information society

"The tools of our information age-from search engines to data mining to smart appliances-grew directly out of conflicts from World War I to the present day. Explore how today's Information Society reflects a worldview shaped by a century of war"--.

"As experts greeted the new generation of digital natives with extravagant hopes for their high-tech future, he pegged them as the dumbest generation. Today, their future doesn't look so bright, and their present is pretty grim. The twenty-somethings who spent their childhoods staring into a screen are lonely and purposeless, unfulfilled at work and at home. Many of them are even suicidal. The Dumbest Generation Grows Up is an urgently needed update on the Millennials, explaining their not-so-quiet desperation and, more important, the threat that their ignorance poses to the rest of us. Lacking skills, knowledge, religion, and a cultural frame of reference, Millennials are anxiously looking for something to fill the void. Their mentors have failed them. Unfortunately, they have turned to politics to plug the hole in their souls"--Amazon.

"In a world of deepfakes, it will soon be impossible to tell what is real and what isn't. As advances in artificial intelligence, video creation, and online trolling continue, deepfakes pose not only a real threat to democracy--they threaten to take voter manipulation to unprecedented new heights. This crisis of misinformation which we now face has since been dubbed the 'Infocalypse.' In [this book], [the author] uses her expertise from working in the field to reveal . . . examples of deepfakery and explain the . . . political consequences of the Infocalypse, both in terms of national security and what it means for public trust in politics"--Amazon.

"When the world's largest search engine/social media company, The Circle, merges with the planet's dominant e-commerce site, it creates the richest and most dangerous-and, oddly enough, most beloved-monopoly ever known: 'The Every'"--Provided by publisher.

"Digital citizenship curriculum needs to be taught at two levels at once--horizontal (the world immediately around students) and vertical (connecting to the rest of the world). This book provides education leaders a strategic road map that demonstrates how to incorporate these concepts into the curriculum . . . [It] provides a five-year-plan for developing a digital citizenship program in your school; covers such topics as digital ethics and leveled approaches to digital citizenship; walks through the digital citizenship responsibilities and opportunities inherent in various roles, including library media specialists, classroom educators and special ed teachers; and offers strategies for spreading digital citizenship internationally and explores the future of digital citizenship"--Provided by publisher.

"[The author argues that] the information age has helped fuel a surge in narcissistic and misguided intellectual egalitarianism that has crippled informed debates on any number of issues . . . [Moreover, he asserts that] all voices, even the most ridiculous, demand to be taken with equal seriousness, and any claim to the contrary is dismissed as undemocratic elitism . . . [This book] is not only an exploration of [what the author argues is] a dangerous phenomenon but also a warning about the stability and survival of modern democracy in the information age"--Provided by publisher.

Examines how economy, culture, and family life may change due to the coming of age of a generation of digital natives--individuals who have been exposed to technology their entire lives; and discusses the challenges they face.

"Blending reportage, family history, and intellectual adventure, [this book] explores how we can reimagine our politics and ourselves when reality seem to be coming apart"--Provided by publisher.

Explores privacy and technology in the 21st century, including activists, the media, and more.

Explores privacy and technology in the 21st century, including activists, the media, and more.