{"product_id":"examining-internet-and-technology-around-laura-steckman-9781440867217","title":"Examining Internet and Technology around the World","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis book offers comparative insights into the challenges and opportunities surrounding emerging technology and the internet as it is used and perceived throughout the world, providing students with cross-cultural and cross-national perspectives.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis volume examines issues pertaining to the internet and technology, including access and censorship, alternative energy technologies, artificial intelligence, autonomous robots, cyberbullying, cybercrime, e-learning, GMOs, online privacy, and virtual and augmented reality. For each topic, the volume features eight country-level perspectives that span the world to allow for comparisons of different nations' specific approaches to the technology or issue. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis encyclopedia takes a new direction in understanding the importance and impact of emerging technologies on the world, showing that even when experiencing similar technologically related challenges or advances, these technologies do not form one-size-fits-all solutions for every nation and population. Even when nations develop similar technologies, human dimensions - from policy to social norms to culture - influence people and society across the world differently.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Laura Steckman\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1440867216\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781440867217\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bloomsbury Publishing PLC\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/02\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 408\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 2.30lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 10.10h x 7.20w x 1.20d","brand":"Laura Steckman","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":47001511395583,"sku":"9781440867217","price":107.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_8714feb3-a8ef-4637-82d3-70c99a6b4acf.jpg?v=1751601294","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/examining-internet-and-technology-around-laura-steckman-9781440867217","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}