Media Studies category: 113 books
by Angela Daly
Language: English
Release Date: May 20, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: May 20, 2016
Additive manufacturing or ‘3D printing’ has emerged into the mainstream in the last few years, with much hype about its revolutionary potential as the latest ‘disruptive technology’ to destroy existing business models, empower individuals and evade any kind of government control. This book...
by Daniel Defoe
Language: English
Release Date: February 23, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: February 23, 2015
ALL Men pretend the Licentiousness of the Press to be a publick Grievance, but it is much easier to say it is so, than to prove it, or prescribe a proper Remedy; nor is it the easiest Grievance to Cure. To put a general stop to publick Printing, would be a check to Learning, a Prohibition...
Human Rights Movement and Discourse
Its emergence and constituition in Argentina
Language: English
Release Date: November 9, 2012
This book accounts for the process of emergence and constitution of the human rights movement and discourse during the last military dictatorship in Argentina (1976-1983). Central to this account is the contention that the movement's emergence and constitution should not be understood as a necessary...
Drugs
America's Holy War
Language: English
Release Date: August 6, 2012
Using the best scientific evidence, Drugs: America's Holy War explores the impact and cost of America’s "War on Drugs" – both in tax spending and in human terms. Is it possible that US drug policies are helping to proliferate, not prevent, a multitude of social ills including: homicide,...
Terror and the War on Dissent
Freedom of Expression in the Age of Al-Qaeda
Language: English
Release Date: June 29, 2009
Located within wider debates about ‘security versus liberty’ in our post 9/11 world, the book analyses the new landscape of UK counter terrorism powers and offences and focuses upon the deleterious consequences of the so-called ‘war on terror’ on freedom of political expression and association....
Television Courtroom Broadcasting Effects
The Empirical Research and the Supreme Court Challenge
Language: English
Release Date: July 5, 2013
Court and policy makers have increasingly had to deal with—and sometimes even embrace—technology, from podcasts to the Internet. Televised courtroom broadcasting especially remains an issue. The debate surrounding the US Supreme Court and federal courts, as well as the great disparity between...
Regulating the Web
Network Neutrality and the Fate of the Open Internet
Language: English
Release Date: December 16, 2012
Since its popularization in the mid 1990s, the Internet has impacted nearly every aspect of our cultural and personal lives. Over the course of two decades, the Internet remained an unregulated medium whose characteristic openness allowed numerous applications, services, and websites to flourish....
Protection of Traditional Cultural Expressions in Latin America
A Legal and Anthropological Study
Language: English
Release Date: May 19, 2015
This book analyses the topic of protecting traditional cultural expressions (TCEs) in Latin America. It questions classic legal approaches and involves the interface of anthropology and law. The study analyses regional, national and local particularities of law on paper and law in reality. It includes...
JUROR 11
A STORY OF MURDER A STORY OF JUDGMENT
Language: English
Release Date: August 7, 2016
Ever wanted to be a juror on an important trial? Now is your chance. In this book, you’ll be a virtual juror, experiencing the challenges of a trial involving murder, deception, judgment and plenty of excitement.
In Juror 11, you will journey into a courtroom, taking your place in one of...
Indigenous Cultural Heritage and Intellectual Property Rights
Learning from the New Zealand Experience?
Language: English
Release Date: January 8, 2014
Now more than ever, indigenous peoples’ interests in their cultural heritage are in the spotlight. Yet, there is very little literature that comprehensively discusses how existing laws can and cannot be used to address indigenous peoples’ interests. This book assesses how intangible aspects of...
Frameworks for Modeling Cognition and Decisions in Institutional Environments
A Data-Driven Approach
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2014
This book deals with the theoretical, methodological, and empirical implications of bounded rationality in the operation of institutions. It focuses on decisions made under uncertainty, and presents a reliable strategy of knowledge acquisition for the design and implementation of decision-support...
by Enyinna Nwauche
Language: English
Release Date: May 26, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: May 26, 2017
This book evaluates the protection of traditional cultural expressions in Africa using South Africa, Kenya, Nigeria and Ghana as case study examples in the light of regional and international approaches in this respect. Such protection is considered in the context of a combination of positive protection...
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Language: English
Release Date: June 26, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: June 26, 2018
This volume offers a general overview on the handling and regulating electronic evidence in Europe, presenting a standard for the exchange process. Chapters explore the nature of electronic evidence and readers will learn of the challenges involved in upholding the necessary standards and maintaining...
by Dieter Dörr, Arnold Picot, Bernd Holznagel
Language: German
Release Date: March 13, 2017
Language: German
Release Date: March 13, 2017
Der Medienkonsum verändert sich. Neben die klassischen Programmfamilien treten netzbasierte Angebote global agierender Player, die auf allen Endgeräten aus einer Hand lineare und nicht-lineare Inhalte sowie zahlreiche begleitende Dienste anbieten. Hinzu kommt eine umfassende Personalisierung durch...