This book is an accessible introduction to text and discourse analysis for all students and researchers working with real language data. Students across disciplines rely on texts, conversations or interviews in their research. Many discover that they cannot get as much from this data as they would like, because they are unsure about exactly how to analyse their material. This book provides a st…
The tools we created to facilitate our lives now control us and our lives. More and more we rely on digital connection to attempt to fulfil our needs, but so many of our human needs cannot be met by a smart phone. Skype and Facetime have taken the place of meeting with people; instead of playing with children, we use digital devices to entertain them; smart phone messages of no real importance …
The concept of “the metaverse” has exploded in the public consciousness, but its contours remain elusive. Is it merely an immersive virtual reality playground, one that Facebook and other platforms will angle to control? Is it simply the next generation of massive multiplayer online games? Or is it something more revolutionary? As pioneering technologist Herman Narula shows, the metavers…
Why is it difficult for so many companies to get digital identity right? If you're still wrestling with even simple identity problems like modern website authentication, this practical book has the answers you need. Author Phil Windley provides conceptual frameworks to help you make sense of all the protocols, standards, and solutions available and includes suggestions for where and when you ca…
From the leading theorist of the Metaverse comes the definitive account of the next internet: what the Metaverse is, what it will take to build it, and what it means for all of us. The term "Metaverse" is suddenly everywhere, from the front pages of national newspapers and the latest fashion trends to the plans of the most powerful companies in history. It is already shaping the policy platform…
Perkembangan teknologi dan informasi berpengaruh besar dalam diri kaum muda muslim Indonesia. Hal ini bisa dilihat dari tren hijrah dan halal, ngaji digital, fashion muslimah, musik positif, dan muslim traveller. Beberapa tren ini mengubah cara hidup kaum muda muslim menjadi lebih modern. Namun, tantangan keterbukaan akses, kebebasan berekspresi, penyalahgunaan internet, dan berkurangnya emp…
Referencing key contemporary debates on issues like surveillance, identity, the global financial crisis, the digital divide and Internet politics, Andrew White provides a critical intervention in discussions on the impact of the proliferation of digital media technologies on politics, the economy and social practices.
Buku Konstruksi Sosial Media Massa : Kekuatan Pengaruh Media Massa, Iklan Televisi, dan Keputusan Konsumen serta Kritik terhadap Peter L. Berger & Thomas Luckmann mengkaji dalam dimensi kualitatif realitas sosial yang dibentuk oleh media massa, khususnya iklan televisi. Rentang pembahasannya bermula dari ciri realitas sosial media massa dan lapisan-lapisannya (lapisan realitas teknologi, lapisa…
Sebagai daya yang kuat dan unik dalam kebudayaan dan masyarakat Indonesia kontemporer, dangdut adalah musik paling populer di Indonesia. Dangdut, yang namanya berasal dari bunyi khas gendang, dilecehkan sebagai bentuk rendah budaya populer pada 1970-an, dikomersialkan pada 1980-an, dimaknai ulang sebagai ragam musik pop nasional dan global pada 1990-an, dan terlokalisasi dalam komunitas-komunit…