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Record Nr.

UNINA9910462094003321

Titolo

(Re)inventing the Internet [[electronic resource] ] : critical case studies / / edited by Andrew Feenberg, Norm Friesen

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Rotterdam ; ; Boston, : Sense Publishers, c2012

ISBN

9786613709608

94-6091-734-8

1-280-79921-8

Edizione

[1st ed. 2012.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (140 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

FeenbergAndrew

FriesenNorm

Disciplina

370

Soggetti

Internet

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Preliminary Material / Andrew Feenberg and Norm Friesen -- Introduction / Andrew Feenberg -- Rationalizing Play / M. Grimes and Andrew Feenberg -- Alternative Rationalisations and Ambivalent Futures / Edward Hamilton and Andrew Feenberg -- Experiencing Surveillance / Norm Friesen , Andrew Feenberg , Grace Smith and Shannon Lowe -- Subactivism / Maria Bakardjieva -- Hacking for Social Justice / Kate Milberry -- Index / Andrew Feenberg and Norm Friesen.

Sommario/riassunto

Although it has been in existence for over three decades, the Internet remains a contested technology. Its governance and role in civic life, education, and entertainment are all still openly disputed and debated. The issues include censorship and network control, privacy and surveillance, the political impact of activist blogging, peer to peer file sharing, the effects of video games on children, and many others. Media conglomerates, governments and users all contribute to shaping the forms and functions of the Internet as the limits and potentialities of the technologies are tested and extended. What is most surprising about the Internet is the proliferation of controversies and conflicts in which the creativity of ordinary users plays a central role. The title, (Re)Inventing the Internet, refers to this extraordinary flowering of agency



in a society that tends to reduce its members to passive spectators. This collection presents a series of critical case studies that examine specific sites of change and contestation. These cover a range of phenomena including computer gaming cultures, online education, surveillance, and the mutual shaping of digital technologies and civic life.

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Record Nr.

UNINA9910784982903321

Titolo

Geographic variation in behavior [[electronic resource] ] : perspectives on evolutionary mechanisms / / edited by Susan A. Foster, John A. Endler

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Oxford University Press, 1999

ISBN

0-19-756044-X

1-280-52685-8

9786610526857

0-19-535948-8

1-4294-0423-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (337 p.)

Collana

Oxford scholarship online

Altri autori (Persone)

FosterSusan Adlai

EndlerJohn A. <1947->

Disciplina

591.5

Soggetti

Animal behavior - Evolution

Animals - Variation

Animal ecology

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Previously issued in print: 1999.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Contributors; Introduction and Aims; 1. The Use of Behavioral Ecotypes in the Study of Evolutionary Processes; 2. Different Spatial Scales of Natural Selection and Gene Flow: The Evolution of Behavioral Geographic Variation and Phenotypic Plasticity; 3. The Evolution of Behavioral Norms of Reaction as a Problem in Ecological Genetics: Theory, Methods, and Data; 4. Geographic Variations on Methodological Themes in Comparative Ethology: A Natricine Snake



Perspective

5. Geographic Variation in Behavior of a Primate Taxon: Stress Responses as a Proximate Mechanism in the Evolution of Social Behavior6. Ecology, Phenotype, and Character Evolution in Bluegill Sunfish: A Population Comparative Approach; 7. The Causes and Consequences of Geographic Variation in Antipredator Behavior: Perspectives from Fish Populations; 8. Geographic Variation and the Microevolution of Avian Migratory Behavior; 9. Effects of Relaxed Natural Selection on the Evolution of Behavior

10. Variation in Advertisement Calls of Anurans across Zonal Interactions: The Evolution and Breakdown of Homogamy11. Geographic Variation in Animal Communication Systems; 12. Geographic Variation in Sexual Behavior: Sex, Signals, and Speciation; 13. Thoughts on Geographic Variation in Behavior; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; X; Z

Sommario/riassunto

'Geographic Variation in Behavior' explores the evolution of geographic variation in behaviour within species. The contributors have pioneered a variety of approaches to using geographically variable behavioural phenotypes for addressing evolutionary issues. They summarize advances in the field to date, evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of various approaches, and give a clear and balanced overview of this area.