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Aspirational Politics and Mobile Media Distribution

by Rahul Mukherjee ...

Series series Distribution Matters
How telecom companies in India have added a whole new group of mobile phone users—and the tremendous impact of this new reach.Around 2016, buoyed by affordable data plans of telecom companies, an aspirational neo-middle class of users in India accessed internet for the first time on their mobile phones. What kinds of digital infrastructures are emerging for content and money to move and reach such ... Read more

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How telecom companies in India have added a whole new group of mobile phone users—and the tremendous impact of this new reach.Around 2016, buoyed by affordable data plans of telecom companies, an aspirational neo-middle class of users in India accessed internet for the first time on their mobile phones. What kinds of digital infrastructures are emerging for content and money to move and reach such
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Radiant Infrastructures

Media, Environment, and Cultures of Uncertainty

by Rahul Mukherjee ...

Series series Sign, Storage, Transmission
In Radiant Infrastructures Rahul Mukherjee explores how the media coverage of nuclear power plants and cellular phone antennas in India—what he calls radiant infrastructures—creates environmental publics: groups of activists, scientists, and policy makers who use media to influence public opinion. In documentaries, lifestyle television shows, newspapers, and Bollywood films, and through other ... Read more

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In Radiant Infrastructures Rahul Mukherjee explores how the media coverage of nuclear power plants and cellular phone antennas in India—what he calls radiant infrastructures—creates environmental publics: groups of activists, scientists, and policy makers who use media to influence public opinion. In documentaries, lifestyle television shows, newspapers, and Bollywood films, and through other
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Media Backends

Digital Infrastructures and Sociotechnical Relations

by Lisa Parks, Julia Velkova, Sander de Ridder, Mark Andrejevic, Philippe Bouquillion, Jonathan Cohn, Faithe Day, Fatima Gaw0, Christine Ithurbide1, Anne Kaun2, Amanda Lagerkvist3, Alexis Logsdon4, Stine Lomborg5, Tim Markham6, Vicki Mayer7, Rahul Mukherjee8, Kaarina Nikunen9, Vibodh Parthasarathi0, Philipp Seuferling1, Ranjit Singh2, Jacek Smolicki3, Fredrik Stiernstedt4, Matilda Tudor5, Zala Volcic6 ...

Series series Geopolitics of Information
Exploring how we make, distribute, and consume today’s media systemsMedia backends--the electronics, labor, and operations behind our screens--significantly influence our understanding of the sociotechnical relations, economies, and operations of media. Lisa Parks, Julia Velkova, and Sander De Ridder assemble essays that delve into the evolving politics of the media infrastructural landscape. ... Read more

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Exploring how we make, distribute, and consume today’s media systemsMedia backends--the electronics, labor, and operations behind our screens--significantly influence our understanding of the sociotechnical relations, economies, and operations of media. Lisa Parks, Julia Velkova, and Sander De Ridder assemble essays that delve into the evolving politics of the media infrastructural landscape.
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Ghost Work

How to Stop Silicon Valley from Building a New Global Underclass

by Mary L. Gray, Siddharth Suri ...

In the spirit of Nickel and Dimed, a necessary and revelatory expose of the invisible human workforce that powers the web—and that foreshadows the true future of work.Hidden beneath the surface of the web, lost in our wrong-headed debates about AI, a new menace is looming. Anthropologist Mary L. Gray and computer scientist Siddharth Suri team up to unveil how services delivered by companies like ... Read more

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In the spirit of Nickel and Dimed, a necessary and revelatory expose of the invisible human workforce that powers the web—and that foreshadows the true future of work.Hidden beneath the surface of the web, lost in our wrong-headed debates about AI, a new menace is looming. Anthropologist Mary L. Gray and computer scientist Siddharth Suri team up to unveil how services delivered by companies like
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Your Computer Is on Fire

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Techno-utopianism is dead: Now is the time to pay attention to the inequality, marginalization, and biases woven into our technological systems.This book sounds an alarm: after decades of being lulled into complacency by narratives of technological utopianism and neutrality, people are waking up to the large-scale consequences of Silicon Valley-led technophilia. This book trains a spotlight on the ... Read more

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Techno-utopianism is dead: Now is the time to pay attention to the inequality, marginalization, and biases woven into our technological systems.This book sounds an alarm: after decades of being lulled into complacency by narratives of technological utopianism and neutrality, people are waking up to the large-scale consequences of Silicon Valley-led technophilia. This book trains a spotlight on the
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We, the Data

Human Rights in the Digital Age

by Wendy H. Wong ...

A rallying call for extending human rights beyond our physical selves—and why we need to reboot rights in our data-intensive world.Winner of the 2024 Balsillie Prize for Public PolicyShortlisted, 2024 Lionel Gelber PrizeOur data-intensive world is here to stay, but does that come at the cost of our humanity in terms of autonomy, community, dignity, and equality? In We, the Data, Wendy H. Wong ... Read more

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A rallying call for extending human rights beyond our physical selves—and why we need to reboot rights in our data-intensive world.Winner of the 2024 Balsillie Prize for Public PolicyShortlisted, 2024 Lionel Gelber PrizeOur data-intensive world is here to stay, but does that come at the cost of our humanity in terms of autonomy, community, dignity, and equality? In We, the Data, Wendy H. Wong
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Life in Media

A Global Introduction to Media Studies

by Mark Deuze ...

A new way to teach media studies that centers students’ lived experiences and diverse perspectives from around the world.From the intimate to the mundane, most aspects of our lives—how we learn, love, work, and play—take place in media. Taking an expansive, global perspective, this introductory textbook covers what it means to live in, rather than with, media. Mark Deuze focuses on the lived ... Read more

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A new way to teach media studies that centers students’ lived experiences and diverse perspectives from around the world.From the intimate to the mundane, most aspects of our lives—how we learn, love, work, and play—take place in media. Taking an expansive, global perspective, this introductory textbook covers what it means to live in, rather than with, media. Mark Deuze focuses on the lived
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Web3: The Insights You Need from Harvard Business Review

by Harvard Business Review, Andrew McAfee, Jeff John Roberts, Reid Blackman, Molly White ...

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Web3 may be the next big disrupter in business. Don't be caught unprepared.Blockchain and crypto aren't just for speculators anymore—they're the backbone of the rising decentralized internet. Web3 has the potential to rewrite the past decade's rules: monopolies may be shattered, the web could be remade, and an entirely new breed of products and services will likely emerge. Where does your business ... Read more

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Web3 may be the next big disrupter in business. Don't be caught unprepared.Blockchain and crypto aren't just for speculators anymore—they're the backbone of the rising decentralized internet. Web3 has the potential to rewrite the past decade's rules: monopolies may be shattered, the web could be remade, and an entirely new breed of products and services will likely emerge. Where does your business
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Against Platforms

Surviving Digital Utopia

by Mike Pepi ...

Series series Activist Citizens Library
A bold and imaginative critique of the hidden costs of digital life – and a manifesto for a better future . . .At the turn of the millennium, digital technologies seemed to have immense promise for transforming our society. With these powerful new tools, the thinking went, we would be free to live our best lives, connected to our communities in ways full of infinite potential.A quarter of a ... Read more

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A bold and imaginative critique of the hidden costs of digital life – and a manifesto for a better future . . .At the turn of the millennium, digital technologies seemed to have immense promise for transforming our society. With these powerful new tools, the thinking went, we would be free to live our best lives, connected to our communities in ways full of infinite potential.A quarter of a
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The Googlization of Everything

(And Why We Should Worry)

by Siva Vaidhyanathan ...

In the beginning, the World Wide Web was exciting and open to the point of anarchy, a vast and intimidating repository of unindexed confusion. Into this creative chaos came Google with its dazzling mission—"To organize the world’s information and make it universally accessible"—and its much-quoted motto, "Don’t be evil." In this provocative book, Siva Vaidhyanathan examines the ways we have used ... Read more

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In the beginning, the World Wide Web was exciting and open to the point of anarchy, a vast and intimidating repository of unindexed confusion. Into this creative chaos came Google with its dazzling mission—"To organize the world’s information and make it universally accessible"—and its much-quoted motto, "Don’t be evil." In this provocative book, Siva Vaidhyanathan examines the ways we have used
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Digital Media and Society

by Simon Lindgren ...

*What does it mean to live in a digital society?Does social media empower political activism?How do we form and express our identity in a digital age?Do algorithms and search engine results have a social role?How have software and hardware transformed how we interact with each other?*In the early 21st century, digital media and the social have become irreversibly intertwined. In this cutting-edge ... Read more

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*What does it mean to live in a digital society?Does social media empower political activism?How do we form and express our identity in a digital age?Do algorithms and search engine results have a social role?How have software and hardware transformed how we interact with each other?*In the early 21st century, digital media and the social have become irreversibly intertwined. In this cutting-edge
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Privacy and Big Data

The Players, Regulators, and Stakeholders

by Terence Craig, Mary E. Ludloff ...

Much of what constitutes Big Data is information about us. Through our online activities, we leave an easy-to-follow trail of digital footprints that reveal who we are, what we buy, where we go, and much more. This eye-opening book explores the raging privacy debate over the use of personal data, with one undeniable conclusion: once data's been collected, we have absolutely no control over who ... Read more

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Much of what constitutes Big Data is information about us. Through our online activities, we leave an easy-to-follow trail of digital footprints that reveal who we are, what we buy, where we go, and much more. This eye-opening book explores the raging privacy debate over the use of personal data, with one undeniable conclusion: once data's been collected, we have absolutely no control over who
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