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Title	Authors	Description	OpenBook ID
Program or be Programmed	Douglas Rushkoff,Douglas Rushkoff	"The debate over whether the Net is good or bad for us fills the airwaves and the blogosphere. But for all the heat of claim and counter-claim, the argument is essentially beside the point: it’s here…	OL15400392W
Social e-enterprise	Teresa Torres-Coronas,Maria-Arantzazu Vidal-Blasco	"This book provides research on the understanding of ICT in the social enterprise field as it emerges as a major component of both business models and developed economy"--Provided by publisher.	OL16726888W
It's Complicated	Danah Boyd	What is new about how teenagers communicate through services such as Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram? Do social media affect the quality of teens' lives? In this eye-opening book, youth culture and …	OL17048668W
Too much magic	James Howard Kunstler	""Too Much Magic" is what Kunstler sees in the bright visions of a future world dreamed up by optimistic souls who believe technology will solve all our problems. In Too Much Magic, Kunstler articula…	OL17826708W
New Korean wave	Dal Yong Jin	"The 2012 smash "Gangnam Style" by the Seoul-based rapper Psy capped the triumph of Hallyu , the Korean Wave of music, film, and other cultural forms that have become a worldwide sensation. Dal Yon…	OL19668868W
That used to be us	Thomas L. Friedman	Friedman and Mandelbaum make recommendations for meeting four major challenges currently facing the United States, including globalization, the information technology revolution, chronic deficits, an…	OL19958114W
Data-ism	Steve Lohr	By one estimate, 90 percent of all of the data in history was created in the last two years. In 2014, International Data Corporation calculated the data universe at 4.4 zettabytes, or 4.4 trillion gi…	OL20000882W
A dangerous master	Wendell Wallach	"The co-author of Moral Machines explores accountability challenges related to a world shaped by such technological innovations as combat drones, 3-D printers and synthetic organisms to consider how …	OL20005457W
Security requirements engineering	Fabiano Dalpiaz	Security requirements engineering is especially challenging because designers must consider not just the software under design but also interactions among people, organizations, hardware, and softwar…	OL20034675W
How to Do Nothing: Resisting the Attention Economy	Jenny Odell,Rebecca Gibel	Nothing is harder to do these days than nothing. But in a world where our value is determined by our 24/7 data productivity . . . doing nothing may be our most important form of resistance. So arg…	OL20078135W
The Alchemy of Us	Ainissa Ramirez	In The Alchemy of Us, scientist and science writer Ainissa Ramirez examines eight inventions—clocks, steel rails, copper communication cables, photographic film, light bulbs, hard disks, scientific l…	OL20662666W
Gender in Science and Technology	Waltraud Ernst	What role does gender play in scientific research and the development of technologies? This book provides methodological expertise, research experiences and empirical findings in the dynamic field of…	OL20931542W
100 Ideas That Changed the World	Jheni Osman,Focus Magazine Staff	1 volume ; 21 cm	OL21031446W
TechnoStress	Michelle M. Weil	xiii, 240 p. ; 23 cm	OL2664399W
Distracted	Maggie Jackson	We have vast oceans of information at our disposal, yet increasingly we seek knowledge with brief glimpses at online headlines while juggling other tasks. We are networked as never before, but we com…	OL5861587W
Natural-Born Cyborgs	Andy Clark	From Robocop to the Terminator to Eve 8, no image better captures our deepest fears about technology than the cyborg, the person who is both flesh and metal, brain and electronics. But philosopher an…	OL8003865W
The Gutenberg Galaxy	Marshall McLuhan	The Gutenberg Galaxy catapulted Marshall McLuhan to fame as a media theorist and, in time, a new media prognosticator. Fifty years after its initial publication, this landmark text is more significan…	OL871786W