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Online News-Prompted Public Spheres in China
by Xuanzi XuThis book argues that there are constant formations of online public spheres in present-day China, prompted by never-ending news. It contends that these publics are chronic, although individually they are usually transient. They are networked, which enables them to go viral in hours, and they may engender unexpected consequences. These features explain why online public spheres survive in China even though censorship and information manipulation are pervasively and strategically maneuvered to guide or manufacture “public opinion”. The book also proposes that there are deeply entangled structural factors bolstering China's online news-prompted public spheres: the continuous flow of news information, the countless public spaces facilitated by China’s digital infrastructure and the rise of rights-conscious netizens. Pushing forward a new way of conceptualizing the idea of public spheres, this book contends clearly that public spheres are most often sparked by chronic news in today's media-saturated societies. Delving into the life cycles of public spheres, it goes beyond static analysis of individual public spheres and instead studies their five qualities, which, except for the networked quality, have never been systematically addressed in scholarship.
Online Newsgathering: Research and Reporting for Journalism
by Stephen Quinn Stephen LambleJournalists used to rely on their notepad and pen. Today, professional journalists rely on the computer-and not just for the writing. Much, if not all, of a journalist's research happens on a computer. If you are journalist of any kind, you need to know how to find the information you need online. This book will show you how to find declassified governmental files, statistics of all kinds, simple and complex search engines for small and large data gathering, and directories of subject experts. This book is for the many journalists around the world who didn't attend a formal journalism school before going to work, those journalists who were educated before online research became mainstream, and for any student studying journalism today. It will teach you how to use the Internet wisely, efficiently and comprehensively so that you will always have your facts straight and fast.Online Newsgathering:. reflects the most current thinking. is pertinent to both industry and education. focuses on what people need to knowPlease visit the authors' companion website at http://computerassistedreporting.com for additional resources.
Online Social Media Analysis and Visualization
by Jalal KawashThis edited volume addresses the vast challenges of adapting Online Social Media (OSM) to developing research methods and applications. The topics cover generating realistic social network topologies, awareness of user activities, topic and trend generation, estimation of user attributes from their social content, behavior detection, mining social content for common trends, identifying and ranking social content sources, building friend-comprehension tools, and many others. Each of the ten chapters tackle one or more of these issues by proposing new analysis methods or new visualization techniques, or both, for famous OSM applications such as Twitter and Facebook. This collection of contributed chapters address these challenges. Online Social Media has become part of the daily lives of hundreds of millions of users generating an immense amount of 'social content'. Addressing the challenges that stem from this wide adaptation of OSM is what makes this book a valuable contribution to the field of social networks.
Online Social Networks Security: Principles, Algorithm, Applications, and Perspectives
by Brij B. Gupta Somya Ranjan SahooIn recent years, virtual meeting technology has become a part of the everyday lives of more and more people, often with the help of global online social networks (OSNs). These help users to build both social and professional links on a worldwide scale. The sharing of information and opinions are important features of OSNs. Users can describe recent activities and interests, share photos, videos, applications, and much more. The use of OSNs has increased at a rapid rate. Google+, Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Sina Weibo, VKontakte, and Mixi are all OSNs that have become the preferred way of communication for a vast number of daily active users. Users spend substantial amounts of time updating their information, communicating with other users, and browsing one another’s accounts. OSNs obliterate geographical distance and can breach economic barrier. This popularity has made OSNs a fascinating test bed for cyberattacks comprising Cross-Site Scripting, SQL injection, DDoS, phishing, spamming, fake profile, spammer, etc. OSNs security: Principles, Algorithm, Applications, and Perspectives describe various attacks, classifying them, explaining their consequences, and offering. It also highlights some key contributions related to the current defensive approaches. Moreover, it shows how machine-learning and deep-learning methods can mitigate attacks on OSNs. Different technological solutions that have been proposed are also discussed. The topics, methodologies, and outcomes included in this book will help readers learn the importance of incentives in any technical solution to handle attacks against OSNs. The best practices and guidelines will show how to implement various attack-mitigation methodologies.
The Only Academic Phrasebook You'll Ever Need: 600 Examples Of Academic Language
by Luiz BarrosThe Only Academic Phrasebook You’ll Ever Need is a short, no-nonsense, reader-friendly bank of academic sentence templates. It was written for both graduate and undergraduate students who already know the basics of academic writing but may still struggle to express their ideas using the right words. <p><p> The Only Academic Phrasebook You’ll Ever Need contains 600 sentence templates organized around the typical sections of an academic paper. The Only Academic Phrasebook You’ll Ever Need also contains 80 grammar and vocabulary tips for both native and non-native speakers. <p> The Only Academic Phrasebook You’ll Ever Need is NOT a comprehensive academic writing textbook. It will NOT teach you key academic skills such as choosing the right research question, writing clear paragraphs, dealing with counter arguments and so on. <p> But it will help you find the best way to say what you want to say so you can ace that paper!
The Only Authentic Book of Persuasion
by Lad Custom Publishing Various RolesThe Only Authentic Book of Persuasion: The Agenda/Spin Model
The Only Business Writing Book You'll Ever Need
by Laura Brown Rich KarlgaardA must-have guide for writing at work, with practical applications for getting your point across quickly, coherently, and efficiently. A winning combination of how-to guide and reference work, The Only Business Writing Book You’ll Ever Need addresses a wide-ranging spectrum of business communication with its straightforward seven-step method. These easy-to-follow steps save you time from start to finish, and helpful checklists will boost your confidence as they keep you on track. You’ll learn to promote yourself and your ideas clearly and concisely—whether putting together a persuasive project proposal or dealing with daily email. Laura Brown’s supportive, no-nonsense approach to business writing is thoughtfully adapted to the increasingly digital corporate landscape. She provides practical tips and comprehensive examples for all the most popular forms of communication, including slide presentations, résumés, cover letters, web copy, and a thorough guide to the art of crafting e-mails and instant messages. Insightful sidebars from experts in various fields demystify the skills of self-editing, creating content, and overcoming writer’s block, and Brown’s reference-ready resources on style, punctuation, and grammar will keep your writing error-free. Nuanced, personable, and of-the-moment, The Only Business Writing Book You’ll Ever Need offers essential tools for success in the rapidly changing world of business communication.
The Only Girl: My Life and Times on the Masthead of Rolling Stone
by Robin GreenA raucous and vividly dishy memoir by the only woman writer on the masthead of Rolling Stone Magazine in the early Seventies.In 1971, Robin Green had an interview with Jann Wenner at the offices Rolling Stone magazine. She had just moved to Berkeley, California, a city that promised "Good Vibes All-a Time." Those days, job applications asked just one question, "What are your sun, moon and rising signs?" Green thought she was interviewing for a clerical job like the other girls in the office, a "real job." Instead, she was hired as a journalist. With irreverent humor and remarkable nerve, Green spills stories of sparring with Dennis Hopper on a film junket in the desert, scandalizing fans of David Cassidy and spending a legendary evening on a water bed in Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s dorm room. In the seventies, Green was there as Hunter S. Thompson crafted Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, and now, with a distinctly gonzo female voice, she reveals her side of that tumultuous time in America.Brutally honest and bold, Green reveals what it was like to be the first woman granted entry into an iconic boys' club. Pulling back the curtain on Rolling Stone magazine in its prime, The Only Girl is a stunning tribute to a bygone era and a publication that defined a generation.
The Only Grant-Writing Book You'll Ever Need
by Ellen Karsh Arlen Sue FoxFrom top experts in the field, the definitive guide to grant-writingWritten by two expert authors who have won millions of dollars in government and foundation grants, this is the essential book on securing grants. It provides comprehensive, step-by-step guide for grant writers, including vital up-to-the minute interviews with grant-makers, policy makers, and nonprofit leaders. This book is a must-read for anyone seeking grants in today's difficult economic climate.The Only Grant-Writing Book You'll Ever Need includes:Concrete suggestions for developing each section of a proposalHands-on exercises that let you practice what you learn A glossary of termsConversations with grant-makers on why they award grants...and why they don'tInsights into how grant-awarding is affected by shifts in the economy
The Only Like That Matters Is God's: Using the Bible to Transform Your Life on Social Media
by Teryn GregsonDoes consuming the scroll leave you feeling empty? Escape the shackles of social media and turn to Christ to set you free. By using the Bible as your handbook, you can glorify God through how you present yourself, consume, and operate on social media, regardless of your social media status. Former sports broadcaster Teryn Gregson, who faced public persecution for her faith, approaches the hard to discuss depths of the cultural lies perpetuated on social media. By studying, through scripture, how God delivered the Israelites when they fell into the trap of comparison, or how Jesus overcame cancel culture by rising from the dead three days later. We too can learn to defeat that which consumes us, with the help of the Holy Spirit. In addition to chapter devotionals to dive deeper individually or as a group, the book also faces, head-on, promiscuity masked as Instagram modeling, how that affects our young men & women and what it looks like to truly lay it all on the line for your faith, aside from the picture-perfect profiles online. Each chapter concludes with devotionals that readers can fill out and use as supplemental learning for bible study groups and everyday life. Adding an interactive element to the book, the devotionals utilize various tools to engage readers, including: Scripture studiesLife-Application ChallengesDigital Detox ExercisesScreentime RecommendationsPrayersAnd more!We can transform our lives on social media when we find joy in truly knowing the only &“like&” that matters is God&’s. His &“like&” is all we need. We don&’t deserve it, we can&’t earn it. He gives us all His &“likes&” for free.
The Only Negotiating Guide You'll Ever Need
by Peter B. Stark Jane FlahertyThe Essential Guide to the Power of PersuasionIn The Only Negotiating Guide You'll Ever Need, Peter Stark and Jane Flaherty, celebrated consultants to some of the country's top companies, take the dread out of persuasion. Their 101 Winning Tactics make powerful negotiating skills easy and accessible, giving you tools and knowledge you can put to use right away. Each tactic is on a single page, with a clever and memorable name, a true-to-life example of how to use it, and suggested counter tactics in case someone tries it on you. All 101 tactics are so accessible and empowering that you will find yourself using them immediately--and maybe not just at work.From the Trade Paperback edition.
The Only Negotiating Guide You'll Ever Need, Revised and Updated: 101 Ways to Win Every Time in Any Situation
by Peter B. Stark Jane FlahertyEverything in life is negotiated, under all conditions, at all times. From asking your boss for a raise, to asking your significant other to take out the garbage, most of us are involved in negotiations to one degree or another for a good part of any given day. The Only Negotiating Guide You'll Ever Need, Revised and Updated outlines the critical elements you need for a successful negotiation and reveals the 101 tactics to use in any high stakes business deal, or in everyday life occurrences. In this book, you'll discover your negotiating behavioral style through self-assessment questionnaires, gain the tools needed to deal with negotiation sharks (or bullies), learn tips for recognizing and interpreting your negotiating counterpart's body language to create beneficial outcomes, and see examples on how to counter unethical and unprofessional tactics effectively--and much more. Using their 30 years of experience as business professionals, lead negotiators, consumers, and parents, Peter Stark and Jane Flaherty provide you with the tools you need to become a successful negotiator who builds win-win relationships.
The Only Negotiation Book You'll Ever Need: Find the negotiation style that's right for you, Avoid common pitfalls, Maintain composure during high-pressure negotiations, and Negotiate any deal - without giving in
by Angelique PinetNegotiate your way through any deal!In today's fast-paced business environment, where a single e-mail exchange can make or break your career, it's important that you know how to clearly and effectively discuss an agreement's terms in person as well as online. The Only Negotiation Book You'll Ever Need guides you through every stage of the process--from identifying opportunities to closing the deal--with useful negotiation techniques and tips for adapting classic strategies to online interactions. This book helps you anticipate your adversaries' moves, outwit them at every turn, and spin obstacles to your advantage. You'll also build long-term relationships and win your deals without ever having to give in.With The Only Negotiation Book You'll Ever Need, you'll finally be able to find a negotiation style that helps you get the outcome you want--every time!
The Only Negotiation Book You'll Ever Need
by Angelique Pinet Peter SanderNegotiate your way through any deal! In today's fast-paced business environment, where a single e-mail exchange can make or break your career, it's important that you know how to clearly and effectively discuss an agreement's terms in person as well as online. The Only Negotiation Book You'll Ever Need guides you through every stage of the process--from identifying opportunities to closing the deal--with useful negotiation techniques and tips for adapting classic strategies to online interactions. This book helps you anticipate your adversaries' moves, outwit them at every turn, and spin obstacles to your advantage. You'll also build long-term relationships and win your deals without ever having to give in. With The Only Negotiation Book You'll Ever Need, you'll finally be able to find a negotiation style that helps you get the outcome you want--every time!
The Only Negotiation Book You'll Ever Need
by Angelique Pinet Peter SanderNegotiate your way through any deal! In today's fast-paced business environment, where a single e-mail exchange can make or break your career, it's important that you know how to clearly and effectively discuss an agreement's terms in person as well as online. The Only Negotiation Book You'll Ever Need guides you through every stage of the process--from identifying opportunities to closing the deal--with useful negotiation techniques and tips for adapting classic strategies to online interactions. This book helps you anticipate your adversaries' moves, outwit them at every turn, and spin obstacles to your advantage. You'll also build long-term relationships and win your deals without ever having to give in. With The Only Negotiation Book You'll Ever Need, you'll finally be able to find a negotiation style that helps you get the outcome you want--every time!
Ontology and Phenomenology of Speech: An Existential Theory of Speech
by Marklen E. KonurbaevThis book applies phenomenological methodology to examine the transformations of messages as they pass from the mind to the linear world of human speech, and then back again. Rapid development of linguistic science in the second half of the 20th century, and cognitive science in the beginning of the 21st century has brought us through various stages of natural human language analysis and comprehension – from deep structures, transformational grammar and behaviorism to cognitive linguistics, theory of encapsulation, and mentalism. Thus, drawing upon new developments in cognitive science, philosophy and hermeneutics, the author reveals how to obtain the real vision of life lurking behind the spoken word. Applying methodology introduced by Edmund Husserl and developed by Martin Heidegger, the author examines how we can see the ‘living’ and dynamic essence of speech hidden in the world of linear linguistic strings and casual utterances. This uniquely researched work will be a valuable resource for students and scholars of cognitive stylistics, pragmatics and the psychology of language.
Oops, I Became A Manager: Managing the Veterinary Hospital Team by Finding Unicorns
by Amy NewfieldWere you just thrown into a leadership role? Did you “oops” your way into a management position? This book is for you. Oops, I Became a Manager," is a must-read if you want to develop your skills as a veterinary leader and build happy, cohesive teams. <p><p>Oops, I Became a Manager," is a veterinary hospital management book focused on best practices for coaching veterinary teams to be successful. It is a thorough reference packed with humorous real-life stories and practical information that can be applied to every veterinary hospital.
Open Data Governance und digitale Plattformen: Ethische, ökonomische und regulatorische Herausforderungen und Perspektiven (Ethik in mediatisierten Welten)
by Michael Litschka Florian Saurwein Tassilo PellegriniDieses Buch behandelt ethische, ökonomische und regulatorische Aspekte der Open Data Governance bei digitalen Plattformen. Wie Unternehmen der digitalen Ökonomie mit offenen Daten umgehen, wirft viele gesellschaftlich relevante Fragen auf: Wie können offene Daten und der darauf beruhende Content möglichst weit in der Bevölkerung verbreitet werden? Wie kann Content Moderation transparent organisiert und wie können Dateninfrastrukturen sozial erwünscht gestaltet werden? Das Buch analysiert die Fallstudien offene digitale Public-Value Plattformen, offene digitale Dateninfrastrukturen und Content Moderation und Kuratierung auf digitalen Plattformen und entwickelt Governance-Modelle, die eine Beurteilung verschiedener Regulierungsmöglichkeiten für Unternehmen der digitalen Plattformökonomie ermöglichen.
Open Innovation through Strategic Alliances
by Refik CulpanOpen Innovation through Strategic Alliances demonstrates the vital role and applications of strategic alliances in organizations when creating and applying knowledge for the development of new products, technologies, or business models. This edited collection builds solid knowledge sources and insights into understanding open innovation through inter-organizational alliances. Culpan provides readers with a clear and comprehensive understanding of the utilization of inter-firm partnerships in realizing firm innovation, which is considered crucial for achieving long-term growth and competitive advantage. This book is a valuable tool for understanding the theoretical and practical insights of open innovation business models using strategic alliances.
Open Internationalization Strategy (Routledge Frontiers in the Development of International Business, Management and Marketing)
by Nadine Tournois; Philippe VeryOpen internationalization is a concept that brings a new perspective on the process of firm internationalization. As theories of internationalization show, some companies expand abroad only on their own, known as closed internationalization, while others combine their resources with those of other firms or use their networks for facilitating foreign implantation, known as open internationalization. Parallel to the development of the well-known concept of open innovation, open internationalization can be conceived as a meta-model for understanding companies’ expansion abroad. This book gathers a selection of contemporary research works dedicated to open internationalization, either seen as a way to analyze expansion in foreign countries, or as a way to investigate the management of geographically dispersed activities. All the authors of the chapters are researchers specialized in the internationalization field. Readers will benefit from this new lens for understanding, studying or practising international business, from the decision to go abroad to its implementation and its efficiency. Open Internationalization Strategy includes both academic empirical investigations and literature reviews on specific topics, making it valuable to researchers, academics, managers, and students in the fields of business and management history, international business, organizational studies, and economics.
Open Moral Communities
by Seymour J. MandelbaumSeymour Mandelbaum's extended reflection on communities and the myths that sustain them is a plea for a communitarian sensibility. Communities are critically important in maintaining and adapting public moral orders.
Open RAN: The Definitive Guide
by Ian C. Wong Aditya Chopra Sridhar Rajagopal Rittwik JanaOpen RAN A comprehensive survey of Open RAN technology and its ecosystem In Open RAN: The Definitive Guide, a team of distinguished industry leaders deliver an authoritative guide to all four principles of the Open RAN vision: openness, virtualization, intelligence, and interoperability. Written by the industry experts currently defining the specifications, building the systems, and testing and deploying the networks, the book covers O-RAN architecture, the fronthaul interface, security, cloudification, virtualization, intelligence, certification, badging, and standardization. This critical reference on Open RAN explains how and why an open and disaggregated, intelligent, and fully virtualized network is the way networks should be designed and deployed moving forward. Readers will also find: A thorough introduction from key industry players, including AT&T, Telefonica, Mavenir, VMWare, Google and VIAVI Comprehensive explorations of Open X-Haul transport networks and other unique 5G capabilities Practical discussions of the four pillars of O-RAN architecture: openness, virtualization, intelligence, and interoperability Comprehensive treatments of how smaller vendors can introduce their own services and customize the network Perfect for engineers, product managers, and marketing professionals in the telecom industry, Open RAN: The Definitive Guide will also benefit graduate students, researchers, and engineers in government agencies with involvement in the wireless and telecom industries.
Open RAN: Technology and Ecosystem
by Vladimir YanoverComplete guide to identifying and describing basic Open RAN technology concepts and understanding the structure and dynamics of the ecosystem Open RAN describes key aspects and provides insight into the structure and dynamics of the Open RAN ecosystem, linking the key technology aspects to the market drivers and showing the role of technology in the ecosystem's progress. This book explores Open RAN cloudification techniques and deployment scenarios down to details of the RAN split options and use of hardware accelerators. Open RAN programmability for non-real-time operations (SMO, Non-RT RIC, A1) and real-time operations (Near-RT RIC, E2) are discussed alongside essentials of RAN control, network data collection, notifications of events, policy control, and network and service management. Examples of implementation by leading vendors and open-source communities are provided throughout to show the potential of the Open RAN ecosystem and technology. Written by an industry insider and a key contributor to the development of the technology, this book includes: Activities and structure of the O-RAN Alliance, including work groups, committees, and the O-RAN Software Community (OSC) Evolution of the Open RAN ecosystem, covering O-RAN specifications releases and compliant products, ongoing and planned developments, as well as ongoing and planned trials and commercial deployments SMO and Non-RT RIC functional procedures, A1 policy-based interface, rApps Near-RT RIC functional procedures, covering subscription, notifications, control, policy, and query procedures; E2 services, covering REPORT, INSERT, CONTROL, and POLICY services; Near-RT RIC as an xApps hosting platform Traffic steering, QoS optimization, NSSI resource optimization, and massive MIMO optimization, covering outer and inner control loops, network data collection, and optimization actions With a combined overview of key technology aspects and practical examples, Open RAN is a practical and highly useful reference for researchers, engineers, and marketing experts employed by mobile carriers, equipment vendors, government bodies, and universities, as well as professionals in associated communications fields and PhD electrical engineering students.
Open RAN Explained: The New Era of Radio Networks
by Jyrki T. Penttinen Michele Zarri Dongwook KimOpen RAN EXPLAINED A pioneering outline of the concepts that enhance 5G capabilities to revolutionize the telecommunications industry. Open radio-access network, or Open RAN, is a type of network architecture in which baseband and radio unit components from different suppliers can operate seamlessly in concert. Advances in network communication were, until recently, hampered by the proprietary network operations of each mobile operator; the advent of 5G, however, with its service-based architecture model, has finally opened the door to the expansion of connectivity on the Open RAN model. This transformation promises to define the future of mobile network architecture. Open RAN Explained is among the first books dedicated to this groundbreaking technology. Its comprehensive but accessible summary of current and future developments in Open RAN promises to facilitate network deployment and device design, as well as to provide a handy reference for network professionals in a range of different fields. The result is a must-read volume for anyone looking to understand the future of wireless communication. Open RAN Explained readers will also find: In-depth description of the challenges and opportunities of network modularizationAnalysis conversant with the latest release specifications of the O-RAN Allliance, GSMA OP/TIP, and other key emerging technologiesAuthors working at the leading edge of 5G network communications Open RAN Explained is ideal for network operators, network element and device manufacturers, telecommunications researchers, and advanced students, as well as industry-adjacent figures such as regulators, consultants, and marketing professionals.
Open Secrecy: How Technology Empowers the Digital Underworld
by Isak LadegaardExamines how the global digital underground is liberated by "open secrecy"—a novel and ominous mix of tools for mass communication and anonymity Shadowy groups are increasingly capable of collective action. Using military-grade encryption, rerouting software, and cryptocurrencies, anonymous and pseudonymous actors can now communicate, solve problems, recruit members, and manage resources across multiple public and semipublic spaces. This swirling mix of secrecy and openness enables people to move through cyberspace like nomads with verifiable personas, which makes them impossible to stop. Isak Ladegaard takes readers inside a dark, digital economy for banned drugs that has survived numerous police crackdowns, examines how activist software developers in China and other countries have maintained paths to the open internet, and documents how the American far right uses the same tools to sustain antisocial movements based on paranoia and hate. Timely and perceptive, Open Secrecy argues that although information technology enables mass surveillance, it also undermines state power by boosting groups that evade its rule. These dual forces of control and liberation are propelling us forward, with no one at the wheel.