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The Privacy Advocates: Resisting the Spread of Surveillance by Bennett, Colin J

“…Today, personal information is captured, processed, and disseminated in a bewildering variety of ways, and through increasingly sophisticated, miniaturized,…”
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Double Dividend: Environmental Taxes and Fiscal Reform in the United States by Jorgenson, Dale W, IV, Richard J. Goettle, Ho, Mun S, Wilcoxen, Peter J

“…Energy utilization, especially from fossil fuels, creates hidden costs in the form of pollution and environmental damages. The costs are well documented but…”
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Aesthetics of Interaction in Digital Art by Kwastek, Katja

“…An art-historical perspective on interactive media art that provides theoretical and methodological tools for understanding and analyzing digital art…”
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Quantum Computing Without Magic: Devices by Meglicki, Zdzislaw

“…This text offers an introduction to quantum computing, with a special emphasis on basic quantum physics, experiment, and quantum devices. Unlike many other…”
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Life after New Media: Mediation as a Vital Process by Kember, Sarah, Zylinska, Joanna

“…An argument for a shift in understanding new media—from a fascination with devices to an examination of the complex processes of mediation. In Life after New…”
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Abelard to Apple: The fate of American colleges and universities by DeMillo, Richard A

“…The vast majority of American college students attend two thousand or so private and public institutions that might be described as the Middle--reputable…”
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Your Everyday Art World by Relyea, Lane

“…A critic takes issue with the art world's romanticizing of networks and participatory projects, linking them to the values of a globalized, neoliberal economy…”
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Digital Citizenship: The Internet, Society, and Participation by Mossberger, Karen, Tolbert, Caroline J, McNeal, Ramona S

“…This analysis of how the ability to participate in society online affects political and economic opportunity finds that technology use matters in wages and…”
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The Shadows of Consumption: Consequences for the Global Environment by Dauvergne, Peter

“…An environmentalist maps the hidden costs of overconsumption in a globalized world by tracing the environmental consequences of five commodities…”
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Stuck in the Shallow End: Education, Race, and Computing by Margolis, Jane

“…An investigation into why so few African American and Latinx high school students are studying computer science reveals the dynamics of inequality in American…”
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Institutions and Environmental Change: Principal Findings, Applications, and Research Frontiers by Young, Oran R, King, Leslie A, Schroeder, Heike, Underdal, Arild, Mitchell, Ronald B, Galaz, Victor, Olsson, Per, Hahn, Thomas, Folke, Carl, Svedin, Uno

“…This overview of recent research on how institutions matter in tackling environmental problems reports the findings and policy implications of a decade-long…”
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Digital Culture, Play, and Identity: A World of Warcraft® Reader by Corneliussen, Hilde G, Rettberg, Jill Walker, Rettberg, Scott, MacCallum-Stewart, Esther, Langer, Jessica, Aarseth, Espen, Krzywinska, Tanya, Klastrup, Lisbeth, Taylor, T. L, Mortensen, Torill Elvira

“…Exploring World of Warcraft as both cultural phenomenon and game, with contributions by writers and researchers who have immersed themselves in the WoW…”
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Game Sound: An Introduction to the History, Theory, and Practice of Video Game Music and Sound Design by Collins, Karen

“…A distinguishing feature of video games is their interactivity, and sound plays an important role in this: a player's actions can trigger dialogue, sound…”
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Hijacking Sustainability by Parr, Adrian

“…How the sustainability movement has been co-opted: from ecobranding by Wal-Mart to the "greening" of the American military.The idea of "sustainability" has…”
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Streetlights and Shadows: Searching for the Keys to Adaptive Decision Making by Klein, Gary A

“…An expert explains how the conventional wisdom about decision making can get us into trouble--and why experience can't be replaced by rules, procedures, or…”
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Cinematic Mythmaking: Philosophy in Film by Singer, Irving

“…Film is the supreme medium for mythmaking. The gods and heroes of mythology are both larger than life and deeply human; they teach us about the world, and they…”
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Engineering Invention: Frank J. Sprague and the U.S. Electrical Industry by Dalzell, Frederick

“…Over the course of a little less than twenty years, inventor Frank J. Sprague (1857-1934) achieved an astonishing series of technological breakthroughs--from…”
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The Epicenter of Crisis: The New Middle East by Lennon, Alexander T. J, Kozlowski, Amanda, Bronson, Rachel, Bradley, John R, Okruhlik, Gwenn, Zisser, Eyal, Ross, Dennis, Byman, Daniel, el-Hokayem, Emilie, Pascual, Carlos

“…Analysis of the security challenges presented by six states in the crucible of post-9/11 geopolitical change: Saudi Arabia, Syria, Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan, and…”
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Net Smart: How to Thrive Online by Rheingold, Howard

“…Like it or not, knowing how to make use of online tools without being overloaded with too much information is an essential ingredient to personal success in…”
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From Gutenberg to the Global Information Infrastructure: Access to Information in the Networked World by Borgman, Christine L

“…Will the emerging global information infrastructure (GII) create a revolution in communication equivalent to that wrought by Gutenberg, or will the result be…”
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