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Media literacy series (Media literacy)
Par Megan Fromm. 2015
Six books featuring topics in media literacy. Discusses how to navigate and analyze information in the digital age. Includes Accuracy…
in Media, Digital Content Creation, Ethics and Digital Citizenship, Gathering and Sharing Digital Information, How Policy and Profit Shape Content, and Privacy and Digital Security. For junior and senior high readers. 2015Internet: edición 2015 (Informática para mayores)
Par Ana Martos Rubio. 2015
Editor-in-chief of Truthdig Robert Scheer discusses the widespread surveillance of the general public conducted by corporations and government agencies and…
condemns the erosion of privacy rights. He argues that the information revolution, despite its positive elements, contains the seeds of freedom's destruction in the form of a surveillance state. 2015Los innovadores: los genios que inventaron el futuro
Par Walter Isaacson. 2014
Author of Steve Jobs: La Biografia (DB 72993) chronicles the development of the digital age and the personalities involved. Proceeds…
from the 1833 meeting of Lady Ada Lovelace--sometimes described as the world's first computer programmer--and Charles Babbage--pioneer inventor of complex mechanical calculators--to the computer Watson's winning Jeopardy! in 2011. Spanish language. 2014Alan Turing: the enigma : the book that inspired the film The imitation game
Par Andrew Hodges. 2014
Examination of the life of mathematician Turing (1912-1954). Discusses his early studies in math and sciences, the development of his…
sexuality (for which he would stand trial in 1952), and his work on breaking the Germans' Enigma code during World War II. Basis for the Oscar-nominated movie The Imitation Game. Bestseller. 1983Data and Goliath: the hidden battles to collect your data and control your world
Par Bruce Schneier. 2015
Computer security expert details the state of data analysis in the twenty-first century, including the ways it is generated and…
collected, as well as how to protect it. He examines the entities collecting data, the ways data is analyzed, and the predictions it can make. 2015Newsmakers: Microsoft Founder and Philanthropist (Newsmakers)
Par Marylou Morano Kjelle. 2015
Eight books featuring newsworthy individuals. Includes: Bill Gates, Jeff Bezos, Malala Yousafzai, Mark Zuckerberg, Nelson Mandela, Pope Francis, Steve Jobs,…
and Vladimir Putin. The series covers their contributions to society as well as controversies. Questions to promote critical thinking are provided. For grades 4-7 and older readers. 2015Culture crash: the killing of the creative class
Par Scott Timberg. 2015
Journalist examines the effects of pervasive digital technology and attendant economic developments on the arts in the twenty-first century. Laments…
the decline of vibrant local cultural scenes. Discusses negative consequences for the creation of art in the first place, the disappearance of physical spaces that foster creativity, and future prospects. 2015@WAR: the rise of the military-Internet complex
Par Shane Harris. 2014
Journalist Shane Harris delves into the technologically-focused side of modern warfare. The "fifth domain" of warfare has found a home…
in United States defense agencies, many of whom employ teams of hackers against enemy targets. Cybersecurity and the use of data mining from tech giants like Google and Facebook are also discussed. 2014To build and retain business, Caesars Entertainment in Las Vegas mines customer data, tracking what customers like to play, what…
foods they enjoy, when they prefer to visit, and more. Many companies have adopted this model to remain competitive, but Tanner examines both the benefits and the destructive nature of this practice. 2014The Internet is Not the Answer
Par Andrew Keen. 2015
Columnist examines the negative effects of the Internet, from its inception in the 1960s with ARPANET to the twenty-first century.…
Examines business interests involved in the Internet's development, the Net's uses in military and government surveillance programs, and the culture of Silicon Valley,2015The innovators: how a group of hackers, geniuses, and geeks created the digital revolution
Par Walter Isaacson. 2014
Author of Steve Jobs (DB 73682) chronicles the development of the digital age and the personalities involved. Proceeds from the…
1833 meeting of Lady Ada Lovelace--sometimes described as the world's first computer programmer--and Charles Babbage--pioneer inventor of complex mechanical calculators--to the computer Watson winning Jeopardy! in 2011. 2014Investigative journalist for Forbes profiles well-known information activists of the early twenty-first century, including Julian Assange, founder of WikiLeaks; Bradley…
Manning; and Daniel Domscheit-Berg, founder of OpenLeaks. Examines the culture of politically motivated computer hackers. 2012The people's platform: taking back power and culture in the digital age
Par Astra Taylor. 2014
Journalist argues that the digital media empires of the early twenty-first century have not revolutionized "old" media as much as…
replaced it. Advocates for sustainable culture, which includes the preservation of digital media. 2014Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist reveals the methods that governments, organizations, companies, and criminals use to scoop up personal data from the…
Internet. Describes the techniques she employed to evade those "dragnets"--such as not using Gmail or Google's search engine--and discusses untraceable technology options. 2014The second machine age: work, progress, and prosperity in a time of brilliant technologies
Par Erik Brynjolfsson, Andrew McAfee. 2014
Brynjolfsson, director, and McAfee, principal research scientist of MIT's Center for Digital Business, explore the effects of digital technologies on…
our lives and economy. They examine the widening economic gaps and the capabilities of artificial intelligence, and propose tax, research, and education policy changes to reflect the changing environment. 2014Windows 8 for seniors for dummies
Par Mark Justice Hinton. 2012
Guide to Microsoft's Windows 8 operating system explains creating and organizing documents, connecting to the Internet, playing games, watching movies,…
using social networks, e-mailing, taking and sharing photos, protecting your data, and more. 2012Inside Apple: how America's most admired--and secretive--company really works
Par Adam Lashinsky. 2012
Computer industry reporter for Fortune magazine profiles the management practices of Apple Inc. Examines the transfer of leadership from Steve…
Jobs to Tim Cook in the two months prior to Jobs' death in 2011. Investigates the ways a culture of innovation is supported within the company. 2012Big data: a revolution that will transform how we live, work, and think
Par Viktor Mayer-Schönberger, Viktor Mayer-Schonberger, Kenneth Cukier, Kenneth Niel Cukier. 2013
Oxford professor and The Economist data editor explain the ways that large collections of data are making it possible to…
predict flu outbreaks, airline ticket prices, consumer interests, and more. They also discuss the risks of gathering so much information and the need to protect personal privacy. 2013Turing's cathedral: the origins of the digital universe
Par George Dyson. 2012
Technology historian examines the creation of one of the first computers: the Universal Machine proposed by Alan Turing in 1936.…
Chronicles the 1945 gathering of scientists, led by mathematician John von Neumann, who constructed the theoretical machine that would later assist early weather modeling and nuclear weapons development. 2012