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Public shaming / by Cunningham, Anne C.,editor.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Subjects: Social control.; Shame.;
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False alarm : the truth about the epidemic of fear / by Siegel, Marc(Marc K.);
Includes bibliographical references (p. 217-235) and index.Introduction : the fear epidemic -- Why are we so afraid? -- It works for animals but not for us -- Our culture of worry -- Playing politics with fear -- Disasters : real or imagined -- Finding things to worry about -- Profiting from fear -- Anthrax -- Insects, pox, and lethal gas -- SARS -- Flu -- Cows, birds, and humans -- The fear prophets -- Is there a cure for fear?.
Subjects: Fear; Epidemics; Security (Psychology); Social control.;
© c2005., John Wiley & Sons,
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The mask of benevolence : disabling the deaf community / by Lane, Harlan L.;
Includes bibliographical references (p. [263]-319) and index.
Subjects: Deaf; Social control.; Deaf; Deafness;
© c1999., DawnSignPress,
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Data and Goliath : the hidden battles to collect your data and control your world / by Schneier, Bruce,1963-;
Includes bibliographical references and index.Data as a by-product of computing -- Data as surveillance -- Analyzing our data -- The business of surveillance -- Government surveillance and control -- Consolidation of institutional control -- Political liberty and justice -- Commercial fairness and equality -- Business competitiveness -- Privacy -- Security -- Principles -- Solutions for government -- Solutions for corporations -- Solutions for the rest of us -- Social norms and the big data trade-off.Your cell phone provider tracks your location and knows who's with you. Your online and in-store purchasing patterns are recorded, and reveal if you're unemployed, sick, or pregnant. Your e-mails and texts expose your intimate and casual friends. Google knows what you're thinking because it saves your private searches. Facebook can determine your sexual orientation without you ever mentioning it. The powers that surveil us do more than simply store this information. Corporations use surveillance to manipulate not only the news articles and advertisements we each see, but also the prices we're offered. Governments use surveillance to discriminate, censor, and chill free speech, and put people in danger worldwide. And both sides share this information with each other or, even worse, lose it to cybercriminals in huge data breaches. Much of this is voluntary: we cooperate with corporate surveillance because it promises us convenience, and we submit to government surveillance because it promises us protection. The result is a mass surveillance society of our own making. But have we given up more than we've gained? Security expert Bruce Schneier offers another path, one that values both security and privacy. He shows us what we can do to reform our government surveillance programs and shake up surveillance-based business models, while also providing tips for you to protect your privacy every day.
Subjects: Electronic surveillance; Information technology; Computer security.; Privacy, Right of.; Social control.;
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Everyday surveillance : vigilance and visibility in postmodern life / by Staples, William G.;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-243) and index.Everyday surveillance -- The scaffold, the penitentiary, and beyond -- The gaze and its compulsions -- Bodily intrusions -- Wired. I. Am: the digital life 2.0 -- The anatomy of visibility."When we think of surveillance in our society, we usually imagine "Big Brother" scenarios with the government tracking our every move. The actual surveillance of our everyday lives is much more subtle, however, and may be more insidious. William G. Staples shows how our lives are tracked by both public and private organizations --sometimes with our consent, and sometimes without--through our internet use, cell phones, public video cameras, credit cards, license plates, shopping habits, and more. Everyday Surveillance is a provocative exploration of the myriad ways we are watched each day, and how this surveillance shapes our lives. Thoroughly revised, the second edition considers new topics, such as the rise of social media, and updates research throughout. Everyday Surveillance introduces students to concepts of social control and incites classroom discussion about how surveillance impacts the ways we understand people and our lives at home, work, school, or in the community."--Publisher's description.
Subjects: Social control; Electronic surveillance; Privacy;
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The power of off : the mindful way to stay sane in a virtual world / by Colier, Nancy.;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 224-228).Our relationship with technology -- Our relationship with others -- Our relationship with ourselves -- Creating space, inside and out -- How to liberate ourselves from a teched-out mind -- Mindfulness practice for the digital age.Our reliance on technology is rapidly changing how each of us experiences life. We're facing new issues and difficulties, we're encountering new emotional triggers, and we're relating to each other in new ways. As Dr. Nancy Colier writes, How we spend our time, what motivates us, and what we want are all are on a radical course of transformation. The promise of technology is that it will make our lives easier; yet to realize that promise, we cannot be passive users we must bring awareness and mindfulness to our relationships with our devices. The compulsion to constantly check our devices plays on primal instincts, teaches Colier. Even people with strong spiritual practices or those who have never had other addiction issues now find themselves caught in the subtle trap of these miraculous tools we've created. Through The Power of Off, she offers us a path for making use of the virtual world while still feeling good, having healthy relationships, and staying connected with what is genuinely meaningful in life. You'll explore: how and why today's devices push our buttons so effectively, and what you can do to take back control of your life; tips for navigating the increasingly complex ways in which technology is affecting our relationships with ourselves, others, and our devices themselves; self-evaluation tools for bringing greater awareness to your use of technology; mindfulness practices for helping you interact with your devices in more conscious ways; and a 30-day digital detox program to kick-start a new healthier relationship with technology.
Subjects: Information technology; Information technology; Attention.; Self-control.; Mindfulness (Psychology);
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Sound and noise : a listener's guide to everyday life / by Epstein, Marcia Jenneth,1951-author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.Life without Earlids -- Sound Science -- Studying Sound -- Thunder, Rooster, Hammer, Hum -- Why Noise Annoys -- The Hearing Body -- The Mind's Ear -- Born Loud -- Growing Up Loud -- Working with Noise -- Quiet, Please: Noise Abatement -- Power and Danger -- The Cacophony of the Commons -- Hear Ye, Hear Ye! Noise and the Law -- Hearing and Healing: Soundscapes in Health Care -- Creating a Culture of Listening -- Tuning a Future."This book is about how you listen and what you hear, about how to have a dialogue with the sounds around you. Marcia Jenneth Epstein gives readers the impetus and the tools to understand the sounds and noise that define their daily lives in this groundbreaking interdisciplinary study of how auditory stimuli impact both individuals and communities. Epstein employs scientific and sociological perspectives to examine noise in multiple contexts: as a threat to health and peace of mind, as a motivator for social cohesion, as a potent form of communication and expression of power. She draws on a massive base of specialist literature from fields as diverse as nursing and neuroscience, sociology and sound studies, acoustic ecology and urban planning, engineering, anthropology, and musicology, among others, synthesizing and explaining these findings to evaluate the ubiquitous effects of sound in everyday life. Epstein investigates speech and music as well as noise and explores their physical and cultural dimensions. Ultimately she argues for an engaged public dialogue on sound, built on a shared foundation of critical listening, and provides the understanding for all of us to speak and be heard in such a discussion. Sound and Noise is a timely evaluation of the noise that surrounds us, how we hear it, and what we can do about it."--
Subjects: Noise.; Noise; Noise; Sound.; Hearing.; Listening.; Noise;
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The obesity epidemic : why diets and exercise don't work -- and what does / by Toomath, Robyn.; Toomath, Robyn.Fat science.;
In a world where charlatans promise to fix the alarming obesity epidemic with a silver-bullet diet or trendy new exercise program, Robyn Toomath, a physician and realist, steps out of the fray to deliver some tough news: it's really hard to lose weight. Dispelling common myths and telling provocative truths about weight gain--and loss--The Obesity Epidemic is an engaging investigation into the complicated factors that lead to obesity. While genes certainly play a part, Toomath argues, more people are fat than ever before because most of us consume significantly more calories than we did 30 years ago. But why? The answer, she asserts, is the commodification of food created by junk food advertising coupled with urbanization, globalization, and trade agreements. And while government, advertisers, gyms, and the weight loss industry keep pushing solutions that science shows do not work--from extreme exercise regimens and fad dieting to prohibitively expensive surgeries, pills, and misguided education campaigns--Toomath outlines what just might make a difference in terms of helping people truly control their weight. Drawing on the latest research and her twenty years of working with overweight patients, Dr. Toomath argues that even strongly determined people who are offered appealing incentives typically cannot lose weight permanently. Instead of demonizing people by treating weight as an issue of personal or even moral responsibility, Dr. Toomath makes it clear that nothing will change until we make it easy, not all but impossible, for people to eat healthily. Raising important questions about obesity, Toomath sidesteps the standard sound bites and puts an end to the myth of personal responsibility for body size by focusing on the environment all around us.--Includes bibliographical references (pages 183-197) and index.Part 1: We all want to be thin. Why aren't we? Does dieting work? ; Is exercise the answer? ; Can drugs or surgery make us thin? ; Is fatness inherited? -- Part 2: Why our modern world makes us fat. How new ways of living have led to new ways of eating ; How the economies of food puts more of it on our plates ; How we're sold on junk food ; How the overweight are stigmatized -- Part 3: What we can do about it. How governments can flick the switch -- Conclusion: Rise up! -- Epilogue.
Subjects: Obesity; Obesity; Obesity; Food industry and trade; Obesity.; Weight loss.; Obesity;
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The taming of the American crowd : from stamp riots to shopping sprees / by Sandine, Al,1938-;
Includes bibliographical references (p. [219]-261) and index.What crowds are for -- The city mob -- Purposeful crowds in the United States -- Rollicking in the streets -- Americans at play -- The festival of the sixties -- Rioting for fun -- When crowds ruled -- Crowd rule in the ancient world -- Crowds make a revolution -- America's revolutionary crowds -- Forgotten rioters and other crowds -- Human rights melees and anti-immigrant rioting -- The St. Louis general strike -- Mass rebellion in the industrial heartland -- En masse strike support -- Ghetto eruptions -- When everyone sat down -- Killer crowds -- The crowd pathologized -- Dissecting the murderous crowd's mind -- Crowd as opportunity -- Power shows -- America on parade -- Competing lesson plans -- Dazzling the multitude -- We interrupt this message -- Pariah parade -- Every corner a classroom -- Parade as coming out -- Dissident marchers today -- Parade as happy face -- Who owns the crowd? -- Bought crowds in America -- Celebration as cultural engineering, ad, and market -- Media-driven crowds -- Retrospective appropriations -- Who owns the consumer crowd? -- Regimes of crowd control -- Crowds and the Constitution -- Invention of the police -- Experiments in self-policing -- Controlling spectators -- Screenings -- Policing non-consuming crowds -- Cracking down on dissidents -- Crowds of disaster -- Safe crowds -- The late downtown -- Residential dispersal -- Car commuters -- Shoppers -- The mall -- The compliant crowds of "Generica" -- Imitation of someplace -- Malling the downtown -- Big box churches -- Who needs crowds? -- The evolution of assembly rights -- Toward crowd obsolescence? -- Crowds and catastrophe revisited.The history of the United States has been largely shaped, for better or for worse, by the actions of large groups of people. Rioters on a village green, shoppers lurching about a labyrinthine mall, slaves packed into the dark hold of a ship, strikers assembling outside the factory gates, all have their place in the rich and sometimes tragic history of the American crowd. This study traces that history from the days of anti-colonial revolt to today's passive, "colonized crowds" that fill our sports arenas, commercial centers, and workplaces. The author argues for the progressive role crowds have played in securing greater democracy, civil rights, and free speech. But he also investigates crowds in their more dangerous forms, such as lynch mobs and anti-immigrant riots. This work explains how the crowd as an active subject of change, often positive, sometimes not, has been replaced by the passive crowd as object of control and regulation. Today, the imperatives of mass society organize people in large numbers to consume goods and conform to permissible behavioral patterns, not to openly contest power. But, with the world entering a new period of economic uncertainty and mass protests erupting across the globe, it is time to reverse that trend. This book shows us the history of the untamed crowd and urges us to reclaim its legacy.
Subjects: Crowds; Social control; Collective behavior; Popular culture; Political culture; Mass society;
© c2009., Monthly Review Press,
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One nation under guns : how gun culture distorts our history and threatens our democracy / by Erdozain, Dominic,author.;
"This takedown of American gun culture argues that the nation's fathers did not intend the Second Amendment to guarantee an individual right to bear arms--and that this intentional distortion of the record is an urgent threat to democracy. Hundreds of lives are lost to firearms every day in America. The cost is more than the numbers--it is also the fear, the anxiety, the dread of public spaces that an armed society has created under the tortured rubric of freedom. But the norms of today are not the norms of American history or the values of its Founders. They are the product of a gun culture that has imposed its vision on a sleeping nation. Historian Dominic Erdozain argues that we have wrongly ceded the big-picture argument on guns--as we parse legislation on background checks and automatic weapons bans, we fail to ask: Do individual gun rights have any place at all in American democracy? Taking readers on a brilliant historical journey, Erdozain shows how the Founders feared the tyranny of individuals as much as the tyranny of kings--the idea that any person had a right to walk around armed was anathema to their notion of freedom and the enduring republic they hoped to build. They baked these ideas into the Constitution and the Bill of Rights, ideas that were subsequently affirmed as bedrock by two centuries of jurisprudence. And yet: the twin scourges of America's sickness on race and its near-religious nationalism would work in tandem to create an alternate, darker vision of American freedom. This vision was defined by a mystic conception of good guys and bad guys, underpinned by a host of assumptions about innocence and guilt, power and entitlement. By the time the US Supreme Court essentially invented an individual gun right in 2008 by torturing the words of the Second Amendment in Heller--a decision that Erdozain convincingly eviscerates--many Americans had already acceded to gun activists' perverse unfreedom. To save our democracy, he argues, we must fight for the Founders' true idea of what it means to be free"--Includes bibliographical references and index.
Subjects: Firearms; Firearms; Gun control;
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