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Data versus Democracy

How Big Data Algorithms Shape Opinions and Alter the Course of History

By: Kris Shaffer

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Data versus Democracy

How Big Data Algorithms Shape Opinions and Alter the Course of History

By: Kris Shaffer

Human attention is in the highest demand it has ever been. The drastic increase in available information has compelled individuals to find a way to sift through the media that is literally at their fingertips. Content recommendation systems have emerged as the technological solution to this social and informational problem, but they’ve also created a bigger crisis in confirming our biases by showing us only, and exactly, what it predicts we want to see. Data versus Democracy investigates and explores how, in the era of social media, human cognition, algorithmic recommendation systems, and human psychology are all working together to reinforce (and exaggerate) human bias. The dangerous confluence of these factors is driving media narratives, influencing opinions, and possibly changing election results. In this book, algorithmic recommendations, clickbait, familiarity bias, propaganda, and other pivotal concepts are analyzed and then expanded upon via fascinating and timely case studies: the 2016 US presidential election, Ferguson, GamerGate, international political movements, and more events that come to affect every one of us. What are the implications of how we engage with information in the digital age? Data versus Democracy explores this topic and an abundance of related crucial questions. We live in a culture vastly different from any that has come before. In a society where engagement is currency, we are the product. Understanding the value of our attention, how organizations operate based on this concept, and how engagement can be used against our best interests is essential in responsibly equipping ourselves against the perils of disinformation. Who This Book Is For Individuals who are curious about how social media algorithms work and how they can be manipulated to influence culture. Social media managers, data scientists, data administrators, and educators will find this book particularly relevant to their work.

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1484245407

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Crossroads and Cultures, Volume A: To 1300

A History of the World's Peoples

By: Bonnie G. Smith,Marc Van De Mieroop,Richard von Glahn,France Vinton Scholes Chair in Colonial Latin American History Kris Lane,Kris Lane

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Crossroads and Cultures, Volume A: To 1300

A History of the World's Peoples

By: Bonnie G. Smith,Marc Van De Mieroop,Richard von Glahn,France Vinton Scholes Chair in Colonial Latin American History Kris Lane,Kris Lane

Crossroads and Cultures: A History of the World’s Peoples incorporates the best current cultural history into a fresh and original narrative that connects global patterns of development with life on the ground. As the title, “Crossroads,” suggests, this new synthesis highlights the places and times where people exchanged goods and commodities, shared innovations and ideas, waged war and spread disease, and in doing so joined their lives to the broad sweep of global history. Students benefit from a strong pedagogical design, abundant maps and images, and special features that heighten the narrative’s attention to the lives and voices of the world’s peoples. Test drive a chapter today. Find out how.

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Macmillan

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0312571615

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9780312571610

Crashing the Party

Legacies and Lessons from the RNC 2000

By: Kris Hermes

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Crashing the Party

Legacies and Lessons from the RNC 2000

By: Kris Hermes

Over the past fifteen years, people in the United States—and dissidents in particular—have witnessed a steady escalation of the National Security State, including invasive surveillance and infiltration, indiscriminate police violence, and unlawful arrests. These concerted efforts to spy on Americans and undermine meaningful social change are greatly enhanced by the coordination of numerous local, state, and federal agencies often operating at the behest of private corporations. Normally associated with the realities of a post-9/11 world, Crashing the Party shows how these developments were already being set in motion during the Republican National Convention (RNC) protests in 2000. It also documents how, in response, dissidents confronted new forms of political repression by pushing legal boundaries and establishing new models of collective resistance. Crashing the Party explains how the events of 2000 acted as a testing ground in which Philadelphia Police Commissioner John Timoney was able to develop repressive methods of policing that have been used extensively across the U.S. ever since. At the same time, these events also provided a laboratory for the radical, innovative, and confrontational forms of legal support carried out by R2K Legal, a defendant-led collective that raised unprecedented amounts of money for legal defense, used a unique form of court solidarity to overcome hundreds of serious charges, and implemented a PR campaign that turned the tide of public opinion in favor of dissidents. While much has been written about the global-justice era of struggle, little attention has been paid to the legal struggles of the period or the renewed use of solidarity tactics in jail and the courtroom that made them possible. By analyzing the successes and failures of these tactics, Crashing the Party offers rare insight into the mechanics and concrete effects of such resistance. In this way, it is an invaluable resource for those seeking to confront today’s renewed counterintelligence tactics.

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PM Press

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1629631388

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9781629631387

Subversive Seas

Anticolonial Networks across the Twentieth-Century Dutch Empire

By: Kris Alexanderson

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Subversive Seas

Anticolonial Networks across the Twentieth-Century Dutch Empire

By: Kris Alexanderson

This revealing portrait of the oceanic Dutch Empire exposes the maritime world as a catalyst for the downfall of European imperialism.

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Cambridge University Press

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1108472028

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9781108472029

Crossroads and Cultures, Volume I: To 1450

A History of the World's Peoples

By: Bonnie G. Smith,Marc Van De Mieroop,Richard von Glahn,Kris Lane

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A History of the World's Peoples

By: Bonnie G. Smith,Marc Van De Mieroop,Richard von Glahn,Kris Lane

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Macmillan

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0312442130

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9780312442132

Cyanide & Happiness: Twenty Years Wasted (A Questionable Recollection Of The First Two Decades)

By: Kris Wilson,Dave McElfatrick,Rob DenBleyker

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Cyanide & Happiness: Twenty Years Wasted (A Questionable Recollection Of The First Two Decades)

By: Kris Wilson,Dave McElfatrick,Rob DenBleyker

A fresh collection of fan-favorite webcomics have made their way to print for the very first time, along with brand-new, never-before-seen strips. But this is no mere collection of comic strips! Cyanide & Happiness: Twenty Years Wasted (A Questionable Recollection Of The First Two Decades) also features the mostly-true history of Cyanide & Happiness as told by its creators – Kris Wilson, Rob DenBleyker, and Dave McElfatrick. Reverently assembled with firsthand commentary, never-before-seen internal documents, insights into their creative process, and, yes, even incriminating photographs. Kris, Rob, and Dave will walk down memory lane, stopping at twenty different Cyanide & Happiness strips that tell the story of their history thus far.

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Boom! Studios

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1637969627

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9781637969625

From Here to There

A Curious Collection from the Hand Drawn Map Association

By: Kris Harzinski

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From Here to There

A Curious Collection from the Hand Drawn Map Association

By: Kris Harzinski

From Here to There celebrates these ephemeral documents--usually forgotten or tossed aside after having served their purpose--giving them their due as artifacts representing stories from people's lives around the world. There is the young woman suffering from juvenile rheumatoid arthritis who created maps of the Humira injections on her stomach and thighs to help her remember the sites, and give them time to heal. Or the young boy who imagined a whole country for ants and put it to paper. Lucas from Australia drew an obsessively detailed map of his local traffic island, and a teenage girl contributed a map of her high school locker. Two American tourists got lost in the Bulgarian mountains following the hand drawn map of a local, and Britanny from Denmark drew directions to an animal rights protest in Copenhagen. The maps featured in From Here to There are as varied and touching as the stories they tell.

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Princeton Architectural Press

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1616891874

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9781616891879

Crossroads and Cultures, Volume B: 500-1750

A History of the World's Peoples

By: Bonnie G. Smith,Marc Van De Mieroop,Richard von Glahn,Kris Lane

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Crossroads and Cultures, Volume B: 500-1750

A History of the World's Peoples

By: Bonnie G. Smith,Marc Van De Mieroop,Richard von Glahn,Kris Lane

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Llewellyn's Sun Sign Book

Horoscopes for Everyone!

By: Kris Brandt Riske

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Llewellyn's Sun Sign Book

Horoscopes for Everyone!

By: Kris Brandt Riske

Going well beyond simple horoscopes, this insightful astrological guide places the entire year in planetary context. Action tables reveal the best dates to begin a romance, take a vacation, move, and other important endeavors. This edition also features rewarding/challenging days for each month.

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0738705527

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9780738705521

Data versus Democracy

How Big Data Algorithms Shape Opinions and Alter the Course of History

By: Kris Shaffer

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Data versus Democracy

How Big Data Algorithms Shape Opinions and Alter the Course of History

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Book's by Kris Shaffer

Data versus Democracy

Data versus Democracy

Crossroads and Cultures, Volume A: To 1300

Crossroads and Cultures, Volume A: To 1300

Crashing the Party

Crashing the Party

Subversive Seas

Subversive Seas

Crossroads and Cultures, Volume I: To 1450

Crossroads and Cultures, Volume I: To 1450

Cyanide & Happiness: Twenty Years Wasted (A Questionable Recollection Of The First Two Decades)

Cyanide & Happiness: Twenty Years Wasted (A Questionable Recollection Of The First Two Decades)

From Here to There

From Here to There

Crossroads and Cultures, Volume B: 500-1750

Crossroads and Cultures, Volume B: 500-1750

Llewellyn's Sun Sign Book

Llewellyn's Sun Sign Book

Data versus Democracy

Data versus Democracy

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