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Weitze, Marc-Denis |
Can Science Be Witty? |
I12594 |
2023 |
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Holyst, Janusz A |
Cyberemotions |
I10422 |
2017 |
eBook |
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Karsai, M??rton |
Bursty Human Dynamics |
I10000 |
2018 |
eBook |
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Drigani, Fulvio |
Communicating Space Exploration |
I09093 |
2020 |
eBook |
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Larsen, Kristine |
Particle Panic! |
I08581 |
2019 |
eBook |
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Uden, Lorna |
The 2nd International Workshop on Learning Technology for Education in Cloud |
I08458 |
2014 |
eBook |
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Vakoch, Douglas A |
Extraterrestrial Altruism |
I07518 |
2014 |
eBook |
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Ball, Philip |
Why Society is a Complex Matter |
I07060 |
2012 |
eBook |
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Miritello, Giovanna |
Temporal Patterns of Communication in Social Networks |
I06996 |
2013 |
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Chin, Alvin |
Mobile Social Networking |
I05860 |
2014 |
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| Title | Can Science Be Witty? : Science Communication Between Critique and Cabaret |
| Author(s) | Weitze, Marc-Denis;Goede, Wolfgang Chr;Heckl, Wolfgang M |
| Publication | Berlin, Heidelberg, 1. Imprint: Springer
2. Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2023. |
| Description | IX, 244 p. 31 illus., 28 illus. in color : online resource |
| Abstract Note | Can Science Be Witty? takes a close look at an element of modern science communication that is as innovative as it is promising for the future: comedy! Readers are guided through lucidly presented academic theory as well as exciting hands-on and best-practice examples from renowned practitioners and cabaret artists: - What do sheep cheese and car tires have in common? - Can laughter tear down walls? - How does "Die Anstalt" work? - How does magic create knowledge? - Is there humor in museums? - Serving suggestion for the Holy Spirit - Dictatorship of stupidity - And much more! But it's not all just funny. Comedy can also take away some of the biting sharpness of criticism, making it digestible, even palatable, for the addressees. Can Science Be Witty? navigates between critique and cabaret and deals with comedy in various forms from different perspectives. 22 contributions show how the results of science, researchand technology can be brought to the general public in new ways. In particular, they also demonstrate how humour can be used as a critical and questioning force - valuable for all types of communication and helpful in making them more witty in the future. The translation was done with the help of the artificial intelligence (machine translation by the service DeepL.com). The text has subsequently been revised further by the original editors in order to refine the work stylistically. |
| ISBN,Price | 9783662657539 |
| Keyword(s) | 1. ASTRONOMY
2. COMMUNICATION
3. EBOOK - SPRINGER
4. ENGINEERING
5. LIFE SCIENCES
6. Media and Communication
7. PHYSICS
8. PHYSICS AND ASTRONOMY
9. Popular Culture
10. Technology and Engineering
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| Title | Cyberemotions : Collective Emotions in Cyberspace |
| Author(s) | Holyst, Janusz A |
| Publication | Cham, Springer International Publishing, 2017. |
| Description | XIV, 318 p. 90 illus., 34 illus. in color : online resource |
| Abstract Note | This first monograph of its kind introduces the reader to fundamental definitions, key concepts and case studies addressing the following issues of rapidly growing relevance for online communities: What are emotions? How do they emerge, how are they transmitted? How can one measure emotional states? What are cyberemotions? When do emotions and cyberemotions become collective phenomena? How can one model emotions and their changes? What role do emotions play for on-line communities? Edited and authored by leading scientists in this field, this book is a comprehensive reference for anyone working on applications of complex systems methods in the social sciences, as well as for social scientists, psychologists, experts in on-line communities and computer scientists. This book provides an excellent overview of the current state-of-art in research on collective emotional interactions mediated by the Internet. It introduces a reader in social phenomena occurring in cyberspace, algorithms needed for automatic sentiment detection and data driven modeling of emotional patterns observed in on-line groups. Eugene Stanley, Professor, Boston UniversityWith the explosive hyper-exponential growth of the internet suddenly new ways of communication are emerging that give rise to a digital 'Homo empathicus', each of us suddenly being able to share thoughts and feelings with millions if not billions of others. This book is a true treat, a timely milestone that gives us insight in the co-evolution of the way we interact with each other and the communication technology provided through this new seemingly endless flexible digital world. Prof. Holyst did a great job bringing together real experts in the field of cyber emotions. Peter M.A. Sloot, Professor, University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands, Nanyang University, Singapore The book Cyberemotions embraces the topic of emotion studies in cyberspace from a very rich spectrum of points of view and applications. It is particularly interesting reading the theoretical foundations underlying the concepts of cyberemotions and how these concepts can be captured, modeled and implemented in real-time applications. Catherine Pelachaud, Director of Research CNRS at LTCI, TELECOM ParisTechLogical machines give us a chance to analyze our often illogical behaviors, especially in the vast meadows of the cyberspace. In this important book, authors of different backgrounds present a wide and deep image, not only of methods of analyzing our emotional behavior online but also how the computers can help to break communicational walls the same technology had built. Rafal Rzepka, Professor, Hokkaido University |
| ISBN,Price | 9783319436395 |
| Keyword(s) | 1. APPLICATION SOFTWARE
2. COMMUNICATION
3. Computer Appl. in Social and Behavioral Sciences
4. Data-driven Science, Modeling and Theory Building
5. EBOOK
6. EBOOK - SPRINGER
7. ECONOPHYSICS
8. Experiential research
9. Information Systems Applications (incl. Internet)
10. Mass media
11. Media Sociology
12. Psychology Research
13. Science???Social aspects
14. Societal Aspects of Physics, Outreach and Education
15. Sociophysics
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| Title | Bursty Human Dynamics |
| Author(s) | Karsai, M??rton;Jo, Hang-Hyun;Kaski, Kimmo |
| Publication | Cham, Springer International Publishing, 2018. |
| Description | XVI, 121 p. 17 illus., 16 illus. in color : online resource |
| Abstract Note | This book provides a comprehensive overview on emergent bursty patterns in the dynamics of human behaviour. It presents common and alternative understanding of the investigated phenomena, and points out open questions worthy of further investigations. The book is structured as follows. In the introduction the authors discuss the motivation of the field, describe bursty phenomena in case of human behaviour, and relate it to other disciplines. The second chapter addresses the measures commonly used to characterise heterogeneous signals, bursty human dynamics, temporal paths, and correlated behaviour. These definitions are first introduced to set the basis for the discussion of the third chapter about the observations of bursty human patterns in the dynamics of individuals, dyadic interactions, and collective behaviour. The subsequent fourth chapter discusses the models of bursty human dynamics. Various mechanisms have been proposed about the source of the heterogeneities in human dynamics, which leads to the introduction of conceptually different modelling approaches. The authors address all of these perspectives objectively, highlight their strengths and shortcomings, and??mention possible extensions to them. The fifth chapter addresses the effect of individual heterogeneous behaviour on collective dynamics. This question in particular has been investigated in various systems including spreading phenomena, random walks, and opinion formation dynamics. Here the main issues are whether burstiness speeds up or slows down the co-evolving processes, and how burstiness modifies time-dependent paths in the system that determine the spreading patterns of any kind of information or influence. Finally in the sixth chapter the authors end the review with a discussion and future perspectives. It is an ideal book for researchers and students who wish to enter the field of bursty human dynamics or want to expand their knowledge on such phenomena |
| ISBN,Price | 9783319685403 |
| Keyword(s) | 1. Applications of Nonlinear Dynamics and Chaos Theory
2. COMMUNICATION
3. Communication Studies
4. DATA MINING
5. Data Mining and Knowledge Discovery
6. DATA STRUCTURES
7. Data structures (Computer science)
8. Data-driven Science, Modeling and Theory Building
9. EBOOK
10. EBOOK - SPRINGER
11. ECONOPHYSICS
12. Sociophysics
13. STATISTICAL PHYSICS
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| Title | Communicating Space Exploration : Challenges, State of the Art and Future Trends |
| Author(s) | Drigani, Fulvio |
| Publication | Cham, Springer International Publishing, 2020. |
| Description | XV, 114 p. 49 illus., 43 illus. in color : online resource |
| Abstract Note | This book offers an enlightening analysis of the ways in which the communication of space explorations has evolved in response to political and social developments and the availability of new media and communication tools. Important challenges to effective communication are discussed, including the diversity of audiences, the risks associated with space missions, and continuing skepticism about the benefits of space research despite the many associated day-to-day applications. In addition, future trends in communication are examined with reference to likely trends in space exploration over the coming century. Besides space communication for the public, the need for targeted messaging to each group of stakeholders ??? decision makers, media, opinion leaders, the scientific community, and industry ??? is analyzed in detail. A series of case studies of particular space missions, both successful and unsuccessful, is presented to illustrate key issues. The book has significant implications for the communication of science in general and will be of interest to a wide audience, including space scientists, science communication professionals, people fascinated by exploration and discovery, stakeholders, and educators |
| ISBN,Price | 9783030332129 |
| Keyword(s) | 1. COMMUNICATION
2. Communication Studies
3. Corporate Communication/Public Relations
4. EBOOK
5. EBOOK - SPRINGER
6. Internet marketing
7. Media and Communication
8. Online Marketing/Social Media
9. Public relations
10. SPACE SCIENCES
11. Space Sciences (including Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Exploration and Astronautics)
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| Title | Particle Panic! : How Popular Media and Popularized Science Feed Public Fears of Particle Accelerator Experiments |
| Author(s) | Larsen, Kristine |
| Publication | Cham, Springer International Publishing, 2019. |
| Description | XV, 194 p. 48 illus., 44 illus. in color : online resource |
| Abstract Note | From novels and short stories to television and film, popular media has made a cottage industry of predicting the end of the world will be caused by particle accelerators. Rather than allay such fears, public pronouncements by particle scientists themselves often unwittingly fan the flames of hysteria. This book surveys media depictions of particle accelerator physics and the perceived dangers these experiments pose. In addition, it describes the role of scientists in propagating such fears and misconceptions, offering as a conclusion ways in which the scientific community could successfully allay such misplaced fears through more effective communication strategies. The book is aimed at the general reader interested in separating fact from fiction in the field of high-energy physics, at science educators and communicators, and, last but not least, at all scientists concerned about these issues. About the Author Kristine M Larsen holds a Ph.D. in Physics and is currently a professor at Central Connecticut State University, New Britain, CT, in the Geological Sciences Department. She has published a number of books, among them The Women Who Popularized Geology in the 19th Century (Springer, 2017), The Mythological Dimensions of Neil Gaiman (eds. Anthony Burdge, Jessica Burke, and Kristine Larsen. Kitsune Press, 2012. Recipient of the Gold Medal for Science Fiction/Fantasy in the 2012 Florida Publishing Association Awards), The Mythological Dimensions of Doctor Who (eds. Anthony Burdge, Jessica Burke, and Kristine Larsen. Kitsune Press, 2010), as well as Stephen Hawking: A Biography (Greenwood Press, 2005) and Cosmology 101 (Greenwood Press, (2007) |
| ISBN,Price | 9783030122065 |
| Keyword(s) | 1. COMMUNICATION
2. EBOOK
3. EBOOK - SPRINGER
4. Media and Communication
5. NUCLEAR PHYSICS
6. Particle and Nuclear Physics
7. PHYSICS
8. Popular Science in Physics
9. Popular Science in Technology
10. Science???Social aspects
11. Societal Aspects of Physics, Outreach and Education
12. TECHNOLOGY
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| Title | The 2nd International Workshop on Learning Technology for Education in Cloud |
| Author(s) | Uden, Lorna;Tao, Yu-Hui;Yang, Hsin-Chang;Ting, I-Hsien |
| Publication | Dordrecht, Springer Netherlands, 2014. |
| Description | XI, 209 p : online resource |
| Abstract Note | Proceedings from the 2013 LTEC conference in Kaohsiung,Taiwan. The papers examine diverse aspects of Learning Technology for Education in Cloud environments, including social, technical and infrastructure??implications. Also??addressed is the question of??how cloud computing can be used to design applications to support real time on demand learning using technologies. The workshop proceedings provide opportunities for delegates to discuss the latest research in TEL (Technology Enhanced Learning) and its impacts for learners and institutions, using cloud technolgies |
| ISBN,Price | 9789400773080 |
| Keyword(s) | 1. Applications of Graph Theory and Complex Networks
2. COMMUNICATION
3. Computers and Education
4. DATABASE MANAGEMENT
5. EBOOK
6. EBOOK - SPRINGER
7. Education???Data processing
8. Educational sociology
9. Media Research
10. PHYSICS
11. Sociology
12. Sociology of Education
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| Title | Extraterrestrial Altruism : Evolution and Ethics in the Cosmos |
| Author(s) | Vakoch, Douglas A |
| Publication | Berlin, Heidelberg, Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2014. |
| Description | XV, 329 p. 2 illus., 1 illus. in color : online resource |
| Abstract Note | Extraterrestrial Altruism examines a basic assumption of the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI): that extraterrestrials will be transmitting messages to us for our benefit. This question of whether extraterrestrials will be altruistic has become increasingly important in recent years as SETI scientists have begun contemplating transmissions from Earth to make contact. Should we expect altruism to evolve throughout the cosmos, or is this only wishful thinking? Would this make biological sense? Is it dangerous to send messages to other worlds, as Stephen Hawking has suggested? Would extraterrestrial societies be based on different ethical principles? Extraterrestrial Altruism explores these and related questions about the motivations of civilizations beyond Earth, providing new insights that are critical for SETI. Chapters are authored by leading scholars from diverse disciplines???anthropology, astronomy, biology, chemistry, computer science, cosmology, engineering, history of science, law, philosophy, psychology, public policy, and sociology. The book is carefully edited by Douglas Vakoch, Director of Interstellar Message Composition at the SETI Institute and professor of clinical psychology at the California Institute of Integral Studies. The Foreword is by Frank Drake. This interdisciplinary book will benefit everybody trying to understand whether evolution and ethics are unique to Earth, or whether they are built into the fabric of the universe |
| ISBN,Price | 9783642377501 |
| Keyword(s) | 1. ASTROBIOLOGY
2. COMMUNICATION
3. Communication Studies
4. Cross Cultural Psychology
5. Cross-cultural psychology
6. EBOOK
7. EBOOK - SPRINGER
8. ETHICS
9. PLANETOLOGY
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| Title | Why Society is a Complex Matter : Meeting Twenty-first Century Challenges with a New Kind of Science |
| Author(s) | Ball, Philip |
| Publication | Berlin, Heidelberg, Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2012. |
| Description | 80 p. 35 illus. in color : online resource |
| Abstract Note | Society is complicated. But this book argues that this does not place it beyond the reach of a science that can help to explain and perhaps even to predict social behaviour. As a system made up of many interacting agents ??? people, groups, institutions and governments, as well as physical and technological structures such as roads and computer networks ??? society can be regarded as a complex system. In recent years, scientists have made great progress in understanding how such complex systems operate, ranging from animal populations to earthquakes and weather. These systems show behaviours that cannot be predicted or intuited by focusing on the individual components, but which emerge spontaneously as a consequence of their interactions: they are said to be ???self-organized???. Attempts to direct or manage such emergent properties generally reveal that ???top-down??? approaches, which try to dictate a particular outcome, are ineffectual, and that what is needed instead is a ???bottom-up??? approach that aims to guide self-organization towards desirable states. This book shows how some of these ideas from the science of complexity can be applied to the study and management of social phenomena, including traffic flow, economic markets, opinion formation and the growth and structure of cities. Building on these successes, the book argues that the complex-systems view of the social sciences has now matured sufficiently for it to be possible, desirable and perhaps essential to attempt a grander objective: to integrate these efforts into a unified scheme for studying, understanding and ultimately predicting what happens in the world we have made. Such a scheme would require the mobilization and collaboration of many different research communities, and would allow society and its interactions with the physical environment to be explored through realistic models and large-scale data collection and analysis. It should enable us to find new and effective solutions to major global problems such as conflict, disease, financial instability, environmental despoliation and poverty, while avoiding unintended policy consequences. It could give us the foresight to anticipate and ameliorate crises, and to begin tackling some of the most intractable problems of the twenty-first century |
| ISBN,Price | 9783642290008 |
| Keyword(s) | 1. APPLICATION SOFTWARE
2. COMMUNICATION
3. Communication Studies
4. COMPLEXITY
5. COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY
6. Computer Appl. in Social and Behavioral Sciences
7. Data-driven Science, Modeling and Theory Building
8. EBOOK
9. EBOOK - SPRINGER
10. ECONOMIC POLICY
11. ECONOMICS
12. ECONOPHYSICS
13. Methodology of the Social Sciences
14. Political Economy/Economic Systems
15. SOCIAL SCIENCES
16. Sociophysics
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| Title | Temporal Patterns of Communication in Social Networks |
| Author(s) | Miritello, Giovanna |
| Publication | Cham, Springer International Publishing, 2013. |
| Description | XIV, 153 p : online resource |
| Abstract Note | The main interest of this research has been in understanding and characterizing large networks of human interactions as continuously changing objects. In fact, although many real social networks are dynamic networks whose elements and properties continuously change over time, traditional approaches to social network analysis are essentially static, thus neglecting all temporal aspects. Specifically, we have investigated the role that temporal patterns of human interaction play in three main fields of social network analysis and data mining: characterization of time (or attention) allocation in social networks, prediction of link decay/persistence, and information spreading. In order to address this we analyzed large anonymized data sets of phone call communication traces over long periods of time. Access to these observations was granted by Telefonica Research, Spain. The findings that emerge from our research indicate that the observed heterogeneities and correlations of human temporal patterns of interaction significantly affect the traditional view of social networks, shifting from a very steady to a highly complex entity. Since structure and dynamics are tightly coupled, they cannot be disentangled in the analysis and modeling of human behavior, though traditional models seek to do so. Our results impact not only the way in which social network are traditionally characterized, but more importantly also the understanding and modeling phenomena such as group formation, spread of epidemics, and the dissemination of ideas, opinions and information |
| ISBN,Price | 9783319001104 |
| Keyword(s) | 1. Applications of Graph Theory and Complex Networks
2. COMMUNICATION
3. Communication Studies
4. COMPLEX SYSTEMS
5. EBOOK
6. EBOOK - SPRINGER
7. GAME THEORY
8. Game Theory, Economics, Social and Behav. Sciences
9. MATHEMATICS
10. Mathematics in the Humanities and Social Sciences
11. PHYSICS
12. SOCIAL SCIENCES
13. SYSTEM THEORY
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| Title | Mobile Social Networking : An Innovative Approach |
| Author(s) | Chin, Alvin;Zhang, Daqing |
| Publication | New York, NY, Springer New York, 2014. |
| Description | XIV, 243 p. 64 illus., 61 illus. in color : online resource |
| Abstract Note | The use of contextually aware, pervasive, distributed computing, and sensor networks to bridge the gap between the physical and online worlds is the basis of mobile social networking. This book shows how applications can be built to provide mobile social networking, the research issues that need to be solved to enable this vision, and how mobile social networking can be used to provide computational intelligence that will improve daily life. With contributions from the fields of sociology, computer science, human-computer interaction and design, this book demonstrates how mobile social networks can be inferred from users' physical interactions both with the environment and with others, as well as how users behave around them and how their behavior differs on mobile vs. traditional online social networks |
| ISBN,Price | 9781461485797 |
| Keyword(s) | 1. Applications of Graph Theory and Complex Networks
2. COMMUNICATION
3. Communication Studies
4. Communications Engineering, Networks
5. COMPLEXITY
6. COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY
7. Computer Communication Networks
8. Computer communication systems
9. EBOOK
10. EBOOK - SPRINGER
11. ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING
12. PHYSICS
13. User interfaces (Computer systems)
14. User Interfaces and Human Computer Interaction
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