{"title":"Neil Selwyn","description":"\u003cp\u003eNeil Selwyn explores the intersection of technology and education, offering critical insight into how digital tools reshape learning environments and societal structures. His works delve into themes such as the implications of digital growth, the role of technology in education, and emerging concerns like facial recognition within social contexts.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eReaders will find a thoughtful examination of modern educational challenges framed through a sociological lens, making these books essential for anyone interested in the future of education and the evolving relationship between society and digital innovation.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"facial-recognition-by-neil-selwyn-9781509547333","title":"Facial Recognition","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eFacial Recognition\u003c\/i\u003e is set to fundamentally change our experience and understanding of monitoring, surveillance, and privacy. Backed by powerful industry interests, this technology is being integrated into many areas of society – from airports to shopping malls, classrooms to casinos. Despite the promise of security and efficiency, fears are growing that this technology is inherently biased, intrusive, and oppressive, with broad-ranging societal consequences.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn this timely book, Neil Selwyn and Mark Andrejevic provide a critical introduction to facial recognition. Outlining its complex social history and future technical forms, as well as its conceptual and technical underpinnings, the book considers the arguments being advanced for the continued uptake of facial recognition. In assessing these developments, the book argues that we are at the cusp of a generational shift in surveillance technology that will reconfigure our expectations of anonymity in shared and public spaces. Throughout, the book addresses a deceptively simple question: do we really want to live in a world where our face is our ID?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eFacial Recognition\u003c\/i\u003e is essential reading for students and scholars of media and communications studies, surveillance studies, criminology, and sociology, as well as for anyone interested in one of the defining technologies of our times.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47383793041644,"sku":"9781509547333","price":35.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/12495583482725.jpg?v=1773380781"},{"product_id":"digital-degrowth-by-neil-selwyn-9781509563289","title":"Digital Degrowth","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWe are fast approaching the point of “peak digital”, with the continued mass production and excessive consumption of digital technologies set to become a key driver of climate crisis, ecological breakdown and ongoing societal instability.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eDigital Degrowth\u003c\/i\u003e is a call to completely rethink our digital futures in these fast-changing times. It explores how degrowth thinking and alternate forms of “radically sustainable computing” might support ambitions of sustainable, scaled-down and equitable ways of living with digital technologies. Neil Selwyn proposes a rebalancing of digital technology use: digital degrowth is not a call for simply making reduced use of the digital technologies that we already have – rather it is an argument to reimagine digital practices that maximise societal benefits with minimal environmental and social impact.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eDrawing on illustrative examples from across computer science, hacker and environmental activist communities, this book examines how core degrowth principles of conviviality, autonomy and care are already being used to reimagine alternate forms of digital technology.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOriginal and stimulating, this is essential reading for students and scholars of media and communication, sustainability studies, political ecology, computer\/data sciences, and across the social sciences.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47462842826988,"sku":"9781509563289","price":30.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781509563289-digital-degrowth.jpg?v=1775024222"},{"product_id":"education-and-technology-by-neil-selwyn-9781350145559","title":"Education and Technology","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhat does the future hold for digital technology and education? What can be learnt from the history of technology use in education? Does digital technology make education more individualised? Will it eventually replace the school, university and teacher?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn a thoroughly revised edition of this successful book, Neil Selwyn takes a critical look at some of the major current debates and controversies concerning digital technologies and education. Focusing on the social as well as the technical aspects of these issues, Selwyn addresses fundamental but often unvoiced questions about education and technology.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOver the course of eight chapters, the book gives careful thought to the people, practices, processes and structures behind the rapidly increasing use of technologies in education, with an emphasis on the implications of digital technologies for individuals and institutions.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBrand new chapters on trends in AI and 'big data' driven automation of education, and the future(s) of education and technology are included. This edition also features new sections exploring ‘post-digital’ perspectives, personalised learning, digital labour, and the impending need for sustainable forms of digital education.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe book focuses attention on the connections between recent technology developments and broader changes in education practice, education policy and education theory over the past few decades. It also challenges us to reflect on future directions and controversies for education in the (post)digital age.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eExpanded study questions, annotated further reading and a new glossary of key terms are included to support readers. 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Our digitalised societies demand new ways of thinking about the social, and this short book introduces readers to an approach that can deliver this: \u003cem\u003edigital sociology\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eNeil Selwyn examines the concepts, tools and practices that sociologists are developing to analyse the intersections of the social and the digital. Blending theory and empirical examples, the five chapters highlight areas of inquiry where digital approaches are taking hold and shaping the discipline of sociology today. The book explores key topics such as digital race and digital labour, as well as the fast-changing nature of digital research methods and diversifying forms of digital scholarship.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eDesigned for use in advanced undergraduate and graduate courses, this timely introduction will be an invaluable resource for all sociologists seeking to focus their craft and thinking toward the social complexities of the digital age.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47471928738028,"sku":"9781509527113","price":35.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/5bbde86638fd0270294e1f5e8d71b8a4.jpg?v=1775692702"},{"product_id":"education-in-a-digital-world-by-neil-selwyn-9780415808446","title":"Education in a Digital World","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDrawing on a wealth of theoretical and empirical work, \u003cem\u003eEducation in a Digital World\u003c\/em\u003e tackles a number of pressing questions, such as, how are ‘global’ trends in educational technology refracted through national policies and processes? How exactly are educational technologies linked to issues of global economics and the fortunes of national and international economies? To what extent are digital technologies implicated in the commercialisation, marketisation and commodification of education?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThese questions, and others, are addressed throughout eight wide-ranging chapters, which consider topics such as the national policy strategies of countries across North and South America, Europe and East Asia, the educational technology portfolios of international organisations such as the United Nations and Microsoft, as well as the role of education and technology in international development and the ongoing efforts to provide ‘one laptop per child’ across low-income regions and countries.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThrough these examples, Selwyn develops a detailed analysis of education, technology and globalisation, drawing together arguments and debates from various academic perspectives. Written in a detailed but accessible manner, this is an essential book for anyone wishing to gain a better understanding of the role of education and technology in contemporary globalised society.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47605621063916,"sku":"9780415808446","price":667.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/0aa5889d391b0bb1421b05f5b24f15f7.jpg?v=1788151343"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.live\/collections\/neil-selwyn.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}