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Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
People have been addicted to substances for thousands of years. For the past two decades, we've also been hooked on technologies, such as Instagram, Netflix, and Facebook -- inventions that we've adopted because we assume they'll make our lives better. These inventions have profound upsides, but their extraordinary appeal isn't an accident. Technology companies and marketers have teams of engineers and researchers devoted to keeping us engaged. They...
Author
Publisher
Yale University Press
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Cancellation, scapegoating, raving on Twitter. How did the Internet, which began as a place for open thought and exchange, become a forum for cruelty and judgment? Can a whole culture become mentally ill? How do we understand and respond to this problem? Mark Edmundson views contemporary culture and discourse through Freud's concept of the super-ego, the moralistic and frequently irrational inner judge. The poet William Blake was attuned to this...
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Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Based in Sydney, Australia, Karen Pearlman and Richard James Allen have been making dance films since 1985. They formed The Physical TV Company in 1997. This collection features three of their over 20 works for the camera: Rubberman Accepts The Nobel Prize (2001). A superhero who speaks only the language of dance makes an outrageous, graceful, and rambunctious physical acceptance speech. No surrender (2002). A young Indigenous woman is invaded, terrorized,...
Series
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Do you know when and where are you being targeted for marketing? It may be more often and in more places than you think. Advertising in the digital age features interviews with cutting-edge advertising and media professionals who give an overview of how to navigate new media marketing techniques in the digital age, including: Traditional techniques: Review of tried and true advertising techniques. New media, new techniques: Advertising is a mix of...
Author
Series
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
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Description
Managing the Digital You: Where and How to Keep and Organize Your Digital Life is a much-needed guide for those struggling with how to manage and preserve their digital items. Starting with a values assessment, this book helps readers identify what items are important to them so they can effectively prioritize their time and effort. Covering multimedia, correspondence, legacy planning, password protection, photos, nondigital documents, financial and...
Series
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
This film explores how technology has driven marketing over the past 50 years, from the golden age of television ads to the internet revolution of today. History: marketing has been around from earliest times. But it was the industrial revolution which brought mass consumption, mass production and the mass media. In the twentieth century marketing came of age, promising endless growth and prosperity. But the market economy also brought boom, bust...
Author
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
Amid the push for self-driving cars and the roboticization of industrial economies, automation has proven one of the biggest news stories of our time. Yet the wide-scale automation of the news itself has largely escaped attention. In this lively exposé of that rapidly shifting terrain, Nicholas Diakopoulos focuses on the people who tell the stories--increasingly with the help of computer algorithms that are fundamentally changing the creation, dissemination,...
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
Technology and media fuel the world today, and the Internet is a big part of that. Along with using the Internet comes the added responsibility of following certain rules and staying safe. Readers of this essential volume learn why it is so important to stay protected online. They'll see how the choices they make might seem harmless in the moment, but could actually have severe consequences. Concise, accessible text is paired with vibrant illustrations,...
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Series
Language
English
Description
Playing video games is a fun hobby for many, but sometimes a hobby can turn into an obsession. When this happens, it's time to make some important choices. Readers of this innovative book follow along as one boy's life becomes taken over by his fixation on video games. They'll see the importance of striving to make positive decisions, taking control of your life, and learning from your actions. Vibrant illustrations and relatable characters help readers...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Anyone can learn computer science, even at the elementary school level. This book delves into the essential computer science concept of debugging using age-appropriate language and colorful illustrations. A meaningful storyline is paired with an accessible curricular topic to engage and excite readers. This book introduces readers to a relatable character and familiar situation, which demonstrates how debugging is used in everyday life. Readers will...
Author
Publisher
Penguin Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"The origin story of the Age of Disinformation: the candid inside tale of two online media rivals, Jonah Peretti of HuffPost and Buzzfeed and Nick Denton of Gawker Media, whose delirious pursuit of attention at scale in the first two decades of the 21st century helped release the dark forces that would overtake the internet and American society. If attention is the new oil, Ben Smith's Traffic is the story of the time between the first gusher and...
Author
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
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"Renowned media scholar Sherry Turkle investigates how a flight from conversation undermines our relationships, creativity, and productivity--and why reclaiming face-to-face conversation can help us regain lost ground,"--Amazon.com.
"Preeminent author and researcher Sherry Turkle has been studying digital culture for over thirty years. Long an enthusiast for its possibilities, here she investigates a troubling consequence: at work, at home, in politics,...
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Language
English
Description
Sarah lives in a town full of superheros, but she has yet to earn her own superhero cape. The tradition is that when you save the day you earn your cape, but how will Sarah ever get a cape when her older brother, Andy, swoops in every time. One fateful day, Andy downloads a malware virus on the family computer - one that infects the whole town! Luckily, a school cyber education program has been teaching Sarah all about cyber safety and how to protect...
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Thorny, spiny, and prickly plants can be found in many places throughout the world. These adaptations help keep the plants safe. As a consequence, some of these plants can hurt animals and humans. Many of these plants contain toxins that give people rashe
17) Puce et puce
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Language
Français
Description
Une puce logée dans le long poil d'un chien est expulsée de son nid. Elle aboutit à l'intérieur d'un ordinateur o elle fait la connaissance d'une puce électronique. Quel genre de vie mène une puce électronique ? Est-ce que la puce de chien aurait envie d'habiter dans cette mystérieuse boîte ?
Author
Language
English
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Description
When the town pariah Lizzie Oullette is found dead, with her husband missing, Detective Ian Bird discovers a link to a social media influencer and wife of a disgraced billionaire who had a relationship with Lizzie that cut across class boundaries-and ultimately became deadly.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Anyone can learn computer science, even at the elementary school level. This book delves into computer science careers using age-appropriate language and colorful illustrations. A meaningful storyline is paired with an accessible curricular topic to engage and excite readers. This book introduces readers to a relatable character and familiar situation, which demonstrates computer science careers in everyday life. Readers will follow a narrator as...
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Series
Language
Français
Description
Massive Online Mess — Chocs
Un scénariste-programmeur et une étudiante en neurologie altèrent secrètement un jeu massivement multijoueurs en ligne pour tenter de réduire la violence dans le monde.
Sébastien croit aimer Alexandra. En fait, il n'en est pas encore bien certain. Il faut dire qu'il est constamment en train de développer un jeu vidéo qui absorbe toute son énergie et sa créativité. Donc pas vraiment le temps d'investir dans...
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