Digital and information technologies: social and ethical aspects

Do new forms of connection need more regulation and control?

This book intends to develop cyber awareness and technical knowledge in anyone who is interested in technology by looking at subjects and experiences the average person will have come into contact with in their life.

A global examination of what influences women''s participation in computing and what can be done to fix the gender gap.

An easy-to-read guide to protecting your digital life and your family online The rise of new technologies in our lives, which has taken us from powerful mobile phones to fitness trackers and smart appliances in under a decade, has also raised the need for everyone who uses these to protect themselves from cyber scams and hackers.

Death and Digital Media provides a critical overview of how people mourn, commemorate and interact with the dead through digital media.

Dieses Buch bietet als Band 3 einer zunächst vier Bände umfassenden Reihe grundlegende Informationen zum Thema „Soziale Nachhaltigkeit“.

This book provides an interdisciplinary lens for exploring, assessing, and coming to new understandings of smart cities and regions, focusing on the six dimensions of sensing, awareness, learning, openness, innovation, and disruption.

viii As we look for such a strategy, technological development races on with new technologies that make our efforts and existing technologies on which they are based obsolete in shorter and shorter periods.

This, the 40th issue of Transactions on Large-Scale Data- and Knowledge-Centered Systems, contains five revised selected regular papers.

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 5th Annual Smart City 360(deg) Summit, held in Braga, Portugal, in December 2019.

Eats, Shoots & Leaves for the internet age As language evolves faster than ever before, what is the future of 'correct' writing?

Over the past decade, 24/7 connectivity has given us not only convenience and fun but worries about privacy, interruptions while working or trying to enjoy family or other downtime, and new compulsions - from shopping to tweeting and cute-cat watching.

The Routledge Handbook of Esports offers the first fully comprehensive, interdisciplinary study of esports, one of the fastest growing sectors of the contemporary sports and entertainment industries.

The influx of computer technology into classrooms during the past decade raises the questions -- how can we teach children to use computers productively and what effect will learning to program computers have on them?

Computers and the Internet are an undeniable and inextricable part of our daily lives.

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 14th IFIP TC 9 International Conference on Human Choice and Computers, HCC14 2020, which was supposed take place in Tokyo, Japan, in September 2020, but the conference was cancelled due to the COVID-19 crisis.

A behind-the-scenes look at how digital surveillance is affecting the trucking way of lifeLong-haul truckers are the backbone of the American economy, transporting goods under grueling conditions and immense economic pressure.

The field of information technology continues to advance at a brisk pace, including the use of Remote Laboratory (RL) systems in education and research.

This book explores the innovations, disruptions and changes that are required to adapt in a fast-evolving landscape due to the extraordinary circumstances triggered by the COVID-19 pandemic.

In his In the blink of an eye, Walter Murch, the Oscar-awarded editor of The English Patient, Apocalypse Now, and many other outstanding movies, devises the Rule of Six -- six criteria for what makes a good cut.

This book discusses the increase in global competitiveness which challenges the manufacturing market to integrate design and product in order to improve quality and process.

The Metaverse seamlessly integrates the real world with the virtual world and allows avatars to engage in a broad range of activities including entertainment, social networking, and trading.

Primitive software chatbots emerged in the 1960s, evolving swiftly through the decades and becoming able to provide engaging human-to-computer interactions sometime in the 1990s.

If artificial intelligence, in its many forms, scares you, you're not alone.

Security is probably the most critical factor for the development of the "e;Information Society"e;.

Computing isn't only (or even mostly) about hardware and software; it's also about the ideas behind the technology.

This volume is the first to examine the social, cultural, and political implications of the shift from the traditional forms and functions of print-based libraries to the delivery of online information in educational contexts.

In the everyday world, much of what we do as social beings is dictated by how we perceive and manage our interpersonal space.

Fake News in Context defines fake news and sets it within a historical and international context.

A fascinating, insightful, and wonderfully written exploration of the document.

The Internet has been transformed in the past years from a system primarily oriented on information provision into a medium for communication and community-building.

The two most wanted terrorists in Southeast Asia - a Malaysian and a Singaporean - are on the run in the Philippines, but they manage to keep their friends and family updated on Facebook.

Although most people don't give security much attention until their personal or business systems are attacked, this thought-provoking anthology demonstrates that digital security is not only worth thinking about, it's also a fascinating topic.

Since the general public began to use the Internet in the mid 1990s, there has been a vast amount of investment by governments and commerce in digital communications technologies.

According to virtually every business writer, we are in the midst of a new "e;information age,"e; one that will revolutionize how workers work, how companies compete, perhaps even how thinkers think.

Cyber immune systems try to mimic the adaptive immune system of humans and animals because of its capability to detect and fend off new, unseen pathogens.

This book examines how algorithms in criminal justice, education, housing, elections and beyond affect autonomy, freedom, and democracy.

How making and sharing video games offer educational benefits for coding, collaboration, and creativity.

SECURITY AND PRIVACY IN THE INTERNET OF THINGS Provides the authoritative and up-to-date information required for securing IoT architecture and applications The vast amount of data generated by the Internet of Things (IoT) has made information and cyber security vital for not only personal privacy, but also for the sustainability of the IoT itself.

Rapid technological changes and availability of news anywhere and at any moment have changed how people seek out news.

This book constitutes the refereed conference proceedings of the 8th Annual Privacy Forum, APF 2020, held in Lisbon, Portugal, in October 2020.

Industry officials and government policymakers have for some time decried the lack of a framework for establishing and defending Research and Development (R&D) policies.

'A penetrating portrait of one of the most significant companies in the world' Ronan Farrow, author of Catch and Kill'With the skill of an award-winning journalist, Horwitz details the inner workings of the tech giant and their outcomes.