Information: Keywords (Kennerly Michele)(Paperback)

Information: Keywords (Kennerly Michele)(Paperback)

For decades, we have been told we live in the 'information age'--a time when disruptive technological advancement has reshaped the categories and social uses of knowledge and when quantitative assessment is increasingly privileged. Such methodologies and concepts of information are usually

Keywords for Disability Studies (Adams Rachel)(Paperback)

A new vocabulary for Disability Studies Keywords for Disability Studies aims to broaden and define the conceptual framework of disability studies for readers and practitioners in the field and beyond. The volume engages some of the most pressing debates of our time, such as prenatal testing,

Keywords in Sound (Novak David)(Paperback)

In twenty essays on subjects such as noise, acoustics, music, and silence, Keywords in Sound presents a definitive resource for sound studies, and a compelling argument for why studying sound matters. Each contributor details their keyword's intellectual history, outlines its role in cultural,

A-Z of Groups and Groupwork (Doel Mark)(Paperback)

Launching Palgrave's new interdisciplinary Professional Keywords series, this reader-friendly reference guide distils the vast field of groupwork study and practice into digestible, yet authoritative, chunks. With over 60 alphabetized entries, it is the perfect introduction to groupwork for health

Keywords for Environmental Studies (Adamson Joni)(Paperback)

A new vocabulary for Environmental Studies Understandings of 'nature' have expanded and changed, but the word has not lost importance at any level of discourse: it continues to hold a key place in conversations surrounding thought, ethics, and aesthetics. Nowhere is this more evident than in the

Information Technology Law (Lloyd Ian)(Paperback)

Information technology affects all aspects of modern life. From the information shared on social media such as Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram to online shopping and mobile devices, it is rare that a person is not touched by some form of IT every day. Information Technology Law examines the legal

Management of Information Security (Whitman Michael E.)(Paperback)

MANAGEMENT OF INFORMATION SECURITY, Sixth Edition prepares you to become an information security management practitioner able to secure systems and networks in a world where continuously emerging threats, ever-present attacks and the success of criminals illustrate the weaknesses in current

Keywords for Comics Studies (Fawaz Ramzi)(Paperback)

Introduces key terms, research traditions, debates, and histories, and offers a sense of the new frontiers emerging in the field of comics studies Across more than fifty original essays, Keywords for Comics Studies provides a rich, interdisciplinary vocabulary for comics and sequential art. The

Interacting with Information (Blandford Ann)(Paperback)

We live in an 'information age,' but information is only useful when it is interpreted by people and applied in the context of their goals and activities. The volume of information to which people have access is growing at an incredible rate, vastly outstripping people's ability to assimilate and

Keywords for American Cultural Studies, Third Edition (Burgett Bruce)(Paperback)

A timely, wide-ranging, expanded, and updated vocabulary for American Cultural Studies Since its initial publication, scholars and students alike have turned to Keywords for American Cultural Studies as an invaluable resource for understanding key terms and debates in the fields of American studies

Information Security Handbook (Death Darren)(Paperback)

Keywords for Children's Literature, Second Edition (Nel Philip)(Paperback)

An updated vocabulary for children's literature and culture Over the past decade, there has been a proliferation of exciting new work across many areas of children's literature and culture. Mapping this vibrant scholarship, the Second Edition of Keywords for Children's Literature presents original

Uncertain Archives: Critical Keywords for Big Data (Thylstrup Nanna Bonde)(Paperback)

Scholars from a range of disciplines interrogate terms relevant to critical studies of big data, from abuse and aggregate to visualization and vulnerability. This pathbreaking work offers an interdisciplinary perspective on big data, interrogating key terms. Scholars from a range of disciplines

Essentials of MIS (Laudon Kenneth)(Paperback)

For introductory courses in Information Systems or Management Information Systems. Connect essential MIS concepts to everyday life Essentials of MIS is an in-depth look at how today's businesses use information technologies and systems to achieve their corporate objectives. Current real-world

Tourism Information Technology (Benckendorff Pierre J.)(Paperback)

Love and Information (Churchill Caryl)(Paperback / softback)

Keywords: The New Language of Capitalism (Leary John Patrick)(Paperback)

A lexicon of our age of inequality, which decodes the new vocabulary of capitalism for a broad

Writing Intersectional Identities: Keywords for Creative Writers (Adsit Janelle)(Paperback)

Is it okay to write about people of other genders, races and identities? And how do I do this responsibly? Whether you are working in fiction, poetry, drama or creative non-fiction, becoming conscious of how you represent people of different social identities is one of the most important

Business Information Systems (Beynon-Davies Paul)(Paperback)

This textbook offers students a systematic guide to how information systems underpin organisational activity in today's global information society, covering everything from ICT infrastructure and the digital environment to electronic marketing, mobile commerce and design thinking. While

Sauces - Savoury & Sweet (Roux Michel OBE)(Paperback / softback)

Michel Roux's definitive guide to

In Athena's Camp - Preparing for Conflict in the Information Age (Arquilla John)(Paperback / softback)

A collection of essays about conflict in the information age that show how the information revolution is altering the nature of

Panorama (Fiffe Michel)(Paperback)

On Solitude (Montaigne Michel)(Paperback)

What Is Information?, 55 (Janich Peter)(Paperback)

A novel way of looking at information challenges longstanding dogmas--from a preeminent German thinker It is widely agreed that we live in an 'information age,' but what exactly is information? This small, seemingly facile question is in fact surprisingly difficult, and it has occupied many of the