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Yet the literature on Internet addiction fails to establish the agent of this presumptive malady, Friedman points out, as well as what it is that users are actually doing or desiring that constitutes an addiction. In her new book, I Internet Addiction: A Critical Psychology of Users i (Routledge, 2021), Emaline Friedman takes on an enormous and weighty task. [Extracted from the article]

Interactivity as performance allows Nash to draw attention to affect and emotion, considering the different forms that interactive documentary engages with embodied performances such as augmented and virtual reality documentary and gaming. Nash acknowledges the fragility of the interactive documentary because of its experimental approach adopting software platforms that are still in development limiting the audience reach, but she remains hopeful throughout the book that the future for the interactive documentary lies ahead, and we have perhaps only scratched the surface. This book shows how interactive documentary appropriates digital technologies in order to find new methods of engaging with realities that often confront contemporary social concerns and the intricacies of truth. [Extracted from the article]

"The Agricultural Dilemma" by Glenn Davis Stone is a book that challenges the dominant narrative surrounding industrial agriculture. Stone argues that the focus on technological development and efficiency in agriculture has led to the capture of public wealth by business interests, while externalizing socio-ecological costs. The book explores the history and impact of industrial agriculture, particularly in relation to fertilizers and seeds, and highlights the racial underpinnings of the productivist ideal. Stone also presents an alternative model of agriculture, called "intensive agriculture," which emphasizes changing practices, labor, and local technology. Overall, the book offers a critical and thought-provoking analysis of the current state of agriculture and presents possibilities for alternative agrarian futures. [Extracted from the article]

The Invention of Public Space: Designing for Inclusion in Lindsay's New York documents a transformative period of experimentation in public space design in New York City from 1966 through 1973, under the mayoralty of John Lindsay. Combining rich archival research with captivating storytelling, the book sheds light on this time in which emerging ideas about psychology, participation, and politics were integrated into the design of public environments. It makes a compelling argument for the importance of this time and place in spurring a broad rethinking of the very concept of public space as a site of democracy, participation, and self-actualization. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Hewett and Bourelle ([3]) have collected a series of essays aimed to help program administrators (PAs) develop and fine-tune online training and professional development programs in technical and professional communication (TPC). Further, this book can be helpful to the instructors themselves, as many chapters offer practical strategies that instructors should consider when teaching online. A common point in nearly every chapter is the advice to offer instructor training online so that instructors can experience online learning to learn what students may experience while taking a course. [Extracted from the article]

Chapter 1, by Cosgrove and Idiáquez, outlines a history of Garifuna and the Atlantic Coast of Nicaragua and provides a theoretical approach to persistence. Surviving the Americas: Garifuna Persistence from Nicaragua to New York City, by Serena Cosgrove, José Idiáquez, Leonard Joseph Bent & Andrew Gorvetzian Serena Cosgrove, José Idiáquez, Leonard Joseph Bent & Andrew Gorvetzian, I Surviving the Americas: Garifuna Persistence from Nicaragua to New York City i . [Extracted from the article]

A review of the book "A Gathering of Broken Mirrors: Memories of New York Survivors," by Anthony E. Shaw, is presented.