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Digital Capabilities

ICT Adoption in Marginalized Communities in Israel and the West Bank

by Amit Schejter, Baruch Shomron, Muhammad Abu Jafar, Ghalia Abu Kaf, Jonathan Mendels, Shula Mola, Malka Shacham, Amneh Al Sharha, Noam Tirosh ...

Series series Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)
Digital Capabilities is a first-of-its-kind exploration of the capabilities that communities in positions of inequality in Israel and the West Bank seek to realize by utilizing information and communication technologies (ICT), the opportunities they have to communicate, and the way ICTs serve their desire to do so. It is the outcome of an eight-year research project in which the nine authors of ... Read more

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Digital Capabilities is a first-of-its-kind exploration of the capabilities that communities in positions of inequality in Israel and the West Bank seek to realize by utilizing information and communication technologies (ICT), the opportunities they have to communicate, and the way ICTs serve their desire to do so. It is the outcome of an eight-year research project in which the nine authors of
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Digital Inclusion

An International Comparative Analysis

by Massimo Ragnedda, Gerard Goggin, Hamid Abdollahyan, Mahin Sheikh Ansari, Orit Ben-Harush, Anfan Chen, Lorenzo Dalvit, Christiana Hammond, Jianbin Jin, Hanna Kreitem0, Andrea Limberto1, Sue Malta2, Fanxin Meng3, Bianca C. Reisdorf4, Amit M. Schejter5, Lin Shi6, Noam Tirosh7, Norbert Wildermuth8, Raelene Wilding9, Colin Rhinesmith0, Kehbuma Langmia1, Bruce Mutsvairo2 ...

Series series Communication, Globalization, and Cultural Identity
The volume examines the risks and opportunities of a digital society characterized by the increasing importance of knowledge and by the incessant rise and pervasiveness of information and communication technologies (ICTs). At a global level, the pivotal role of ICTs has made it necessary to rethink ways to avoid forms of digital exclusion or digital discrimination. This edited collection comprises ... Read more

$97.99 USD

The volume examines the risks and opportunities of a digital society characterized by the increasing importance of knowledge and by the incessant rise and pervasiveness of information and communication technologies (ICTs). At a global level, the pivotal role of ICTs has made it necessary to rethink ways to avoid forms of digital exclusion or digital discrimination. This edited collection comprises
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Beyond Broadband Access

Developing Data-Based Information Policy Strategies

by Richard D. Taylor, Amit M. Schejter ...

Series series Donald McGannon Communication Research Center's Everett C. Parker Book Series
After broadband access, what next? What role do metrics play in understanding “information societies”? And, more important, in shaping their policies? Beyond counting people with broadband access, how can economic and social metrics inform broadband policies, help evaluate their outcomes, and create useful models for achieving national goals? This timely volume not only examines the traditional ... Read more

$39.99 USD

After broadband access, what next? What role do metrics play in understanding “information societies”? And, more important, in shaping their policies? Beyond counting people with broadband access, how can economic and social metrics inform broadband policies, help evaluate their outcomes, and create useful models for achieving national goals? This timely volume not only examines the traditional
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A Justice-Based Approach for New Media Policy

In the Paths of Righteousness

by Amit M. Schejter, Noam Tirosh ...

Series series Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)
In this book, distributional justice theories developed by John Rawls and Amartya Sen are applied to the governance of today’s media, proposing a fresh, and innovative assessment of the potential role for media in society. Three case studies describe the utilization of new media by marginalized communities in Israel – Ethiopian immigrants, the Bedouin and Palestinians – and set the stage for media ... Read more

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In this book, distributional justice theories developed by John Rawls and Amartya Sen are applied to the governance of today’s media, proposing a fresh, and innovative assessment of the potential role for media in society. Three case studies describe the utilization of new media by marginalized communities in Israel – Ethiopian immigrants, the Bedouin and Palestinians – and set the stage for media
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Learning In a Networked Society

Spontaneous and Designed Technology Enhanced Learning Communities

Edited by Yael Kali, Ayelet Baram-Tsabari, Amit M. Schejter ...

Series series Education (R0)
One of the most significant developments in contemporary education is the view that knowing and understanding are anchored in cultural practices within communities. This shift coincides with technological advancements that have reoriented end-user computer interaction from individual work to communication, participation and collaboration. However, while daily interactions are increasingly engulfed ... Read more

$143.99 USD

One of the most significant developments in contemporary education is the view that knowing and understanding are anchored in cultural practices within communities. This shift coincides with technological advancements that have reoriented end-user computer interaction from individual work to communication, participation and collaboration. However, while daily interactions are increasingly engulfed
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The Media World of ISIS

Edited by Michael Krona, Rosemary Pennington ...

This anthology explores how ISIS used media and propaganda, shedding light on the characteristics, mission, and tactics of its messaging.From efficient instructions on how to kill civilians to horrifying videos of beheadings, no terrorist organization has more comprehensively weaponized social media than ISIS. Its strategic, multiplatformed campaign is so effective that it has ensured global news ... Read more

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This anthology explores how ISIS used media and propaganda, shedding light on the characteristics, mission, and tactics of its messaging.From efficient instructions on how to kill civilians to horrifying videos of beheadings, no terrorist organization has more comprehensively weaponized social media than ISIS. Its strategic, multiplatformed campaign is so effective that it has ensured global news
... Read more
Democracy's Fourth Wave?

Digital Media and the Arab Spring

by Philip N. Howard, Muzammil M. Hussain ...

Series series Oxford Studies in Digital Politics
Did digital media really "cause" the Arab Spring, or is it an important factor of the story behind what might become democracy's fourth wave? An unlikely network of citizens used digital media to start a cascade of social protest that ultimately toppled four of the world's most entrenched dictators. Howard and Hussain find that the complex causal recipe includes several economic, political and ... Read more

$37.99 USD

Did digital media really "cause" the Arab Spring, or is it an important factor of the story behind what might become democracy's fourth wave? An unlikely network of citizens used digital media to start a cascade of social protest that ultimately toppled four of the world's most entrenched dictators. Howard and Hussain find that the complex causal recipe includes several economic, political and
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Muslim Fashion

Contemporary Style Cultures

by Reina Lewis ...

In the shops of London's Oxford Street, girls wear patterned scarves over their hair as they cluster around makeup counters. Alongside them, hip twenty-somethings style their head-wraps in high black topknots to match their black boot-cut trousers. Participating in the world of popular mainstream fashion—often thought to be the domain of the West—these young Muslim women are part of an emergent ... Read more

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In the shops of London's Oxford Street, girls wear patterned scarves over their hair as they cluster around makeup counters. Alongside them, hip twenty-somethings style their head-wraps in high black topknots to match their black boot-cut trousers. Participating in the world of popular mainstream fashion—often thought to be the domain of the West—these young Muslim women are part of an emergent
... Read more
An Exploration of the Influence of Cultural Predisposition on the Situational Leadership Model

by Dr. Daniel B. Kawame Acquaah ...

Understanding the importance of cultural predisposition could create a firmer foundation for the application of situational leadership on a global basis. European, Asian, Latin American, Middle-Eastern (Arab) and African leadership models are often different from that of the United States, though they share some common foundational principles. Within the context of globalization and the current ... Read more

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Understanding the importance of cultural predisposition could create a firmer foundation for the application of situational leadership on a global basis. European, Asian, Latin American, Middle-Eastern (Arab) and African leadership models are often different from that of the United States, though they share some common foundational principles. Within the context of globalization and the current
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External Communication in Social Media During Asymmetric Conflicts

A Theoretical Model and Empirical Case Study of the Conflict in Israel and Palestine

by Bernd Hirschberger ...

Social media increasingly shapes the way in which we perceive conflicts and conflict parties abroad. Conflict parties, therefore, have started using social media strategically to influence public opinion abroad. This book explores the phenomenon by examining, (1) which strategies of external communication conflict parties use during asymmetric conflicts and (2) what shapes the selection of these ... Read more

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Social media increasingly shapes the way in which we perceive conflicts and conflict parties abroad. Conflict parties, therefore, have started using social media strategically to influence public opinion abroad. This book explores the phenomenon by examining, (1) which strategies of external communication conflict parties use during asymmetric conflicts and (2) what shapes the selection of these
... Read more
Track Two Diplomacy and Jerusalem

The Jerusalem Old City Initiative

Edited by Tom Najem, John Bell, Michael Molloy, Michael Bell ...

Series series UCLA Center for Middle East Development (CMED)
‘Track Two Diplomacy and Jerusalem’is the first in a series of three books which collectively present the work of the Jerusalem Old City Initiative, or JOCI, a major Canadian-led Track Two diplomatic effort**,** undertaken between 2003 and 2014. JOCI’s raison d’être was to find sustainable governance solutions for the Old City of Jerusalem, arguably the most sensitive and intractable of the final ... Read more

$63.99 USD

‘Track Two Diplomacy and Jerusalem’is the first in a series of three books which collectively present the work of the Jerusalem Old City Initiative, or JOCI, a major Canadian-led Track Two diplomatic effort**,** undertaken between 2003 and 2014. JOCI’s raison d’être was to find sustainable governance solutions for the Old City of Jerusalem, arguably the most sensitive and intractable of the final
... Read more
The Evaluation Society

by Peter Dahler-Larsen ...

Evaluation—whether called by this name, quality assurance, audit, accreditation, or others—is an important social activity. Any organization that "lives in public" must now evaluate its activities, be evaluated by others, or evaluate others. What are the origins of this wave of evaluation? And, what worthwhile results emerge from it?The Evaluation Society argues that if we want to understand many ... Read more

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Evaluation—whether called by this name, quality assurance, audit, accreditation, or others—is an important social activity. Any organization that "lives in public" must now evaluate its activities, be evaluated by others, or evaluate others. What are the origins of this wave of evaluation? And, what worthwhile results emerge from it?The Evaluation Society argues that if we want to understand many
... Read more

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