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The Culture of Mean is the first book-length feminist critical exploration of representations of youth bullying in media. Bringing into conversation scholarship on feminism, media, new communication t
For years, much of the available curricula for teaching digital citizenship focused on “don’ts.” Don’t share addresses or phone numbers. Don’t give out passwords. Don’t bully other students. But the c
This book explores the phenomenon of online social networking in the contexts of a global multicultural society caught in the turmoil of the information and communication revolution. It offers readers
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If you understand organisations then you are more powerful, as you are able to further your own interests and those of your organisation. It therefore makes sense that all engineers as part of their u
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The Agency of Organizing explains why the notion of agency is central to understanding what organizations are, how they come into existence, continue to exist or fade away, and how they function. Writ
