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Infostorms: Why do we ´like´? Explaining individual behavior on the social net.
Vincent F. Hendricks
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Description for Infostorms: Why do we ´like´? Explaining individual behavior on the social net.
Paperback. This detailed guide to navigating the bewildering superabundance of information in today's globalizing world draws on the latest work in philosophy and the social sciences to explore how information, and its misuse, can both support and undermine democracy. Num Pages: 329 pages, 7 black & white illustrations, 1 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: HPS; JFD; PDR; UBJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 204 x 26. Weight in Grams: 360.
With points of departure in philosophy, logic, social psychology, economics, and choice and game theory, Infostorms shows how information may be used to improve the quality of personal decision and group thinking but also warns against the informational pitfalls which modern information technology may amplify: From science to reality culture and what it really is, that makes you buy a book like this. The information society is upon us. New technologies have given us back pocket libraries, online discussion forums, blogs, crowdbased opinion aggregators, social media and breaking news wherever, whenever. But are we more enlightened ... Read more
With points of departure in philosophy, logic, social psychology, economics, and choice and game theory, Infostorms shows how information may be used to improve the quality of personal decision and group thinking but also warns against the informational pitfalls which modern information technology may amplify: From science to reality culture and what it really is, that makes you buy a book like this. The information society is upon us. New technologies have given us back pocket libraries, online discussion forums, blogs, crowdbased opinion aggregators, social media and breaking news wherever, whenever. But are we more enlightened ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Springer
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Number of Pages
306
Place of Publication
Dordrecht, Netherlands
ISBN
9783319327648
SKU
V9783319327648
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99-15
About Vincent F. Hendricks
Vincent F. Hendricks is Professor of Formal Philosophy at The University of Copenhagen. He is Director of the Center for Information and Bubble Studies (CIBS) sponsored by the Carlsberg Foundation and was awarded the Elite Research Prize by the Danish Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation and the Roskilde Festival Elite Research Prize both in 2008. ... Read more
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