Choose an application

• Reference Manager
• EndNote
• RefWorks (Direct export to RefWorks)

“Bob Hanke’s “Smarter Toronto” is an important study of a key event in the recent history of urban planning, technological innovataion and urban journalism. The book masterfully weaves together complex theoretical ideas while remaining readable and deeply engaged with the events it describes. Hanke’s account of Google’s failed Sidewalk project in Toronto should interest anyone concerned with media, urban democracy and the future of cities.” —Will Straw, James McGill Professor of Urban Media Studies, McGill University This book bridges media, technocultural, urban, and journalism studies to examine the role of journalism in relation to a smart city project on Toronto’s waterfront. From the announcement of the public-private partnership called Sidewalk Toronto to the project’s termination, a mediatized controversy unfolded. Through an assemblage approach to this project and a case study of The Globe and Mail and the Toronto Star,it follows the actors and chronicles the Quayside project story as a conversation about the promise and perils of a future “smart” neighbourhood. In the news of Waterfront Toronto, Sidewalk Labs, other actors, events, and developments, there were multiple voices and views, interpretations and arguments, that manifested conflicting interests and values. As a locally situated actor, journalism produced a porous discourse that expressed a proposeand- public pushback movement. This work of articulating mediation conditioned the project’s alteration and dissolution within asymmetrical relations of power. In addition to a wave of opposition that inflected the project’s enactment, a time lag between project time and governmental policymaking made the controversy over this future urban space intractable. With their residual symbolic power, quality journalism contributed to dialogical urban learning. Bob Hanke, a former a faculty member in the Department of Communication & Media Studies, York University, Canada, is currently an independent scholar living in Toronto.

Journalism. --- Digital media. --- Mass media --- Science --- News Journalism. --- Digital and New Media. --- Media Ethics. --- Science and Technology Studies. --- Moral and ethical aspects. --- Social aspects.

Choose an application

• Reference Manager
• EndNote
• RefWorks (Direct export to RefWorks)

“This book discusses how misinformation is used to manipulate the public and deny empirically verified evidence and truths, why humans have become more and more susceptible to fake news, and how the spread of misinformation can be managed and controlled using technologies such as AI.” —Frank Biocca, New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, NJ, US “Bringing the cognitive science of misinformation to AI, the book guides you through the focal points and possible pitfalls of artificial misinformation. Informed by years of research, the book provides insightful analytics on the misinformation dynamics that lie at the intersection of human minds and the double-edged sword of AI.” —John Pavlik, Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick, NJ, US This book serves as a guide to understanding the dynamics of AI in human contexts with a specific focus on the generation, sharing, and consumption of misinformation online. How do humans and AI interact? How is AI shaping our understanding of ourselves and our societies? What are the interaction mechanisms that govern how humans and algorithms contribute to misinformation online? And how do we bridge the gap between ethical considerations and practical realities to make responsible, reliable systems? Exploring these questions, the book empowers humans to make AI design choices that allow them meaningful control over AI and the online sphere. Calling for an interdisciplinary approach toward human-misinformation algorithmic interaction that focuses on building methods and tools that robustly deal with complex psychological/social phenomena, the book offers a compelling insight into the future of AI-based society. Dr. Shin is a Chair and Professor at the College of Media and Communication at Texas Tech University. He was the founding Chair of the Department of Interaction Science, an industry-academia research initiative sponsored by Samsung and the Ministry of Education in Korea. He was awarded an Endowed Distinguished Professorship by the Ministry of Education in Korea and a SKK Endowed Chair (2010-2016). .

Human-computer interaction. --- Misinformation. --- Digital media. --- Mass media --- Internet --- Science --- Digital and New Media. --- Media Ethics. --- Internet Studies. --- Science and Technology Studies. --- Moral and ethical aspects. --- Social aspects.

Choose an application

• Reference Manager
• EndNote
• RefWorks (Direct export to RefWorks)

“… The volume does a terrific job of raising the bar on pressing ethical questions about this deeply troubling topic.” - Eran Guter, Senior Lecturer in Philosophy, The Max Stern Yezreel Valley College, Israel. This book addresses the growing use of computerized systems to influence people’s decisions without their awareness, a significant but underappreciated sea-change in the way the world works. To assess these systems, this volume’s contributors explore the philosophical and ethical dimensions of algorithms that guide people’s behavior by nudging them toward choices preferred by systems architects. Particularly in an era of heightened awareness of bias and discrimination, these systems raise profound concerns about the morality of such activities. This volume brings together a diverse array of thinkers to critically examine these nudging systems. Not only are high-level perspectives presented, but so too are of those who use them on a day-to-day basis. While algorithmic nudging can produce benefits for users there are also many less-obvious costs to using such systems, costs that require examination and deliberation. This book is a major step towards delineating these concerns and suggesting ways to provide a sounder basis for future policies for algorithms. It should be of interest to system designers, public policymakers, scholars, and those who wonder more deeply about the nudges they receive from various websites and on their phones. James E. Katz, Ph.D., Dr.h.c., is the Feld Professor of Emerging Media at Boston University, United States. Among his honors is the 2021 Frederick Williams Prize from the International Communication Association. Katie Schiepers is an Academic Administrator and former Division Administrator of Emerging Media Studies at Boston University, United States. She has co-edited Perceiving the Future through New Communication Technologies with Katz and Floyd (Palgrave Macmillan, 2021). She holds a Master of Education and has also completed graduate studies in Classics and World Heritage Conservation. Juliet Floyd, Ph.D., is Professor of Philosophy at Boston University, United States. Among her recent books is Stanley Cavell’s Must We Mean What We Say? at Fifty (co-edited with Greg Chase and Sandra Laugier, 2021). .

Mass media—Moral and ethical aspects. --- Digital media. --- Technology—Philosophy. --- Political planning. --- Human rights. --- Media Ethics. --- Digital and New Media. --- Philosophy of Technology. --- Public Policy. --- Politics and Human Rights.

Choose an application

• Reference Manager
• EndNote
• RefWorks (Direct export to RefWorks)

“Written by three Hong Kong scholars immersed in the city’s media, movements and culture, the book is faithful to the micro dynamics of a complex city even as it contributes to global theoretical understanding of the relationship between media and politics in hybrid and authoritarian settings.” – Cherian George, author, Media and Power in Southeast Asia “The engaging writing reflects the vibrancy of the Hong Kong media during times of “liberal exceptionalism”. The authors manage to capture this spirit of a bygone era in an outstanding fashion that is engaging and invites deep emotional reflections.” – Malte Philipp Kaeding, University of Surrey “The authors of this title offer an engaging discussion of the interactions between news media and state, market, and civil society. Not only do they give us a solid background to understand the changing dynamics shaping the news media before 1997, but they also offer us an up-to-date analysis of the emerging challenges since Hong Kong’s return to China.” – Tai Lok Lui, The Education University of Hong Kong This book explores the challenges to news professionalism and media autonomy stemming from the state, market pressure, digitalization, and a polarized civil society in Hong Kong. It examines how media organizations, journalists, and the audience responded to ongoing social, political, and technological changes as Hong Kong was governed by the paradigm of integration under liberal exceptionalism. Combining the authors’ close observations of the media scene with systematic empirical data, this book sheds light on the past, present, and possible future of the Hong Kong media. It shall be of interest to journalists, journalism and political communication researchers, and scholars of Asian politics. Chi Kit Chan is Associate Professor at the School of Communication, the Hang Seng University of Hong Kong. Gary Tang is Assistant Professor at the Department of Social Science, the Hang Seng University of Hong Kong. Francis L. F. Lee is Professor at the School of Journalism and Communication, Chinese University of Hong Kong, and an Elected Fellow of the International Communication Association.

Social sciences (general) --- Sociology --- International relations. Foreign policy --- Mass communications --- internationale politiek --- sociologie --- communicatie --- massamedia --- sociale wetenschappen --- Asia --- Mass media. --- Mass media --- Social sciences. --- Asian Politics. --- Media Sociology. --- Media Ethics. --- Society. --- Politics and government. --- Moral and ethical aspects.

Choose an application

• Reference Manager
• EndNote
• RefWorks (Direct export to RefWorks)

In this ground-breaking book, we navigate the uncharted terrain of social virtual reality (VR), a technology that, while offering unprecedented immersive experiences, brings forth significant governance challenges. By merging theoretical insights with practical examples, the book examines the risks of harm in social VR environments, including both content and conduct issues. It charts a course for developing inclusive and safe social VR spaces that are respectful of diverse users’ rights and needs, laying out essential principles for policymakers, developers and regulators. The book is an urgent call to proactively shape the burgeoning field of VR for the betterment of all. Dr. Joanne E. Gray is a Lecturer in Digital Cultures at The University of Sydney, Chief Investigator at the International Digital Policy Observatory, and Commissioning Editor of the journal Policy & Internet. Dr. Marcus Carter is a Professor of Human-Computer Interaction at The University of Sydney and holds an ARC Future Fellowship on ‘The monetisation of children in the digital games industry’. Dr. Ben Egliston is a Lecturer in Digital Cultures at The University of Sydney and holds an ARC DECRA Fellowship on ‘Paying and playing: Assessing and regulating digital games-as-a-service’.

Virtual reality --- Law and legislation. --- Moral and ethical aspects. --- Mass media --- Virtual reality. --- Augmented reality. --- Technology --- Media Policy and Politics. --- Virtual and Augmented Reality. --- Media Ethics. --- Emerging Technologies. --- Political aspects. --- Sociological aspects.