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Foreign Rights: Available Now: TechnologyThe Best of Technology Writing 2007 edited by Steven Levy The Best of Technology Writing 2006 edited by Brendan I. Koerner The Hyperlinked Society edited by Joseph Turow and Lokman Tsui The Best of Technology Writing 2007Steven Levy, Editor Rights: World The Best of Technology Writing 2007 brings together some of the most important, timely, and just plain readable writing in the fast-paced, high-stakes field of technology. This annual collection targets this vibrant and versatile area and features first-rate work from an unusually diverse array of writers: best-selling authors, noted academics, and indie journalists and bloggers. The culmination of an open, on-line nominating process, The Best of Technology Writing 2007 captures the vitality, importance, and complexity of technology today. Steven Levy is a senior editor at Newsweek, where he writes a column called "The Technologist." His articles, opinion pieces and reviews have appeared in a wide range of publications, including the New Yorker, the New York Times Magazine, Harper's, Rolling Stone, Premiere, and Wired, and have received numerous awards. Levy has also written five books including Hackers, which PC Magazine names the best sci-tech book written in the last twenty years and Crypto which won the grand eBook prize at the 2001 Frankfurt Book Festival. His sixth book, The Perfect Thing, about Apple's iPod music player, was published by Simon & Schuster. September 2007 The Best of Technology Writing 2006Brendan I. Koerner, Editor Rights: World The Best of Technology Writing 2006 brings together some of the most important, timely, and just plain readable writing in the fast-paced, high-stakes field of technology. The first annual collection to target this vibrant and versatile area, The Best of Technology Writing 2006 features first-rate work from an unusually diverse array of writers: best-selling authors, noted academics, and indie journalists and bloggers. The culmination of an open, on-line nominating process, The Best of Technology Writing 2006 covers topics ranging from the awkwardness of virtual romance, to the future of the book, to the meaning of life in the information age. By turns epic and quirky, serious and light-hearted, but always innovative and fresh, The Best of Technology Writing 2006 captures the vitality, importance, and complexity of technology today. Brendan I. Koerner is a contributing editor for Wired, a columnist for both The New York Times and Slate, and a fellow at the New America Foundation. His first book will be published by Penguin in 2008. September 2006 Broadcasting, Voice, and Accountability:A Public Interest Approach to Policy, Law, and RegulationSteve Buckley, Kreszentia Duer, Toby Mendel, and Sean O. Siochru Rights: World Information on good practices in broadcasting policy is in demand in countries of every region—particularly in countries that are opening their economies, democratizing and decentralizing public service delivery. This book thus builds on a growing awareness of the role of media and voice in equipping people to better exercise their rights and hold leaders to account. It focuses on broadcasting because that is the medium with the greatest potential to reach and involve poor, illiterate populations—the most disadvantaged segments of society—in developing countries. Policy, regulation, capacity and institutional development are important development levers that shape the ownership, content and social impacts of broadcasting systems. This book provides development practitioners with a wide overview of the key policy and regulatory issues involved in supporting freedom of information and expression and enabling development of a pluralistic, independent, and robust broadcasting sector. The guide shows the importance of enabling a mix of ownership and uses, commonly classified in terms of commercial, public service, and community broadcasting, that serve the public interest. With the guidance of this book, broadcasting policy and regulation can be tackled as a mainstream development topic, with important consequences for government transparency, accountability, and enabling disadvantaged constituencies to voice their concerns and press for action. Steve Buckley is Managing Director of CM Solutions, a media enterprise support agency, and President, since 2003, of the World Association of Community Radio Broadcasters. He is a communications policy expert and media development advisor who has worked with governments, UN agencies and non-governmental organizations. Kreszentia Duer is the World Bank Institute's New Business Development Leader and manages its technical assistance program to strengthen policies, institutions, and capacities for Civic Engagement, Empowerment, and Respect for Diversity (CEERD) in developing countries (worldbank.org/ceerd). Her development advice, leadership and management responsibilities support the Bank's country assistance in multiple sectors and regions. She is a member of the International Editorial Board of the journal, Policy Sciences. Toby Mendel is the Law/Asia Programmes Director, ARTICLE 19, Global Campaign for Free Expression. He is the author of numerous books and articles on issues such as broadcasting, the right to information, defamation and other freedom of expression issues. Seán Ó Siochrú is director of NEXUS Research in Dublin, Ireland, chair of Dublin Community Television and a spokesperson for the campaign for Communication Rights in the Information Society (CRIS). He has published many books, chapters and articles on media and communication issues, and works with international agencies and NGOs across the world. January 2008 The Hyperlinked Society: Questioning Connections in the Digital AgeJoseph Turow and Lokman Tsui, Editors Rights: World The Hyperlinked Society brings together the provocative insights of experts from the academy and the media about a topic that is rarely discussed: the political, economic, and social dimensions of linking and their consequences for civic discourse in the world of digital media. Most internet users know hyperlinks as highlighted words on a web page that take them to certain other sites. But hyperlinks today are quite complex forms of instant connection—for example, tags, API mashups, and RSS feeds. Moreover, media convergence has led to increased instant linking among desktop computers, cell phones, PDAs, MP3 players, digital video recorders, and even billboards. Through these activities and far more, "links" are becoming the basic forces that relate creative works to one another. Links nominate what ideas and actors have the right to be heard and with what priority. Various stakeholders in society recognize the political and economic value of these connections. Governments, corporations, non-profits, and individual media users often work to digitally privilege certain ideas over others. Joseph Turow is Robert Lewis Shayon Professor and Associate Dean for Graduate Studies at the Annenberg School for Communication, University of Pennsylvania. Lokman Tsui is a doctoral candidate at Penn's Annenberg School. His research interests center on new media and global communication. May 2008 |
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