Woke Gaming: Digital Challenges to Oppression and Social Injustice (Gray Kishonna L.)(Paperback)

Woke Gaming: Digital Challenges to Oppression and Social Injustice (Gray Kishonna L.)(Paperback)

From #Gamergate to the 2016 election, to the daily experiences of marginalized perspectives, gaming is entangled with mainstream cultures of systematic exploitation and oppression. Whether visible in the persistent color line that shapes the production, dissemination, and legitimization of dominant

Prefigurative Politics: Building Tomorrow Today (Raekstad Paul)(Paperback)

Many of us wonder what we could possibly do to end oppression, exploitation, and injustice. People have studied revolutions and protest movements for centuries, but few have focused on prefigurative politics, the idea of 'building the new society within the shell of the old'. Fed up with

Feminism in Play (Gray Kishonna L.)(Paperback)

Feminism in Play focuses on women as they are depicted in video games, as participants in games culture, and as contributors to the games industry. Contributors analyze the interconnections between games and the broader societal and structural issues impeding the successful inclusion of women in

Social Policy: A Critical and Intersectional Analysis (Williams Fiona)(Paperback)

Welfare states face profound challenges. Widening economic and social inequalities have been intensified by austerity politics, sharpened by the rise in ethno-nationalism and exposed by the COVID-19 pandemic. At the same time, recent decades have seen a resurgence of social justice activism at both

The Short Guide to Health and Social Care (Glasby Jon)(Paperback)

As a field, health and social care is facing considerable challenge and debate, in the UK and internationally. This clear and succinct text offers a valuable introductory guide to this multidisciplinary subject, helping people who want to study or work in health and social care understand why these

Digital Social Research (Veltri Giuseppe a.)(Paperback)

To analyse social and behavioural phenomena in our digitalized world, it is necessary to understand the main research opportunities and challenges specific to online and digital data. This book presents an overview of the many techniques that are part of the fundamental toolbox of the digital

Fear of a Queer Planet, 6: Queer Politics and Social Theory (Warner Michael)(Paperback)

Reveals how queer activists and theorists have come to challenge basic assumptions of social and political

Accountability, Social Responsibility and Sustainability: Accounting for Society and the Environment (Gray Rob)(Paperback / softback)

A Republic of Equals: A Manifesto for a Just Society (Rothwell Jonathan)(Paperback)

Why political inequality is to blame for economic and social injustice Political equality is the most basic tenet of democracy. Yet in America and other democratic nations, those with political power have special access to markets and public services. A Republic of Equals traces the massive income

The Mediated Construction of Reality: Society, Culture, Mediatization (Couldry Nick)(Paperback)

Social theory needs to be completely rethought in a world of digital media and social media platforms driven by data processes. Fifty years after Berger and Luckmann published their classic text The Social Construction of Reality, two leading sociologists of media, Nick Couldry and Andreas Hepp,

Juvenile Justice in Europe: Past, Present and Future (Goldson Barry)(Paperback)

At a time when Europe is witnessing major cultural, social, economic and political challenges and transformations, this book brings together leading researchers and experts to consider a range of pressing questions relating to the historical origins, contemporary manifestations and future prospects

Learning Theories in Childhood (Gray Colette)(Paperback)

Focusing on the early philosophies of learning and key behavioural, cognitive, and social theorists, including Locke, Rousseau, Montessori, Piaget, Vygotsky, Bandura, Bronfenbrenner & Bruner, this popular book provides a comprehensive overview of children′s learning. The authors highlight the

Blind Injustice: A Former Prosecutor Exposes the Psychology and Politics of Wrongful Convictions (Godsey Mark)(Paperback)

Awarded Digital Book World's Best Book Published by a University Press In this unprecedented view from the trenches, prosecutor turned champion for the innocent Mark Godsey takes us inside the frailties of the human mind as they unfold in real-world wrongful convictions. Drawing upon stories from

Influence: How Social Media Influencers Are Shaping Our Digital Future (McCorquodale Sara)(Paperback)

A detailed review of what businesses need to know about influencer strategies, social media and how digital communication works. Digital influencing is one of the most exciting and disruptive new industries, forecast to be worth billions by 2020, but those charged with making this an effective

Social Media Freaks: Digital Identity in the Network Society (Kidd Dustin)(Paperback)

Social media has been transforming American and global cultural life for over a decade. It has flattened the divide between producer and audience found in other forms of culture while also enriching some massive corporations. At the core of Social Media Freaks is the question: Does social media

Digital Media and Society: Transforming Economics, Politics and Social Practices (White A.)(Paperback)

Referencing key contemporary debates on issues like surveillance, identity, the global financial crisis, the digital divide and Internet politics, Andrew White provides a critical intervention in discussions on the impact of the proliferation of digital media technologies on politics, the economy

Perspectives on Deviance and Social Control (Inderbitzin Michelle L.)(Paperback)

Perspectives on Deviance and Social Control provides a sociological examination of deviance and social control in society. Derived from the same author team's successful text/reader version, this concise and student-friendly resource uses sociological theories to illuminate a variety of issues

Music and Social Justice: A Guide for Elementary Educators (Benedict Cathy)(Paperback)

In this book author Cathy Benedict challenges and reframes traditional ways of addressing many of the topics we have come to think of as social justice. Offering practical suggestions for helping both teachers and students think philosophically (and thus critically) about the world around them,

Sex, Likes and Social Media: Talking to Our Teens in the Digital Age (Havey Allison)(Paperback)

Welcome to the world of the Digital Native, where self-esteem is measured in Likes, everyone is sexting and 'Pimps and Hoes' is an acceptable party theme. Dates have been replaced with swipes, rape jokes are hilarious and 'No' means 'Yes'. For most parents, the digital landscape that our kids and

Digital Detox: The Politics of Disconnecting (Syvertsen Trine)(Paperback)

Social media and smartphones are criticised for being addictive, destroying personal relationships, undermining productivity, and invading privacy. In this book, Trine Syvertsen explores the phenomenon of digital detox: users taking a break from digital media or adopting measures to limit

Film Curatorship: Archives, Museums, and the Digital Marketplace (Usai Paolo Cherchi)(Paperback)

What are the major issues and challenges that film archives, cin math ques, and film museums are bound to face in the digital age and at a time when there is an expectation of access on demand? What is curatorship, and what does it imply in the context of film preservation and presentation? Is

Digital Design and Computer Architecture (Harris Sarah L.)(Paperback)

Amish Christmas Twins (Gray Shelley Shepard)(Paperback)

In these heartwarming, faith-affirming stories, three Amish families face the joys, and challenges, of the holidays--with fruitful results . . . THE CHRISTMAS NOT-WISH New York Times and USA Today Bestselling Author Shelley Shepard Gray When the foster parents they've cautiously grown to love

Forgotten Continent: A History of the New Latin America (Reid Michael)(Paperback)

A newly updated edition of the best-selling primer on the social, political, and economic challenges facing Central and South America Ten years after its first publication, Michael Reid's best-selling survey of the state of contemporary Latin America has been wholly updated to reflect the new