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Download this eBook Digital Degrowth
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Digital Degrowth


Neil Selwyn


We are fast approaching the point of “peak digital”, with the continued mass production and excessive consumption of digital technologies set to become a key driver of climate crisis, ecological breakdown and ongoing societal instability. Digital Degrowth is a call to...

Publication date: 2025-07-21
Format: ePub
Publisher: Polity
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£13,70
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Critical Data Studies


Rob Kitchin


Critical Data Studies has come of age as a vibrant, interdisciplinary field of study. Taking data as its primary analytical focus, the field theorises the nature of data; examines how data are produced, managed, governed and shared; investigates how they are used to...

Publication date: 2024-12-09
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Publisher: Polity
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Twitch


Mark R. Johnson


Twitch is the leading live streaming platform in most of the world and an integral part of contemporary digital gaming culture. Millions of people broadcast their game play (as well as other activities) to over a hundred million people who regularly visit the site. In...

Publication date: 2024-06-19
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Publisher: Polity
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Download this eBook Why AI Undermines Democracy and What To Do About It
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Why AI Undermines Democracy and What To Do About It


Mark Coeckelbergh


Across the world, AI is used as a tool for political manipulation and totalitarian repression. Stories about AI are often stories of polarization, discrimination, surveillance, and oppression. Is democracy in danger? And can we do anything about it?    In this...

Publication date: 2024-02-15
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Publisher: Polity
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Critical Theory of AI


Simon Lindgren


We live in an age of artificial intelligence. Machines think and act in ever more complex ways, making suggestions and decisions on our behalf. While AI might be seen as practical and profitable, issues of data surveillance, algorithmic control, and sexist and racist...

Publication date: 2023-10-17
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Publisher: Polity
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Is AI Good for the Planet?


Benedetta Brevini


Artificial intelligence (AI) is presented as a solution to the greatest challenges of our time, from global pandemics and chronic diseases to cybersecurity threats and the climate crisis. But AI also contributes to the climate crisis by running on technology that...

Publication date: 2021-10-14
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Publisher: Polity
Collection: Digital Futures
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Download this eBook The Ambivalent Internet
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The Ambivalent Internet


Ryan M. Milner , Whitney Phillips


This book explores the weird and mean and in-between that characterize everyday expression online, from absurdist photoshops to antagonistic Twitter hashtags to deceptive identity play. Whitney Phillips and Ryan M. Milner focus especially on the ambivalence of this...

Publication date: 2018-03-15
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Publisher: Polity
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The Closing of the Net


Monica Horten


This inspirational book provides the backstory to current attempts by states and corporations to control the Internet. It explains key issues such as privacy, net neutrality and copyright in a way that is accessible to non-experts, as well as providing a clear,...

Publication date: 2016-05-18
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The Information Society


Robert Hassan


What are we to make of the information society? Many prominent theorists have argued it to be the most profound and comprehensive transformation of economy, culture and politics since the rise of the industrial way of life in the 18th century. Some saw its arrival in a...

Publication date: 2013-04-25
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Publisher: Polity
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