Author: David P. BarashPublisher: McGraw-Hill Companies
ISBN:
Category : Conduct of life
Languages : en
Pages : 328
Book Description
The Caveman and the Bomb
Author: David P. BarashPublisher: McGraw-Hill Companies
ISBN:
Category : Conduct of life
Languages : en
Pages : 328
Book Description
The Caveman and the Bomb
Author: David P. BarashPublisher: McGraw-Hill Companies
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 328
Book Description
Film and the Nuclear Age
Author: Toni A. PerrinePublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317732197
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 306
Book Description
Just as we generally pay scant attention to the potential dangers of nuclear power and nuclear war, until quite recently, scholars have made limited critical attempts to understand the cultural manifestations of the nuclear status quo. Films that feature nuclear issues most often simplify and trivialize the subject. They also convey a sense of the ambivalence and anxiety that pervades cultural responses to our nuclear capability. The production of popular narrative films with nuclear topics largely conforms to periods of heightened nuclear awareness or fear, such as the fear of fallout from nuclear testing manifested in the atomic creatures in science fiction movies of the late 1950s. By their very numbers, and through a set of recurring stylistic and narrative conventions, nuclear films reflect a deep-seated cultural anxiety. This study includes detailed textual analysis of films that depict nuclear issues including the development and use of the first atomic bombs, nuclear testing and the fear of fallout, nuclear power, the Cold War arms race, loose nukes, and future nuclear war and its aftermath.(Includes bibliographic references, index, filmography, choronology; Illustrated)
Nuclear Rites
Author: Hugh GustersonPublisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 9780520213739
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 382
Book Description
"An extremely important work. . . . It demonstrates the power that ethnographic analysis can have when directed at an examination of our own society's central nervous system."—Faye Ginsburg, author of Contested Lives "Essential reading for anyone trying to understand what Cold War science was in all its cultural aspects and what this same science now in transformation might yet be."—George E. Marcus, co-editor of The Traffic in Culture
Future Survey Annual 1986
Author: Michael MarienPublisher: Transaction Publishers
ISBN: 9780930242329
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 240
Book Description
Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
Author: Three Tweets to Midnight
Author: Herbert S. LinPublisher: Hoover Press
ISBN: 0817923365
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 277
Book Description
Disinformation and misinformation have always been part of conflict. But as the essays in this volume outline, the rise of social media and the new global information ecosystem have created conditions for the spread of propaganda like never before—with potentially disastrous results. In our "post-truth" era of bots, trolls, and intemperate presidential tweets, popular social platforms like Twitter and Facebook provide a growing medium for manipulation of information directed to individuals, institutions, and global leaders. A new type of warfare is being fought online each day, often in 280 characters or fewer. Targeted influence campaigns have been waged in at least forty-eight countries so far. We've entered an age where stability during an international crisis can be deliberately manipulated at greater speed, on a larger scale, and at a lower cost than at any previous time in history. This volume examines the current reality from a variety of angles, considering how digital misinformation might affect the likelihood of international conflict and how it might influence the perceptions and actions of leaders and their publics before and during a crisis. It sounds the alarm about how social media increases information overload and promotes "fast thinking," with potentially catastrophic results for nuclear powers.
How Worlds Collapse
Author: Miguel CentenoPublisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 1000829588
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 443
Book Description
As our society confronts the impacts of globalization and global systemic risks—such as financial contagion, climate change, and epidemics—what can studies of the past tell us about our present and future? How Worlds Collapse offers case studies of societies that either collapsed or overcame cataclysmic adversity. The authors in this volume find commonalities between past civilizations and our current society, tracing patterns, strategies, and early warning signs that can inform decision-making today. While today’s world presents unique challenges, many mechanisms, dynamics, and fundamental challenges to the foundations of civilization have been consistent throughout history—highlighting essential lessons for the future.
The Oxford Handbook of Digital Diplomacy
Author: Associate Professor of Diplomatic Studies Corneliu BjolaPublisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0192859196
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 705
Book Description
The handbook delves into the shifting power dynamics in diplomacy, exploring the establishment of embassies in technology hubs, the challenges faced by foreign affairs departments in adapting to digital technologies, and the utilization of digital tools as a means of exerting influence.