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How Silicon Valley Sells the Future to Control the Present

by David Karpf ...

A critical reexamination of techno-optimism’s empty promises, and how the lessons of the past can help us regain control of our future.For thirty years, Silicon Valley leaders have promised dramatic technological innovation as long as we—the public, journalists, regulators, and policymakers—keep out of the way. The results have been great for Silicon Valley but haven’t gone so well for the rest of ... Read more

$31.19 CAD

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A critical reexamination of techno-optimism’s empty promises, and how the lessons of the past can help us regain control of our future.For thirty years, Silicon Valley leaders have promised dramatic technological innovation as long as we—the public, journalists, regulators, and policymakers—keep out of the way. The results have been great for Silicon Valley but haven’t gone so well for the rest of
... Read more
Analytic Activism

Digital Listening and the New Political Strategy

by David Karpf ...

Series series Oxford Studies in Digital Politics
Among the ways that digital media has transformed political activism, the most remarkable is not that new media allows disorganized masses to speak, but that it enables organized activist groups to listen. Beneath the waves of e-petitions, "likes," and hashtags lies a sea of data - a newly quantified form of supporter sentiment - and advocacy organizations can now utilize new tools to measure this ... Read more

$33.99 CAD

Among the ways that digital media has transformed political activism, the most remarkable is not that new media allows disorganized masses to speak, but that it enables organized activist groups to listen. Beneath the waves of e-petitions, "likes," and hashtags lies a sea of data - a newly quantified form of supporter sentiment - and advocacy organizations can now utilize new tools to measure this
... Read more
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Vaporware, Inc.

How Silicon Valley Sells the Illusion of Progress

by David Karpf ...

Unabridged

8 hours 32 min

A critical reexamination of techno-optimism’s empty promises, and how the lessons of the past can help us regain control of our future.For thirty years, Silicon Valley leaders have promised dramatic technological innovation as long as we—the public, journalists, regulators, and policymakers—keep out of the way. The results have been great for Silicon Valley but haven’t gone so well for the rest of ... Read more

$28.99 CAD

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A critical reexamination of techno-optimism’s empty promises, and how the lessons of the past can help us regain control of our future.For thirty years, Silicon Valley leaders have promised dramatic technological innovation as long as we—the public, journalists, regulators, and policymakers—keep out of the way. The results have been great for Silicon Valley but haven’t gone so well for the rest of
... Read more
The MoveOn Effect

The Unexpected Transformation of American Political Advocacy

by David Karpf ...

Series series Oxford Studies in Digital Politics
The Internet is facilitating a generational transition among American political advocacy organizations. This book provides a detailed exploration of how “netroots” advocacy groups - MoveOn.org, DailyKos.com, DemocracyforAmerica.com, and the Progressive Change Campaign Committee - differ from “legacy” peer organizations. It also explains the partisan character of these technological innovations. ... Read more

$37.59 CAD

The Internet is facilitating a generational transition among American political advocacy organizations. This book provides a detailed exploration of how “netroots” advocacy groups - MoveOn.org, DailyKos.com, DemocracyforAmerica.com, and the Progressive Change Campaign Committee - differ from “legacy” peer organizations. It also explains the partisan character of these technological innovations.
... Read more
The Disinformers

Social Media, Disinformation, and Elections

by Robert Mann, Dr. Claudia Flores-Saviaga, Dr. Jacob Groshek, Dr. Itai Himelboim, Dr. David Karpf, Dr. Yotam Ophir, Dr. Josephine Lukito, Dr. Jakob Ohme, Dr. Golden Richard III, Dr. Saiph Savage, Sander Andreas Schwarz, Dr. Dror Walter ...

Series series Media and Public Affairs
The Disinformers uncovers the people and the organizations behind the disinformation campaigns that began on social media with the 2016 U.S. presidential election and reached a violent crescendo with the storming of the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021. Edited by social media researcher Lance Porter, this vital collection of interdisciplinary scholarship analyzes how foreign interference ... Read more

$21.99 CAD

The Disinformers uncovers the people and the organizations behind the disinformation campaigns that began on social media with the 2016 U.S. presidential election and reached a violent crescendo with the storming of the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021. Edited by social media researcher Lance Porter, this vital collection of interdisciplinary scholarship analyzes how foreign interference
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The Bookshop

by Penelope Fitzgerald ...

Narrated by David Nicholls, Eve Karpf, Stephanie Racine ...

Unabridged

4 hours 6 min

Shortlisted for the Booker Prize.In a small East Anglian town, Florence Green decides, against polite but ruthless local opposition, to open a bookshop.Hardborough becomes a battleground. Florence has tried to change the way things have always been done, and as a result, she has to take on not only the people who have made themselves important, but natural and even supernatural forces too. Her ... Read more

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Shortlisted for the Booker Prize.In a small East Anglian town, Florence Green decides, against polite but ruthless local opposition, to open a bookshop.Hardborough becomes a battleground. Florence has tried to change the way things have always been done, and as a result, she has to take on not only the people who have made themselves important, but natural and even supernatural forces too. Her
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3 Stories - Regrets Due to Lost Love

A trio of classic tales perfect for a commute, walk or quiet night in

by Guy de Maupassant, Katherine Mansfield, Anton Chekhov ...

Narrated by David Shaw-Parker, Eve Karpf, Mark Rice-Oxley ...

Unabridged

1 hour 2 min

There is something about the number 3.The Ancient Greeks believed 3 was the perfect number, and in China 3 has always been a lucky number, and they know a thing or two.Most religions also have 3 this and 3 that and, of course, in these more modern times, three’s a crowd may be too many, except when it’s a ménage à trois. It seems good things usually come in threes.Whatever history and culture says ... Read more

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There is something about the number 3.The Ancient Greeks believed 3 was the perfect number, and in China 3 has always been a lucky number, and they know a thing or two.Most religions also have 3 this and 3 that and, of course, in these more modern times, three’s a crowd may be too many, except when it’s a ménage à trois. It seems good things usually come in threes.Whatever history and culture says
... Read more
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Lessons from Literature - Stories Showing the Effects of Isolation and Loneliness

Learn from the oldest form of communication and education - storytelling

by James Joyce, Anton Chekhov, Mary Shelley, O Henry, Katherine Mansfield ...

Narrated by Laurel Lefkow, David Shaw-Parker, Eve Karpf ...

Unabridged

5 hours 13 min

Being curious, learning from all of our experiences, is one of our most pleasing traits as human beings.In this series we examine particular facets of ourselves and, with the aid of many classic authors, delve into characters and stories that not only entertain us, but inform us on how short stories can help us both deal and understand issues that touch and weave into our lives with the words and ... Read more

$41.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Being curious, learning from all of our experiences, is one of our most pleasing traits as human beings.In this series we examine particular facets of ourselves and, with the aid of many classic authors, delve into characters and stories that not only entertain us, but inform us on how short stories can help us both deal and understand issues that touch and weave into our lives with the words and
... Read more
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Rhyme A Dozen, A - Sunset

12 Poets, 12 Poems, 1 Topic

by H P Lovecraft, Dante Gabriel Rossetti, Ann Radcliffe, Christina Georgina Rossetti, Edith Wharton, Emily Dickinson, Israel Zangwill, Katharine Tynan, Mathilde Blind, Paul Laurence Dunbar, Richard Le Gallienne, William Allingham ...

Narrated by Eve Karpf, Ghizela Rowe, David Shaw-Parker ...

Unabridged

15 min

‘A dime a dozen’ as known in America, is perhaps equal to the English ‘cheap as chips’ but whatever the lingua franca of your choice in this series we hereby submit ‘A Rhyme a Dozen’ as 12 poems on many given subjects that are a well-rounded gathering, maybe even an essential guide, from the knowing pens of classic poets and their beautifully spoken verse to the comfort of your ears.01 - A Rhyme A ... Read more

$2.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

‘A dime a dozen’ as known in America, is perhaps equal to the English ‘cheap as chips’ but whatever the lingua franca of your choice in this series we hereby submit ‘A Rhyme a Dozen’ as 12 poems on many given subjects that are a well-rounded gathering, maybe even an essential guide, from the knowing pens of classic poets and their beautifully spoken verse to the comfort of your ears.01 - A Rhyme A
... Read more
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Top 10 Short Stories, The - English Authors of the West Midlands

The top ten Short Stories of all time written by English authors born in the West Midlands

by George Eliot, Arnold Bennett, Jerome K Jerome, Fred M White, Hesba Stretton, Mary Cholmondeley, Mary Webb, Mrs Craik, Mrs Ellen Wood, Richard Garnett ...

Narrated by Eve Karpf, Richard Mitchley, David Shaw-Parker ...

Unabridged

7 hours 28 min

Short stories have always been a sort of instant access into an author’s brain, their soul and heart. A few pages can lift our lives into locations, people and experiences with a sweep of landscape, narration, feelings and emotions that is difficult to achieve elsewhere.In this series we try to offer up tried and trusted ‘Top Tens’ across many different themes and authors. But any anthology will ... Read more

$27.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Short stories have always been a sort of instant access into an author’s brain, their soul and heart. A few pages can lift our lives into locations, people and experiences with a sweep of landscape, narration, feelings and emotions that is difficult to achieve elsewhere.In this series we try to offer up tried and trusted ‘Top Tens’ across many different themes and authors. But any anthology will
... Read more
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3 Stories About - Appearances Can Be Misleading

A trio of classic tales perfect for a commute, walk or quiet night in

by Mark Twain, Saki, Guy de Maupassant ...

Narrated by Eric Meyers, Eve Karpf, David Shaw-Parker ...

Unabridged

1 hour 13 min

There is something about the number 3.The Ancient Greeks believed 3 was the perfect number, and in China 3 has always been a lucky number, and they know a thing or two.Most religions also have 3 this and 3 that and, of course, in these more modern times, three’s a crowd may be too many, except when it’s a ménage à trois. It seems good things usually come in threes.Whatever history and culture says ... Read more

$13.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

There is something about the number 3.The Ancient Greeks believed 3 was the perfect number, and in China 3 has always been a lucky number, and they know a thing or two.Most religions also have 3 this and 3 that and, of course, in these more modern times, three’s a crowd may be too many, except when it’s a ménage à trois. It seems good things usually come in threes.Whatever history and culture says
... Read more
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Poetry Of Animals, The

by Thomas Hardy, William Blake, Emily Dickinson ...

Narrated by David Shaw-Parker, Eve Karpf, Ghizela Rowe ...

Unabridged

35 min

Animal Poems. We all love animals, even if sometimes its only from afar on TV or at a zoo. But many of us have felt friendship and companionship with our friends in the animal world. We talk and react to them as if they really do understand us. Perhaps they do. In this volume Hardy, Thackeray, Carroll, DH Lawrence, Emily Dickinson and many others share their words with our ears. ... Read more

$12.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Animal Poems. We all love animals, even if sometimes its only from afar on TV or at a zoo. But many of us have felt friendship and companionship with our friends in the animal world. We talk and react to them as if they really do understand us. Perhaps they do. In this volume Hardy, Thackeray, Carroll, DH Lawrence, Emily Dickinson and many others share their words with our ears.
... Read more

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