SOCIAL MOVEMENTS AND THEIR TECHNOLOGIES – WIRING SOCIAL CHANGE

Stefania Milan explores the interplay between social movements and their ‘liberated technologies’. Milan analyses the rise of low-power radio stations and radical Internet projects (‘emancipatory communication practices’) as a political subject, focusing on the sociological and cultural processes at play. The book provides an overview of the relationship between social movements and technology.

Published by: Palgrave Macmillan

SINGLE WEB APPLICATIONS

Michael Mikowski says code for most Web sites mostly runs on the server. With near universal availability of capable browsers and powerful hardware, the single page Web application (SPA) pushes most of the code to the browser, giving users immediate results, whether they’re surfi ng at their desk or using a phone app.

Published by: Manning Publications

C# IN DEPTH

Jon Skeet explains not just what the C# language does, but also why it was designed that way. C# in Depth has been updated and expanded to cover the new features in C# 5, such as async modifi er and async await operator, which provide greater support for asynchronous operations and improve the ability to write asynchronous code that is readable, robust, and maintainable.

Published by: Manning Publications

ADOBE CREATIVE CLOUD DESIGN TOOLS DIGITAL CLASSROOM

Jennifer Smith, Jeremy Osborn, and the AGI Creative Team tackle the design and Web applications in Adobe’s Creative Cloud in smaller bites. The book has more than 25 lessons, each including step-by-step instructions and lesson files backed by video tutorials. This book helps readers build skills in InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop, Dreamweaver, Flash, and Fireworks.

Published by: John Wiley & Sons