Internet and mobile phone addiction :health and educational effects

Internet use-related addiction problems (e.g., Internet addiction, problem mobile phone use, problem gaming, and social networking) have been defined according to the same core element: the addictive symptomatology presented by individuals who excessively and problematically behave using the technology. Online activity is the most important factor in their lives, causing them the loss of contro…

Internet research ethics

This anthology addresses ethical challenges that arise within the field of Internet research. Among the issues discussed in the book are the following: When is voluntary informed consent from research subjects required in using the Internet as a data source? How may researchers secure the privacy of research subjects in a landscape where the traditional public/private distinction is blurred an…

Media and society after technological disruption

This interdisciplinary collection studies the Internet's effects on traditional media. Part 1 deals with the breakdown of trust in the media; Part 2 outlines the changing law of defamation and privacy; Part 3 analyzes the challenge of online content moderation; and Part 4 considers the financial challenges facing journalistic enterprises

Young people, social media and health

The pervasiveness of social media in young people’s lives is widely acknowledged, yet there is little evidence-based understanding of the impacts of social media on young people’s health and wellbeing. Young People, Social Media and Health draws on novel research to understand, explain, and illustrate young people’s experiences of engagement with health-related social media; as well as…

Protecting children online? :cyberbullying policies of social media companies

This book investigates regulatory and social pressures that social media companies face in the aftermath of high profile cyberbullying incidents. The author’s research evaluates the policies companies develop to protect themselves and users. This includes interviews with NGO and social media company reps in the US and the EU. She triangulates these findings against news, policy reports, evalu…

Teaching in blended learning environments:Creating and sustaining communities…

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9781927356487

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x, 142p.: ill.

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Internet Governance at the Point of No Return

The book begins with an analysis of the technological infrastructure environment and of the manifold regulatory theories developed in the Internet Governance context. Based on this foundation the transnational normative ecosystem is outlined, followed by a detailed discussion of the substantive Internet Governance principles (such as legitimacy, participation, transparency, accountability). The…

Negotiating Internet governance

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9780198833079

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xv, 258 p

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343.09944 ROX r

The public core of the internet :an international agenda for internet governance

The growth and health of our digital economies and societies depend on the core protocols and infrastructure of the Internet. This technical and logical substructure of our digital existence is now in need of protection against unwarranted interference in order to sustain the growth and the integrity of the global Internet. The Internet's key protocols and infrastructure can be considered a glo…

Managing the digital university:paradigms, leadership, and organization

The reflection on university management is based on the question about the shape of universities of the future. Civic, responsible, sustainable, virtual, digital, and many other universities can be mentioned among the concepts present in the literature. All these names describe an important distinctive feature of a university, which will gain more and more importance in the future. However, giv…

Money, power, and AI:automated banks and automated states

edited by Zofia Bednarz, University of Sydney; Monika Zalnieriute, University of New South Wales, Sydney.

Autonomous control for a reliable internet of services :methods, models, appr…

This open access book was prepared as a Final Publication of the COST Action IC1304 “Autonomous Control for a Reliable Internet of Services (ACROSS)”. The book contains 14 chapters and constitutes a show-case of the main outcome of the Action in line with its scientific goals. It will serve as a valuable reference for undergraduate and post-graduate students, educators, faculty members, res…

Media and society after technological disruption

This interdisciplinary collection studies the Internet's effects on traditional media. Part 1 deals with the breakdown of trust in the media; Part 2 outlines the changing law of defamation and privacy; Part 3 analyzes the challenge of online content moderation; and Part 4 considers the financial challenges facing journalistic enterprises

Digital personalization in early childhood :impact on childhood

This book is available as open access through the Bloomsbury Open Access programme and is available on www.bloomsburycollections.com. Digital personalization is an emerging interdisciplinary research field, with application to a variety of areas including design, education and publication industry. This book focuses on children’s education and literacy resources, which have undergone importan…

Digital work in the planetary market

Understanding the embedded and disembedded, material and immaterial, territorialized and deterritorialized natures of digital work. Many jobs today can be done from anywhere. Digital technology and widespread internet connectivity allow almost anyone, anywhere, to connect to anyone else to communicate and exchange files, data, video, and audio. In other words, work can be deterritorialized at a…