This ubitour version of Verne's adventure classic is enhanced with 2d codes, which extend the book into the digital world. With an iPhone or other appropriate Internet mobile phone you can participate in online conversations about the book, its characters, or author. The book also links Fogg's adventure to online interactive maps. Last, but not least, each chapter of the book is linked to its audio and video versions, which can be streamed or downloaded onto the mobile phone. Readers can put the book down, get in the car or on the treadmill to follow Phileas Fogg's and Passpartout's...

Idolii forului este raspunsul colectiv al unui numar de specialisti in domeniile social, politic, literar si filosofic la doua intrebari fundamentale despre societatea in care traim. Prima intrebare este daca ideea de intelectual public, enciclopedic, fara o specializare data, este perimata? Cea de-a doua este daca fascinatia publica fata de ideea de intelectual "enciclopedic" amator poate amana, intr-o masura, remodernizarea estului Europei si al Romaniei? Volumul este produsul colaborarii a 15 specialisti din domeniile social, politic, literar, jurnalistic si filozofic. Volumul reprezinta...

Cum se organizeaza intelectualii in jurul puterii? Care sunt relatiile sociale si ideologiile produse de grupurile de intelectuali care urmaresc si cucereasc puterea? Teza principala a lui Sorin Matei este ca intelectualii romani se structureaza in "grupuri de prestigiu" care duc mai departe domnia lumii traditionale, aristocratice si instaureaza o stare sociala pe care le numeste "paramoderne. Una din concluziile fulminante ale cartii este ca aceasta combinatie "paramoderna" zadarniceste remodernizarea Romaniei dupa 1989. Ciprian Siulea, Scheletul din biblioteca, Adevarul Literar si Artistic...

To what degree can the human exchanges we observe online be called "sociability"? In other words, do these exchanges amount to any meaningful type of social organization? Are they more than the mere froth of collective emotion discharging its energy with a lot of noise but little consequence against the wave breakers of social media? Do the social interactions that take place in virtual space-all those kind or not-so-kind words sent back and forth-suggest the same level of commitment, dedication, morality, passion, or even depravity that we see in everyday life? Or, more succinctly, is...

Knowledge and expertise, especially of the kind that can shape public opinion, have been traditionally the domain of individuals holding degrees awarded by higher learning institutions or occupying formal positions in notable organizations. Expertise is validated by reputations established in an institutionalized marketplace of ideas with a limited number of "available seats" and a stringent process of selection and retention of names, ideas, topics and facts of interest. However, the social media revolution, which has enabled over two billion Internet users not only to consume, but also to...

This volume gathers seminal contributions that identify the boundaries of the various ethical dilemmas that have emerged in the field of big data research and proposes a set of guidelines for solving or preventing these dilemmas. The book discusses data collection and handling, theoretical and practical definitions of privacy, human and social costs of big data collection and analysis, the economic impact of ethical costs, political dimensions of big data ethics, ethical and unethical behavior in commercial utilization of big data. Of particular interest are new methodologies for handling and...

Knowledge and expertise, especially of the kind that can shape public opinion, have been traditionally the domain of individuals holding degrees awarded by higher learning institutions or occupying formal positions in notable organizations. Expertise is validated by reputations established in an institutionalized marketplace of ideas with a limited number of "available seats" and a stringent process of selection and retention of names, ideas, topics and facts of interest. However, the social media revolution, which has enabled over two billion Internet users not only to consume, but also to...

Together, the perspectives presented in this volume help us understand how social media content is created and how its impact can be evaluated.The chapters demonstrate thought leadership through new ways of constructing social media experiences and making traces of social interaction visible.