How to think like a philosopher
【I S B N】9780226826646
【作 者】Baggini, Julian
【出版社】University of Chicago Press (8 May 2023)
【馆藏地】理科馆外教中心（东）
【索书号】B81 /B144 /E
【简 介】 By now, it should be clear: in the face of disinformation and disaster, we cannot hot take, life hack, or meme our way to a better future. But how should we respond instead? In How to Think like a Philosopher, Julian Baggini turns to the study of reason itself for practical solutions to this question, inspired by our most eminent philosophers, past and present.
Baggini offers twelve key principles for a more humane, balanced, and rational approach to thinking: pay attention; question everything (including your questions); watch your steps; follow the facts; watch your language; be eclectic; be a psychologist; know what matters; lose your ego; think for yourself, not by yourself; only connect; and don’t give up. Each chapter is chockful of real-world examples showing these principles at work—from the discovery of penicillin to the fight for trans rights—and how they lead to more thoughtful conclusions. More than a book of tips and tricks (or ways to be insufferably clever at parties), How to Think like a Philosopher is an invitation to develop the habits of good reasoning that our world desperately needs.
The impact of COVID on cities and regions : policy responses of local leaders
【I S B N】9781035308941
【作 者】 Peter Karl Kresl, Charles P. Vaughan
【出版社】Edward Elgar Publishing (October 10, 2023)
【馆藏地】理科馆理科书库
【索书号】C912.81 /I34 /E
【简 介】The recent COVID-19 pandemic has arguably caused some of the most noticeable and influential societal and economic changes since World War Two. This path-breaking book investigates these changes and the subsequent responses of urban policy makers.
Chapters offer keen insights into the methods differing urban regions have utilized to cope with their changing economic circumstances. With a global scope, the book focuses on the various significant impacts of the pandemic including effects on the employment of women and minorities, central city vitality, and the futures of small or isolated regions. Ultimately, it examines how policy makers are dealing with the prospective decline of social categories and of the vitality of their cities.
Social media and the law : a guidebook for communication students and professionals
【I S B N】9781032004877
【作 者】Daxton R. Stewart
【出版社】 Routledge; 3rd edition (October 3, 2022)
【馆藏地】江湾馆文科借阅区
【索书号】D971.228 /S678(3) /E
【简 介】This fully updated third edition of Social Media and the Law offers an essential guide to navigating the complex legal terrain of social media.
Social media platforms like Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, YouTube, and TikTok have become vital tools for professionals in the news and strategic communication fields. As these services have rapidly grown in popularity, their legal ramifications have continued to develop, resulting in students and professional communicators needing to be aware of laws relating to defamation, privacy, intellectual property, and government regulation. Editor Daxton Stewart brings together eleven media law scholars to address key questions, such as the following: To what extent do communicators put themselves at risk for lawsuits when they use these tools? What rights do communicators have when other users talk about them on social networks? How can people and companies manage intellectual property issues consistent with the developing law in this area?
This book is essential for students of media, mass communication, strategic communication, journalism, advertising, and public relations, as well as professional communicators that use social media in their role.
To the top : how women in corporate leadership are rewriting the rules for success
【I S B N】9781119988083
【作 者】Jenna C. Fisher
【出版社】Wiley; 1st edition (March 14, 2023)
【馆藏地】管理学院政立书库
【索书号】F272.91 /F534 /E
【简 介】In To the Top: How Women in Corporate Leadership Are Rewriting the Rules for Success, accomplished leadership advisor Jenna Fisher reveals how the world faces a once-in-a-generation opportunity to close the gender gap at the top of organizations today.
You’ll discover how traits often held by women―including compassion, empathy, communication, mentorship, and collaboration―are now in high demand. And why, in this time of volatility and disruption, women are standing on the most solid foundation for success than ever before.
Issues in contemporary American journalism
【I S B N】9781032325521
【作 者】Hans C. Schmidt
【出版社】Routledge; 1st edition (June 8, 2023)
【馆藏地】理科馆理科书库
【索书号】G219.712.9 /I86 /E
【简 介】Bringing together the diverse perspectives of over 20 leading journalism scholars, this collection provides an original insight into the history of American journalism and issues that exist and have existed within the industry for decades.
The culture of journalism is in constant flux, with both individual journalists and the news industry as a whole regularly finding themselves at the center of controversy. While heightened in recent years, such controversy is not new and could in fact be considered a hallmark of the profession. With this in mind, this book presents original perspectives into issues and debates regarding the role of journalism in America, journalistic objectivity and ethics, diversity and representation, war and conflict reporting, local news, fake news, and hostility towards journalists. Each of the seven sections begins with a topical overview and ends with a short essay written by a leader in the field.
The changing languages of Guangxi, Southern China
【I S B N】9781793630094
【作 者】Huang, Yang
【出版社】Lexington Books (June 15, 2023)
【馆藏地】理科馆理科书库
【索书号】H0-05 /H874c /E
【简 介】Based on a case study of the evolution of “finish” morphemes in Yue and Zhuang Tai-Kadai, this book examines how an internal factor (grammaticalization) and an external factor (language contact) interacted to produce the polyfunctionality of the specific “finish” morphemes in the languages of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Southern China. Arguing that the Central Southern Guangxi Region is a micro-linguistic area, Huang also introduces five unique areal features shared by many of its languages.
Key concepts in Victorian studies
【I S B N】9781474499866
【作 者】Hughes, William
【出版社】Edinburgh University Press (March 31, 2023)
【馆藏地】理科馆外教中心（东）
【索书号】I561.064 /H894k /E
【简 介】Key Concepts in Victorian Studies is a comprehensive and accessible resource for students of the long nineteenth century. The volume is divided into a number of cross-referenced sections which address the preoccupations and historical events of this crucial period in recent history and culture. Central to the book’s function as a durable reference work is an extensive A-Z glossary which clarifies Victorian terminology and explains key historical and political events. This is supplemented with a chronology listing significant domestic, imperial and international events from 1837 to 1901; a tabulation of British Prime Ministers in office during Queen Victoria’s reign; a succinct but detailed survey of the most important acts of Parliament in the period; an explanation of pre-decimal British coinage; and a useful chart which converts imperial measurement into their metric equivalents. This book is an essential reference for scholars of Victorian literature and history from undergraduate to postgraduate level.
TV snapshots : an archive of everyday life
【I S B N】9781478015642
【作 者】Lynn Spigel
【出版社】Duke University Press Books (August 12, 2022)
【馆藏地】理科馆外教中心（东）
【索书号】J905.712 /S755 /E
【简 介】In TV Snapshots, Lynn Spigel explores snapshots of people posing in front of their television sets in the 1950s through the early 1970s. Like today’s selfies, TV snapshots were a popular photographic practice through which people visualized their lives in an increasingly mediated culture. Drawing on her collection of over 5,000 TV snapshots, Spigel shows that people did not just watch TV: women used the TV set as a backdrop for fashion and glamour poses; people dressed in drag in front of the screen; and in pinup poses, people even turned the TV setting into a space for erotic display. While the television industry promoted on-screen images of white nuclear families in suburban homes, the snapshots depict a broad range of people across racial, ethnic, and class backgrounds that do not always conform to the reigning middle-class nuclear family ideal. Showing how the television set became a central presence in the home that exceeded its mass entertainment function, Spigel highlights how TV snapshots complicate understandings of the significance of television in everyday life.
In the long run we're all dead
【I S B N】9781913368579
【作 者】Björn Frank
【出版社】Haus Publishing (August 12, 2023)
【馆藏地】理科馆外教中心（东）
【索书号】K835.165.31 /F828 /E
【简 介】Until the late nineteenth century, economics couldn’t be studied at the university level; the field was the domain of well-educated figures whose radical curiosity drew them to a discipline that was little understood and often ridiculed. In the Long Run We’re All Dead tells the story of one of those figures in each of its thirteen chapters. Each of these extraordinary lives is worthy of fiction, and the manner of their deaths, oddly, often illuminates their work. Björn Frank shows us how these economists developed the theories for which they became famous and explains those ideas—utilitarianism, social costs, the endowment effect, and others—with reference to the lives of their creators in an engaging, irreverent, even comic style. Frank also takes daring leaps into speculation, considering how the principles of these long-gone economists might be applied to problems of today and of the future.
More numbers every day
【I S B N】9781421442402
【作 者】Dahlen, Micael
【出版社】Hachette Books (March 14, 2023)
【馆藏地】理科馆外教中心阅览室
【索书号】O11 /D131 /E
【简 介】How many hours of sleep did you get last week? How many steps did you walk today? How many friends do you have? It seems everywhere you go, you’re surrounded by numbers. You depend on them, so you think they’re dependable, neutral, exact. But the truth? Numbers lie. They mislead. They’re tricky, little manipulative devils. And they’re in the process of really messing things up for you. You just don’t know it yet.
Today we all strive to quantify everything: calories, likes, website traffic, and even friends. We measure ourselves against others and compare our real experiences to imagined averages. But in our rush to measure, we can lose sight of what matters. From internationally renowned economics professors Micael Dahlen and Helge Thorbjørnsen, More Numbers Every Day is a timely and powerful investigation—and warning—about the trouble numbers can bring us.
With groundbreaking, empowering, sometimes frightening, and sometimes funny research, But numbers aren’t all bad. Sometimes they make us weaker, but sometimes they also make us stronger. More Numbers Every Day is more than just an exploration in to the somewhat mysterious, seemingly infinite pandemic of numbers. It’s a numerical vaccination—for a happier and more integrally healthy life.