R. David Lankes: Forged in War | Taschenbuch

Cover: 9781538192214 | Forged in War | R. David Lankes | Taschenbuch | Englisch | 2024

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"[I]deal for readers seeking a more comprehensive look at information dissemination technology, its context, and its impact on the way in which we now live." Library Journal, Starred Review • Explore how the tools of our information age grew directly out of conflicts from World War I to the present day.

Über den Autor

R. David Lankes is the Virginia & Charles Bowden Professor of Librarianship at the University of Texas at Austin's School of Information, USA. His books include The Atlas of New Librarianship (2011), winner of the ABC-CLIO/Greenwood Award for Best Book in Library Literature; The New Librarianship Field Guide (2016); and Forged in War: How a Century of War Created Today's Information Society (Rowman & Littlefield, 2021). He received the 2021 Isadore Gilbert Mudge Award for distinguished contribution to reference librarianship.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Table of Contents

Introduction: From Alert to a Promise to the Reader
Data
Chapter 1 Common Carriers: From Telegraphs to Internet Kill Switches
Chapter 2 Encryption: From Zimmerman to the Monetized Self
Chapter 3 Massive Scale Computing: From Depth Bombs to Deep Learning
Chapter 4 The Internet: From Hydrogen Bombs to 5G
Chapter 5 The World Wide Web: From CERN to Facial Recognition
Chapter 6 Dataism: From Reducing Noise to Reducing People
Data Waypoint: The Span of the Knowledge InfrastructureMedia
Chapter 7 Propaganda: From Influencing Minds to Manipulating Brains
Chapter 8 Memory Organizations: From Weaponized Librarianship to a Digital Dark Age
From Collecting Books to Collecting Intelligence
Chapter 9 Media Consolidation: From Steamboat Willie to Disney +
Chapter 10 Trust: From Walter Cronkite to Saul Alinsky
Media Waypoint: The Weaponized Knowledge InfrastructureSociety
Chapter 11 Certainty: From Clockwork to Complexity
Chapter 12 Pandemic: From the Spanish Flu to COVID-19
Chapter 13 People: From Empty Campuses to Open Arms
Chapter 14 Technology: From Zoom Bombs to the Shin Bet
Chapter 15 Sources: From Swans in Venice to Floods in New Orleans
Chapter 16 Policy: From a Commodity to a Public Good
Chapter 17 A Choice: From Chemical Warfare to Healing the World
Society Waypoint: From Chemical Warfare to Healing the WorldExcursus: On the Joys of Writing and How to Check My Facts
About the Author

Erscheinungsjahr:	2024
Fachbereich:	Allgemeines
Genre:	Importe , Wirtschaft
Rubrik:	Recht & Wirtschaft
Medium:	Taschenbuch
ISBN-13:	9781538192214
ISBN-10:	1538192217
Sprache:	Englisch
Einband:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor:	Lankes, R. David
Hersteller:	Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Verantwortliche Person für die EU:	Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße:	229 x 152 x 18 mm
Von/Mit:	R. David Lankes
Erscheinungsdatum:	15.02.2024
Gewicht:	0,496 kg