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Media Studies

Philosophy

Social Knowledge Creation in the Humanities Volume 2

Mauro Aaron

ISBN: PB: 9781649590084, University of Chicago Press, Iter Press, December 2020
513 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 37 colour plates, 5 halftones, 42 figures

In the humanities, the field of "social knowledge creation" has helped define how social media platforms and other collaborative spaces have shaped humanistic critique in the twenty-first century. The ability to access and organize information and pe...

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Jewish Studies

Media Studies

Anti-Journalist Karl Kraus and Jewish Self-Fashioning in Fin-de-Siecle Europe

Reitter Paul

ISBN: PB: 9780226754574, University of Chicago Press, November 2020
256 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm

In turn-of-the-century Vienna, Karl Kraus created a bold new style of media criticism, penning incisive satires that elicited both admiration and outrage. Kraus's spectacularly hostile critiques often focused on his fellow Jewish journalists, which b...

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Computer Science & Internet

Media Studies

Lie Machines How to Save Democracy from Troll Armies, Deceitful Robots, Junk News Operations, and Political Operatives

Howard Philip N.

ISBN: HB: 9780300250206, Yale University Press, June 2020
224 pp., 20.9x13.9 cm

Artificially intelligent "bot" accounts bolster or berate politicians on Twitter. Conspiracy theorists publish junk news sites to promote their bunk. Campaigners create fake dating profiles to attract young voters. We live in a world of technologies...

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Media Studies

Culture Studies

Jet Age Aesthetic The Glamour of Media in Motion

Schwartz Vanessa R.

ISBN: HB: 9780300247466, Yale University Press, February 2020
232 pp., 25.4x17.7 cm, 98 colour illus., 52 black&white illus.

Vanessa R. Schwartz engagingly presents the jet plane's power to define a new age at a critical moment in the mid-20th century, arguing that the craft's speed and smooth ride allowed people to imagine themselves living in the future. Exploring realms...

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Media Studies

After Net Neutrality A New Deal for the Digital Age

Pickard Victor, Berman David Elliot

ISBN: HB: 9780300241402, Yale University Press, January 2020
192 pp., 17.8x12.7 cm, 4 black&white illus.

This short book is both a primer that explains the history and politics of net neutrality and an argument for a more equitable framework for regulating access to the internet. Pickard and Berman argue that we should not see internet service as a comm...

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