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	Browse All Reviews > Computing Milieux (K) > Computers And Society (K.4) > General (K.4.0)     Options: All Media Types Journals Proceedings Div Books Whole Books Other Date Reviewed Title Author Publisher Published Date Descending Ascending     1-10 of 287 Reviews about "General (K.4.0)": Date Reviewed   Taken for grantedness: the embedding of mobile communication into society Ling R.,  The MIT Press, Cambridge, MA, 2012. 256 pp. Type: Book (978-0-262018-13-5) Ling has written a book that is an informative and reader-friendly mixture of history and sociology. About a third of the text addresses the clock and automobile, with the remainder focused on the mobile phone. The book presents the “social ... Apr 25 2013   Cyber security policy guidebook Bayuk J., Healey J., Rohmeyer P., Sachs M., Schmidt J., Weiss J.,  Wiley Publishing, Hoboken, NJ, 2012. 288 pp. Type: Book (978-1-118027-80-6) The authors of this guidebook provide a necessary foundation for the cyber security policy decision maker, including an analysis of how legislation mandates the need for policy. The book explores the policy drivers within a given cyber security... Apr 24 2013   How older adults learn to use mobile devices: survey and field investigations Leung R., Tang C., Haddad S., McGrenere J., Graf P., Ingriany V.  ACM Transactions on Accessible Computing (TACCESS) 4(3): 1-33, 2012. Type: Article Technical people tend to believe that all users learn the same way that they do. They try a few things, see if they work, try something else, and hopefully sometime soon figure it out; if they don’t figure it out, they search the Internet... Apr 10 2013   Connecting families: the impact of new communication technologies on domestic life Neustaedter C., Harrison S., Sellen A.,  Springer Publishing Company, Incorporated, London, UK, 2013. 205 pp. Type: Book (978-1-447141-91-4) This collection offers a diverse overview of research about technologies for connecting families. It suggests ways technology can be used to keep families together, regardless of composition. The different technologies presented are sometimes... Apr 2 2013   Facebook nation: total information awareness Lee N.,  Springer Publishing Company, Incorporated, New York, NY, 2012. 248 pp. Type: Book (978-1-461453-07-9) People that use social networks like Facebook are now collectively called the “Facebook nation.” These networks are changing our lives, including how we meet new friends, shop, and stay in touch with friends, relatives, and... Mar 20 2013   Throughout: art and culture emerging with ubiquitous computing Ekman U.,  The MIT Press, Cambridge, MA, 2013. 664 pp. Type: Book (978-0-262017-50-3) It is no surprise that computing and culture are becoming increasingly intertwined. What is worth serious consideration is how ubiquitous computing will transform what it means to be human, especially in terms of observed patterns that make... Feb 22 2013   Risks affecting the development of the information society in the Republic of Moldova: insights from a Delphi survey Dragomirescu H., Tighineanu I.  BCI 2012 (Proceedings of the 5th Balkan Conference in Informatics, Novi Sad, Serbia,  Sep 16-20, 2012) 82-87, 2012. Type: Proceedings The value of this paper rests in its presentation of the outcomes of the first round of a 2011 Delphi survey on the risks and vulnerabilities affecting the development of information technology in the Republic of Moldova. The survey results would ... Nov 7 2012   Ecological rationality: intelligence in the world Todd P., Gigerenzer G.,  Oxford University Press, Inc., New York, NY, 2012. 608 pp. Type: Book (978-0-195315-44-8) It is often difficult to generalize about a book made up of chapters written by different people without going into detail. But, in this case, the book is written in a very consistent and coherent fashion, making it read more like a collection of ... Aug 21 2012   Emerging technological risk: underpinning the risk of technology innovation Anderson S., Felici M.,  Springer Publishing Company, Incorporated, New York, NY, 2012. 211 pp. Type: Book (978-1-447121-42-8) A technically qualified specialist in reliability or security can appreciate the notion of risk as a tool to address the negative effects of technology use. Recently, this topic has become quite popular among various authors dealing with... Jul 6 2012   Manipulation of online reviews: an analysis of ratings, readability, and sentiments Hu N., Bose I., Koh N., Liu L.  Decision Support Systems 52(3): 674-684, 2012. Type: Article Online product reviews of everything from goods (for example, books) to services (for example, plumbing) are popular among consumers. However, people who are paid to post reviews of a particular product can manipulate reviews. These are... Jun 27 2012       Display 510152550100 per page
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