 208 pages
Publisher: Pluto Press
Publication Date: 2004-07-22


Reviews :

    This is an innovative study of digital culture, in particular the politics of the emerging digital culture, and especially the cultural and political dimensions of network technologies. Across the cybercultural landscape of mailing lists, discussion groups, e-zines and the digital press, it sees the emergence of a new collective political subject, a networked intelligence.

The author touches on key concepts and debates in cultural theory and cultural politics, and makes use of student-friendly examples including cyberfeminism, activism and cyberorganising on the net – such as J18, Seattle, and the anti-war movement.

Terranova presents a sophisticated argument about what the new forms of communication and organisation mean for politics, democracy, and identity. The book draws on online debates about labour, self-organisation, virtual activism, and future identities to outline some of the features of current societies of control (following Hardt and Negri) and the political answers that are being formulated within these new digital cultures....

Authors: Lisa Nakamura.
Paperback, 192 pages
Publisher: Routledge
Publication Date: 2002-06-14
Edition: 1

Reviews :

    Cyberspace entices us with the promise of an online utopia--a web of fluid identities and infinite possibilities. When we look for signs of freedom online--anywhere from chat room conversations to cyberpunk fiction--we are almost inevitably urged toward "liberation" from our bodies and their "restrictive" attributes like race, gender, and age. But cyberculture critic Lisa Nakamura insists that the Internet is a place where race matters.
Race itself may not be fixed or finite, but Nakamura argues that racial stereotypes-or "cybertypes"-are hardwired into our online interactions: Identity tourists masquerade in virtual roles like Asian_Geisha and Alatinolover. Web directories sharply narrow racial categories. Anonymous computer users are assumed to be white.
In Cybertypes, Nakamura looks at what happened to race when it went online, and how our ideas about race continue to be shaped and reshaped every time we log on. Examining all facets of our everyday online experience from Internet advertising to email jokes, Nakamura shows that the postmodern ideal of fluid selves made possible by network technology is not necessarily subversive, progressive, or liberating. The harder race is pushed off-line, the greater the consequences in real life for people of color.
A lively and provocative discussion Cybertypes offers a valuable new way of thinking about race and identity in the information age....

Authors: Kim Komando.
Paperback, 458 pages
Publisher: Wiley Publishing
Publication Date: 1996-09


Reviews :

    Hailed as a "one-person PC industry," Kim Komando is one of the best-known personalities in computing -- and there's no better authority when it comes to showing how online technologies can or can't help your company succeed. In CyberBuck$, Komando shares her expertise and offers practical, how-to strategies you can use for marketing, selling, and communicating in ways that make the Internet's global reach and one-to-one marketing work for your business.

Plus, on the book's bonus CD-ROM, you'll find invaluable resources, including the contents of the book in special hypertext format, information on how Komando staff can create and host a Web page for you, and a one-month trial membership with America Online....

    With a refreshingly honest approach to the subject, Kim Komando treats making money online like any other type of business venture. Rather than revealing super secrets, she applies good business sense, good business logic, and good business practices to the specific requirements of the online environment.

First, Komando candidly discusses the basic theory of online business and the necessary equipment. Then she moves to the specifics, from understanding customers and what makes them buy to selling products as compared with selling information or services. Komando gives guidelines on where to set up shop and how to become a Web master with a business-building mentality. From there, Cyberbuck$ discusses advertising, including how to place it, and what elements make for a good ad. Pay attention to the section on advertising by e-mail; Komando shows how you can get a bad online reputation for junk e-mail if you're not careful.

The section on building and maintaining customer loyalty is vital information for the long-term success of any business and twice as important in the mercurial world of cyberspace. The closing section conveys related issues that you must know to protect yourself, such as copyrights, security, and a host of legal and safety matters that can make or break a business. An enclosed CD-ROM offers the entire book in hypertext format....

Authors: William D. Eggers.
Paperback, 310 pages
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
Publication Date: 2007-07-28


Reviews :

    A well-written, lively, optimistic book that calls for the transformation of technology in government from lipstick on a bulldog to total information awareness. This book is proactive in nature (see what these governments are really doing), does not call for a wholesale and costly transformation, and employs a subtle shaming of those governments that have not yet joined the 21st century. William Eggers's argument, conservative in nature, states that the world of politics would quickly and markedly benefit from this digital transformation in terms of a fiscal payoff, but a more profound change would result as governments become more transparent, more democratic, and more efficient....

Authors: J. D. Lasica.
Hardcover, 320 pages
Publisher: Wiley
Publication Date: 2005-05-02


Reviews :

    "An indispensable primer for those who want to protect their digital rights from the dark forces of big media."
-Kara Swisher, author of aol.com
The first general interest book by a blogger edited collaboratively by his readers, Darknet reveals how Hollywood's fear of digital piracy is leading to escalating clashes between copyright holders and their customers, who love their TiVo digital video recorders, iPod music players, digital televisions, computers, and other cutting-edge devices. Drawing on unprecedented access to entertainment insiders, technology innovators, and digital provocateurs-including some who play on both sides of the war between digital pirates and entertainment conglomerates-the book shows how entertainment companies are threatening the fundamental freedoms of the digital age....

Authors: Patrick W. Jordan.
Paperback, 136 pages
Publisher: CRC
Publication Date: 1998-01-20
Edition: 1

Reviews :

    Introduction to the topic of usability. Throughout the book examples are drawn from the familiar field of human-computer interaction, and more broadly from the world of consumer goods. Paper. ...

Authors: Robert Hassan.
Paperback, 248 pages
Publisher: Polity
Publication Date: 2008-11-10


Reviews :

    What are we to make of the information society? Many prominent theorists have argued it to be the most profound and comprehensive transformation of economy, culture and politics since the rise of the industrial way of life in the 18th century. Some saw its arrival in a positive light, where the dreams of democracy, of ‘connectivity’ and ‘efficiency’ constituted a break with the old ways. But other thinkers viewed it more in terms of the recurrent nightmare of capitalism, where the processes of exploitation, commodification and alienation are given much freer rein than ever before. In this book Robert Hassan, a prominent theorist in new media and its effects, analyses and critically appraises these positions and forms them into a coherent narrative to illuminate the phenomenon.

Surveying the works of major information society theorists from Daniel Bell to Nicholas Negroponte, and from Vincent Mosco to Manuel Castells, The Information Society is an invaluable resource for understanding the nature of the information society—as well as the meta-processes of neoliberal globalisation and the revolution in information technologies that made it possible....

Authors: Douglas Schweitzer.
Paperback, 360 pages
Publisher: Wiley
Publication Date: 2003-04-11


Reviews :

    * Incident response and forensic investigation are the processes of detecting attacks and properly extracting evidence to report the crime and conduct audits to prevent future attacks
* This much-needed reference covers the methodologies for incident response and computer forensics, Federal Computer Crime law information and evidence requirements, legal issues, and working with law enforcement
* Details how to detect, collect, and eradicate breaches in e-mail and malicious code
* CD-ROM is packed with useful tools that help capture and protect forensic data; search volumes, drives, and servers for evidence; and rebuild systems quickly after evidence has been obtained...