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"Cogs and Monsters: What Economics Is, and What It Should Be" by Diane Coyle is a book that argues for a return to the discipline of political economy in order to yield realistic and useful analyses and recommendations. Coyle criticizes the prevailing standard economic theory, which assumes rational actors with autonomy and fixed needs, as a narrative or ideological story. She highlights the need for economists to acknowledge the realities of an economy that is increasingly complex and difficult to simplify theoretically or quantitatively, particularly in the face of the new digital economy and the rapid development of artificial intelligence. Coyle also addresses the changing dynamics of the economy, such as the growing importance of the service sector and the casualization of the labor market, and the political implications of economists' inability to grasp these changes. The book concludes by emphasizing the need for a modern approach to the public provision and regulation of information goods and the importance of putting the social, rather than the individual, at the heart of the study of economics. [Extracted from the article]

Adam Lowenstein's book, "Horror, Film and Otherness," explores the connections between horror films and societal issues. Lowenstein examines the works of various filmmakers, including George Romero, Tobe Hooper, and Jordan Peele, and analyzes how they depict themes of otherness and social difference. He challenges traditional interpretations of horror films, such as viewer identification and binary oppositions, and instead proposes the concept of "transformative otherness," where normality and monstrosity coexist. Lowenstein also discusses the role of horror in addressing real-life traumas and promoting social awareness. The book provides a comprehensive analysis of the genre and includes a bibliography, illustrations, and an index. [Extracted from the article]

"The Right to Be Rural," edited by Karen R. Foster and Jennifer Jarman, explores the concept of rural rights and citizenship from a Canadian perspective. The book challenges the urban-centric focus of discussions on legal rights and citizenship advocacy and highlights the unique challenges and opportunities within rural environments. It argues for the redefinition of rights and citizenship to bolster rural community resilience and emphasizes the need for depoliticizing the digital transformation of public health services. While the book overlooks critical intersections of energy, climate, and food security, it provides practical solutions for bridging the rural-urban divide and advocates for community participation in policy formation. Overall, "The Right to Be Rural" contributes to the discourse on rural rights and citizenship and strengthens rural communities' leadership. [Extracted from the article]

"Chinese Film: Realism and Convention from the Silent Era to the Digital Age" by Jason McGrath is a comprehensive exploration of the development of Chinese cinema through the lens of realism. McGrath examines six categories of cinematic realism and analyzes seven historical periods of Chinese films to demonstrate the complex relationship between realism and convention. The book delves into specific films and their genres, offering insights into the audience's perception of realism in different historical contexts. While some films are not discussed in depth due to space limitations, the book provides valuable analysis for scholars and enthusiasts interested in Chinese cinema. [Extracted from the article]

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The article reviews the book "Paper to Digital: Documents in the Information Age," edited by Ziming Liu.

Whitney Trettien's book, "Cut/Copy/Paste: Fragments from the History of Bookwork," explores the impact of digital tools on media culture by drawing an analogy between seventeenth-century bespoke bookwork and contemporary digital practices. Trettien examines the work of three British bookmakers who recontextualized fragmentary book material to create new compositions. She highlights the role of women in these bookmaking processes and challenges traditional patriarchal perspectives. While the book's hybrid format attempts to challenge conventional publishing norms, it lacks integration between the print and digital elements. Overall, Trettien's work provides a compelling and thoroughly researched study of these three book composers. [Extracted from the article]

The article reviews the book "Radio Content in the Digital Age: The Evolution of a Sound Medium," edited by Angeliki Gazi, Guy Starkey and Stanislaw Jedrzejewski.

Are digital parties the future of party organization? In a way, this is the same reasoning behind time-honoured party-type concepts introduced in political science literature in the past such as mass party, catch-all party, cartel party, etc. Finally, in terms of the use of the concept to indicate a more general trend in the party system rather than just something that is unique to an emerging "party family", precisely because of the ideal-type nature of the concept, the idea of digital party is not meant to be applicable only to a small group of party, in which these tendencies are most clearly seen. Throughout history, movement parties have emerged from different social movement families: socialist parties from labour movements, regionalist parties from ethnic movements, confessional parties from religious movements and the Greens from environmental ones. [Extracted from the article]

This article introduces Anita Coleman, an assistant professor at the School of Information Resources and Library Sciences at the University of Tucson in Tucson, Arizona. The article discusses Coleman’s work in developing the dLIST, which stands for the digital Library of Information Science and Technology. DLIST is an open access digital archive of information sciences and resources.

HOW UNDERSTANDINGS OF THE NATURE OF TECHNOLOGY EXPLAIN CHANGE AND CONSTANCY OF TECHNOLOGY IMPLEMENTATION AND ADOPTION (THE FLIGHT OF A BUTTERFLY OR THE PATH OF A BULLET? In examining school implementation in Summit Public Schools, Cuban focused on a cadre of teachers where implementation was mandated; in other words, teachers were not able to opt out and thus had to engage in implementation. Reform efforts in every context need to be evaluated on the interacting factors, resources, school leadership and staff, quality of the teacher and instructional practices and must occur over long periods of time. Given these understandings, Cuban missed an opportunity to engage with the implications of his analysis beyond what schools and school agents do in concert with technological reform. [Extracted from the article]

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The article offers poetry criticism of the poem "Seattle Drift" by Jim Andrews. It explores the poetic reception, production and interpretation of the poem. The author's kinetic poem boosts its minimalist and experimental quality that characterizes the net art of the 1990s while examining the code functions' role on the development of web aesthetics. The significance of the poem in reminding the futility of literature in the period of digital writing is also mentioned.