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St. James Encyclopedia of Popular Culture: 3

St. James Press, 2000

Thirty some years ago Ray Browne and several of his colleagues provided a forum for the academic study of popular culture by forming first the Journal of Popular Culture and later the Popular Culture Association and the Center for the Study of Popular Culture at Bowling Green State University. Twenty some years ago Thomas Inge thought...

The Wiley Handbook of Vocational Education and Training (Wiley Handbooks in Education)

John Wiley & Sons, 2019

A collection of the theories, practices, and policies of vocational education and training written by international experts

The Wiley Handbook of Vocational Education and Training offers an in-depth guide to the theories, practices, and policies of vocational education and training (VET). With contributions...

Encyclopedia Of Human Computer Interaction

Idea Group Publishing, 2005

Human computer interaction (HCI) evolved as a recognized discipline that attracts innovation and creativity. For the last 25 years, it inspired new solutions, especially for the benefit of the user as a human being, making the user the focal point that technology should serve rather than the other way around. The advent of the Internet, combined...

Knowledge Needs and Information Extraction: Towards an Artificial Consciousness (ISTE)

John Wiley & Sons, 2013

The title of this book is both subversive and ambitious. It is subversive because few academic publications deal with this subject. There has, of course, been work done in robotics on artificially reproducing a “human” movement. One can also find more cognitive works about the way of reasoning – i.e. storing and...

The Role of Labour Mobility and Informal Networks for Knowledge Transfer

Springer, 2004

The purpose of this volume is to analyze the microfoundations of knowledge spillovers. The microeconomic analysis of spillovers leads to the insight that the spillover and flow of knowledge is not at all automatic. Instead, this volume suggests that a filter exists between knowledge and its economic application. The focus of this volume is on...

The Interplay Between Political Theory and Movies: Bridging Two Worlds

Springer, 2018

This book presents essays and scientific contributions examining the link between popular media and politics. The essays focus on the question of how political and social change, concepts of power, and utopian elements are reflected in selected films and television series. The book applies a political science perspective, covering...

The Inside Text: Social, Cultural and Design Perspectives on SMS (The Computer Supported Cooperative Work Series)

Springer, 2005

Mobile phones and the short-text messaging service (SMS or “text”) in particular
are new social phenomena, much marvelled at and much commented upon (See
Brown et al, 2002; Katz & Aakhus, 2002; Ling, 2004). This success is said to be
because mobiles allow new levels of micromanagement in an age of fraught and...

The Network Society: Social Aspects of New Media

Sage Publications, 2005

The last three decades have witnessed a dramatic acceleration in the use, demand, and need for telecommunications, data communication, and mass communication transmitted and integrated into networks. Through a synthesis of contemporary theories about modernization, this book offers a broad-ranging introduction to the 'network' society in all its...

How to Research

Open University Press, 2006

"...an immensely useful resource." - Nursing Times Research "As a graduate research student, I have come across a number of books claiming to inform the reader 'how to research', and have become sceptical...This book challenges that scepticism and is to be warmly welcomed." - Research Policy and Planning." "...an...

The Handbook of High Performance Virtual Teams: A Toolkit for Collaborating Across Boundaries

Jossey-Bass, 2008

The Handbook of High-Performance Virtual Teams

The Handbook of High-Performance Virtual Teams is an essential resource for leaders, virtual team members, and work group leaders. The editors provide a proven framework based on five principles for working collaboratively across boundaries of time, space, and culture. Written by experts in the...

Labour and the Challenges of Globalization: What Prospects for Transnational Solidarity

Pluto Press, 2008

'Labour and the Challenges of Globalization breaks new ground by anchoring the response of labour to globalization in the strategies of individual labour movements. Through ten excellent country reports, leading labour scholars show how new struggles are emerging in the face of hyper-competition and the expanding informalisation of work. It is a...

The Business and Culture of Digital Games: Gamework and Gameplay

Sage Publications, 2006

"Fusing digital technologies and cultural creativity, exploiting global networks of production and distribution with little regulation and embodying the liberal ideas of individual choice and agency, digital games seem to epitomize global post-industrial neo-liberal cultural products. Kerr finds reality a bit more complex. For all their...

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