This open access volume assesses the influence of our changing media environment. Today, there is not one single medium that is the driving force of change. With the spread of various technical communication media such as mobile phones and internet platforms, we are confronted with a media manifold of deep mediatization. But how can we investigate its transformative capability? This book answer…
There is as yet no collection that examines the longer histories of global humanitarianism and media culture, which would enable readers to consider the various continuities, as well as the differences, characterising the mass media’s relationship with international humanitarian crisis and relief. This collection examines this relationship from the 1950s to the present, from Marshall Plan doc…
The bicycle is almost unique among human-powered machines in that it uses human muscles in a near-optimum way. This essential volume offers a comprehensive account of the history of bicycles, how human beings propel them, what makes them go faster—and what keeps them from going even faster. Over the years, and through three previous editions, Bicycling Science has become the bible of technica…
Inevitably, life on Earth will come to an end, whether by climate disaster, cataclysmic war, or the death of the sun in a few billion years. To avoid extinction, we will have to find a new home planet, perhaps even a new solar system, to inhabit. In this provocative and fascinating book, Christopher Mason argues that we have a moral duty to do just that. As the only species aware that life on E…
An investigation of the causes and consequences of the strange, ambivalent, and increasingly central role of infrastructure repair in modern life. Infrastructures—communication, food, transportation, energy, and information—are all around us, and their enduring function and influence depend on the constant work of repair. In this book, Christopher Henke and Benjamin Sims explore the caus…
Environmental management; marine; freshwater sciences
Termasuk prosiding lengkap Konferensi Pemasaran Multikultural 1998, Menawarkan penelitian dan wawasan berkualitas di bidang pemasaran multikultural, Termasuk kontribusi yang berkaitan dengan strategi pemasaran, manajemen pemasaran, dan perilaku konsumen. --> Terima kasih telah membagikan pesan ini dari Academy of Marketing Science mengenai prosiding AMS tahun 1998 dari konferensi Montreal tenta…
Declining access to fresh water is one of the twenty-first century’s most pressing environmental and human rights challenges, yet the struggle for water is not a new cause. The 8,800-kilometer border dividing Canada and the United States contains more than 20 percent of the world’s total freshwater resources, and Border Flows traces the century-long effort by Canada and the United States to…
Hasil Simposium Asia Pasifik ke-18 tentang Sistem Cerdas dan Evolusioner, Ditulis oleh para ahli terkemuka dari kawasan Asia Pasifik. --> Buku ini adalah kumpulan makalah yang dipresentasikan pada Simposium Asia Pasifik ke-18 tentang Sistem Cerdas dan Evolusioner (IES 2014) di Singapura. Simposium yang disponsori oleh Memetic Computing Society dan disponsori bersama oleh berbagai institusi term…
"Humanizing Encounters is about the sense of community that exists between persons with dementia. This book is the outcome of a year of ethnographic fieldwork at the specialized dementia care units of two different long-term nursing facilities. Through participatory observation in these units, the author discerned the various ways residents interacted, collaborated and expressed care for each o…