1.

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.

UNINA9910961827103321

Autore

Lee Kibeom <1966->

Titolo

The H factor of personality : why some people are manipulative, self-entitled, materialistic, and exploitive-- and why it matters for everyone / / Kibeom Lee and Michael C. Ashton

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Waterloo, Ont., : Wilfrid Laurier University Press, c2012

ISBN

9781554588657

1554588650

9781554588640

1554588642

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (212 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

AshtonMichael C <1970-> (Michael Craig)

Disciplina

155.2/64

Soggetti

Personality

Honesty - Psychologicial aspects

Humility - Psychological aspects

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Issued as part of the Canadian Electronic Library. Canadian publishers collection.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [191]-201).

Nota di contenuto

Meet the H factor -- The missing link of personality psychology -- HEXACO: the six dimensions of personality -- A field guide to low-H people -- Can you tell someone's level of H? -- Do high-H people flock together? -- Politics -- Religion -- Money, power, and sex -- How to identify low-H people, and how to live around them.

Sommario/riassunto

People who have high levels of H are sincere and modest; people who have low levels are deceitful and pretentious. The “H” in the H factor stands for “Honesty-Humility,” one of the six basic dimensions of the



human personality.   It isn’t intuitively obvious that traits of honesty and humility go hand in hand, and until very recently the H factor hadn’t been recognized as a basic dimension of personality. But scientific evidence shows that traits of honesty and humility form a unified group of personality traits, separate from those of the other five groups identified several decades ago. This book, written by the discoverers of the H factor, explores the scientific findings that show the importance of this personality dimension in various aspects of people’s lives: their approaches to money, power, and sex; their inclination to commit crimes or obey the law; their attitudes about society, politics, and religion; and their choice of friends and spouse. Finally, the book provides ways of identifying people who are low in the H factor, as well as advice on how to raise one’s own level of H.