Mobile communication
by Ling, Richard Seyler, Donner, Jonathan
fromDigital media and society series
Bourdieu and the journalistic field
Until recently, a handbook on neurosociology would have been viewed with skepticism by sociologists, who have long been protective of their disciplinary domain against perceived encroachment by biology. But a number of developments in the last decade or so have made sociologists…
"Benjamin Gregg believes human rights can be created by the ordinary people whom they address; are valid only if embraced by those to whom they apply; and need not be identical in all communities"-- "Most conceptions of human rights rely on metaphysical or theological assumptio…
"Since 2008, we have found ourselves confronted by an historic financial holocaust that world leaders have struggled to come to terms with. As explained by Harry Shutt--who was almost alone in foreseeing such a disaster a decade before it happened [in the 1990s (in The Trouble w…
The information subject
by Aronowitz, Stanley, Poster, Mark
fromCritical voices in art, theory and culture