In questa cultura di rete, non si può identificare una sola causa per cui le persone diffondono materiali. Ciascuno compie una serie di decisioni, socialmente contestualizzate, quando sceglie di diffondere un testo mediale: si tratta di contenuto a cui val la pena dedicare del tempo? Val la pena condividerlo con altri? Comunica qualcosa su di me o sulla mia relazione con queste persone? Qual è la piattaforma migliore per diffonderlo? Lo devo mettere in circolazione allegandogli un messaggio particolare? Anche se non ha allegato alcun commento ulteriore, comunque, il solo ricevere una notizia o un video da qualcun altro arricchisce quel testo di una serie di nuovi significati potenziali. Quando si ascolta, si legge o si guarda un contenuto condiviso, si pensa non solo (e spesso neanche in primo luogo) a quello che chi l'ha prodotto poteva voler significare, ma a quello che la persona che l'ha condiviso cercava di comunicare. La diffondibilità - la spreadability diventa un attributo del panorama dei media contemporanei che ha la potenzialità di ridefinire drasticamente il funzionamento delle istituzioni culturali e politiche centrali. "Spreadable media" mette in crisi l'idea diffusa che il contenuto digitale diventi magicamente "virale". Descrive invece brillantemente le dinamiche sottostanti il coinvolgimento delle persone nei social media, in modi che sono, al contempo, ricchi dal punto di vista teorico e significativi da quello pubblico.

''If you re old enough to remember Texas before it became pretty much like the rest of the country, you ll love this little collection of Christmas tales that reveal much of the character and characters who textured its legends. If you re not, you ll still savor the taste of a time and place that s almost withered away, even in the small and distant places Mike Blackman calls one-Bar-B-Que-joint towns. And who better to tell these stories of Christmases Past than those who lived under the Lone Star and chronicled the experience in Texas newspapers from O. Henry to the small but distinguished herd left as the years trailed into a new century?'' --Roy Bode, Marble Falls Highlander

The second edition of this text on holistic approaches to Holocaust survivor interviewing provides an updated preface as well as a new final section on the extension of the techniques discussed in the work to survivors of other genocides and persecutions. The work discusses a system of listening that involves aspects of clinical psychology and a focus on the whole person of the survivor as well as the context of the telling of their account. Numerous quotes from survivors are included throughout to illustrate key points of the methodology. Greenspan is a professor of psychology at the University of Michigan. Annotation ©2011 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Henry of Huntingdon's narrative covers one of the most exciting and bloody periods in English history: the Norman Conquest and its aftermath. He tells of the decline of the Old English kingdom, the victory of the Normans at the Battle of Hastings, and the establishment of Norman rule. His accounts of the kings who reigned during his lifetime--William II, Henry I, and Stephen--contain unique descriptions of people and events. Henry tells how promiscuity, greed, treachery, and cruelty produced a series of disasters, rebellions, and wars. Interwoven with memorable and vivid battle-scenes are anecdotes of court life, the death and murder of nobles, and the first written record of Cnut and the waves and the death of Henry I from a surfeit of lampreys. Diana Greenway's translation of her definitive Latin text has been revised for this edition.

About the Series: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the broadest spectrum of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, voluminous notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more.

An essential reference for journalists, activists, and students, this book presents scientifically accurate and accessible overviews of 24 of the most important issues in the nuclear realm, including: health effects, nuclear safety and engineering, TMI and Chernobyl, nuclear medicine, food irradiation, transport of nuclear materials, spent fuel, nuclear weapons, global warming.

Each "brief" is based on interviews with named scientists, engineers, or administrators in a nuclear specialty, and each has been reviewed by a team of independent experts. The objective is not to make a case for or against nuclear-related technologies, but rather to provide definitive background information. (The approach is based on that of The Reporter's Environmental Handbook, published in 1988, which won a special award for journalism from the Sigma Delta Chi Society of professional journalists.)

Other features of the book include: a glossary of hundreds of terms, an introduction to risk assessment, environmental and economic impacts, and public perceptions, an article by an experienced reporter with recommendations about how to cover nuclear issues, quick guides to the history of nuclear power in the United States, important federal legislation and regulations, nuclear position statements, and key organizations, print and electronic resources.

Ambientato in una fonderia dove per risparmiare si lavora con sprezzo della vita umana, il romanzo presenta gli ambienti proletari della città di Birmingham, negli anni della grande depressione. Ancora oggi di forte attualità, è forse per questo uno dei libri inglesi più famosi, studiato nelle università, ma mai tradotto in italiano.

YouTube is one of the most well-known and widely discussed sites of participatory media in the contemporary online environment, and it is the first genuinely mass-popular platform for user-created video. In this timely and comprehensive introduction to how YouTube is being used and why it matters, Burgess and Green discuss the ways that it relates to wider transformations in culture, society and the economy.
The book critically examines the public debates surrounding the site, demonstrating how it is central to struggles for authority and control in the new media environment. Drawing on a range of theoretical sources and empirical research, the authors discuss how YouTube is being used by the media industries, by audiences and amateur producers, and by particular communities of interest, and the ways in which these uses challenge existing ideas about cultural ‘production’ and ‘consumption’.
Rich with both concrete examples and featuring specially commissioned chapters by Henry Jenkins and John Hartley, the book is essential reading for anyone interested in the contemporary and future implications of online media. It will be particularly valuable for students and scholars in media, communication and cultural studies.

Many exciting frontiers of science and engineering require understanding the spatiotemporal properties of sustained nonequilibrium systems such as fluids, plasmas, reacting and diffusing chemicals, crystals solidifying from a melt, heart muscle, and networks of excitable neurons in brains. This introductory textbook for graduate students in biology, chemistry, engineering, mathematics, and physics provides a systematic account of the basic science common to these diverse areas. This book provides a careful pedagogical motivation of key concepts, discusses why diverse nonequilibrium systems often show similar patterns and dynamics, and gives a balanced discussion of the role of experiments, simulation, and analytics. It contains numerous worked examples and over 150 exercises. This book will also interest scientists who want to learn about the experiments, simulations, and theory that explain how complex patterns form in sustained nonequilibrium systems.

Though the historical occurrence of maritime terrorist attacks has been limited, maritime vessels and facilities may nevertheless be vulnerable to attack, with the potential for very significant consequences in the form of mass casualties, severe property damage, and disruption of commerce. This book explores maritime terrorism threats, vulnerabilities, and consequences, as well as the application of civil liability.