New Books in Technology
Brian Clegg, “Big Data: How the Information Revolution Is Transforming Our Lives” (Icon Books, 2017)
Brian Clegg
Big Data
How the Information Revolution Is Transforming Our Lives
Icon Books, 2017

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Big Data: How the Information Revolution Is Transforming Our Lives (Icon Books, 2017), by Brian Clegg, is a relatively short book about a subject that has emerged only recently, but is rapidly becoming a significant force in the evolution… Read More
Eileen Le Han, “Micro-Blogging Memories: Weibo and Collective Remembering in Contemporary China” (Palgrave Macmillan, 2016)
Eileen Le Han
Micro-Blogging Memories
Weibo and Collective Remembering in Contemporary China
Palgrave Macmillan, 2016

New Books in CommunicationsNew Books in East Asian StudiesNew Books in JournalismNew Books in Peoples & PlacesNew Books in Politics & SocietyNew Books in Science & TechnologyNew Books in TechnologyNew Books Network July 12, 2017 Monica Wilkie

Since its invention, the Internet has become a fundamental part of our lives. Since the invention of social media, communicative technologies have changed our lives and influenced journalism and politics in ways that were unimaginable just ten years ago. In… Read More
Simone Muller, “Wiring the World: The Social and Cultural Creation of Global Telegraph Networks” (Columbia UP, 2016)
Simone Muller
Wiring the World
The Social and Cultural Creation of Global Telegraph Networks
Columbia University Press, 2016

New Books in CommunicationsNew Books in HistoryNew Books in Peoples & PlacesNew Books in Politics & SocietyNew Books in Science & TechnologyNew Books in Science, Technology, and SocietyNew Books in TechnologyNew Books in World AffairsNew Books Network July 10, 2017 Dexter Fergie

Simone Muller’s Wiring the World: The Social and Cultural Creation of Global Telegraph Networks (Columbia University Press, 2016) is a superb account of the laying of submarine telegraph cables in the nineteenth century and the battles over them in the… Read More
Thomas Hazlett, “The Political Spectrum: The Tumultuous Liberation of Wireless Technology” (Yale UP, 2017)
Thomas Hazlett
The Political Spectrum
The Tumultuous Liberation of Wireless Technology, from Herbert Hoover to the Smartphone
Yale University Press, 2017

New Books in American StudiesNew Books in CommunicationsNew Books in HistoryNew Books in Peoples & PlacesNew Books in Politics & SocietyNew Books in Science & TechnologyNew Books in Science, Technology, and SocietyNew Books in TechnologyNew Books Network June 30, 2017 Monica Wilkie

What better way to explore the history of media regulation than to go on a journey with the former chief economist of the FCC? Prior to introduction of the Federal Radio Commission in 1927, the radio spectrum was in chaos.… Read More
Andre Sirois, “Hip-Hop DJs and the Evolution of Technology: Cultural Exchange, Innovation, and Democratization” (Peter Lang, 2016)
Andre Sirois
Hip-Hop DJs and the Evolution of Technology
Cultural Exchange, Innovation, and Democratization
Peter Lang, 2016

New Books in American StudiesNew Books in Arts & LettersNew Books in MusicNew Books in Peoples & PlacesNew Books in Politics & SocietyNew Books in Popular CultureNew Books in Science & TechnologyNew Books in Sound StudiesNew Books in TechnologyNew Books Network June 13, 2017 Rich Schur

What is the role of the deejay in shaping hip-hop? Did deejays shape the technology that is used to create the music or were they simply consumers of mixers, faders, and microphones? What is the relationship between deejays and the… Read More

 
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