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  Artificial intelligence, game theory and mechanism design in politics
Marwala T., Palgrave Macmillan, New York, NY, 2023. 233 pp.  Type: Book (981995102X)

This book serves as guide to the use of artificial intelligence (AI), game theory, and mechanism design in politics. Marwala takes a simple approach to these subjects. He explains AI concepts at a level suitable to readers without technical knowle...

Dec 29 2023
  Algorithms for the people: democracy in the age of AI
Simons J., PRINCETON UNIVERSITY PRESS, Princeton, New Jersey, 2023. 320 pp.  Type: Book (0691244006)

The roles of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) in society and everyday pursuits continue to be a subject of intellectual debate for business executives, politicians, and research practitioners. Furthermore, how should AI globa...

Aug 7 2023
  Algorithmic governance: politics and law in the post-human era
Kalpokas I., Palgrave Macmillan, New York, NY, 2019. 129 pp.  Type: Book (978-3-030319-21-2)

A glaring example of the substantial mismatch between science and technology studies (STS) and technical/scientific disciplines, this book misses the chance to ignite or fuel a--more than pertinent--discussion on the subtle and opaque bu...

Aug 26 2022
   Sandworm: a new era of cyberwar and the hunt for the Kremlin’s most dangerous hackers
Greenberg A., Doubleday, New York, NY, 2019. 368 pp.  Type: Book (978-0-385544-40-5)

“Digital security” has been a buzzword of the past decades. The vulnerabilities grow as fast as the digital networks and systems, or rather faster--all new technologies add to the long list of possible mean...

May 26 2021
  Digital political participation, social networks and big data
Robles-Morales J., Córdoba-Hernández A., Palgrave Macmillan, London, UK, 2019. 184 pp.  Type: Book (978-3-030277-57-4)

Before the Internet, almost everything we did was through an intermediate agent. For example, to listen to music, we had to buy LPs, and later CDs, from a brick-and-mortar music store. To travel to other cities, we had to reserve our h...

May 18 2021
  Cybersecurity in Nigeria: a case study of surveillance and prevention of digital crime
Iorliam A., Springer International Publishing, New York, NY, 2019. 72 pp.  Type: Book (978-3-030152-09-3)

Many of us have received a message from a “Nigerian prince” or a supposed “friend” in Nigeria. The first one involves an inheritance that the scammer needs to give out right away; in the second, ...

Feb 11 2021
  eDemocracy & eGovernment: stages of a democratic knowledge society (2nd ed.)
Meier A., Terán L., Springer International Publishing, New York, NY, 2019. 261 pp.  Type: Book (978-3-030175-84-9)

The book describes aspects of eGovernment in the context of eDemocracy and public management. Its reference style is oriented toward students (both graduate and advanced undergraduate) who seek to gain knowledge about eDemocracy and eG...

Feb 10 2021
  Unlocking data to improve public policy
Hastings J., Howison M., Lawless T., Ucles J., White P. Communications of the ACM 62(10): 48-53, 2019.  Type: Article

Data-driven decision-making is all the rage these days. Government and public sector organizations, as well as industry and private enterprise, are keen to leverage the flood of data available in the Information Age to make better deci...

Nov 20 2020
  Dynamic profiles for voting advice applications: an implementation for the 2017 Ecuador national elections
Terán L., Springer International Publishing, New York, NY, 2020. 167 pp.  Type: Book (978-3-030240-89-9)

As democracies and social networks grow, there is an ever-increasing demand for polling, sentiment analysis on social networks, and voting advice applications (VAAs). A few folks, like the author of this book, hypothesize that politici...

Aug 21 2020
  Move fast and break things: how Facebook, Google, and Amazon cornered culture and undermined democracy
Taplin J., Little, Brown & Co. Inc., Boston, MA, 2017. 320 pp.  Type: Book (978-0-316275-77-4)

Since the turn of the 21st century, traditional newspaper and music industry revenues have fallen dramatically, with similar drops in film, television, and general print media companies. Traditional media’s spectacular falls ...

Nov 12 2018
 
 
 
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