Imagine if a student spent as much time managing information as celebrities doted on dieting? While eating too much food may be the basis of a moral panic about obesity, excessive information is rarely discussed as a crisis of a similar scale. Obviously, plentiful and high quality food is not a problem if eating is balanced with exercise. But without the skills of media and information…
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Author : Tara Brabazon
Genre : Language Arts & Disciplines
Summary : Imagine if a student spent as much time managing information as celebrities doted on dieting? While eating too much food may be the basis of a moral panic about obesity, excessive information is rarely discussed as a crisis of a similar scale. Obviously, plentiful and high quality food is not a problem if eating is balanced with exercise. But without the skills of media and information literacy, students and citizens wade through low quality online information that fills their day yet does not enable intellectual challenge, imagination and questioning. Digital Dieting: From Information Obesity to Intellectual Fitness probes the social, political and academic difficulties in managing large quantities of low quality information. But this book does not diagnose a crisis. Instead, Digital Dieting provides strategies to develop intellectual fitness that sorts the important from the irrelevant and the remarkable from the banal. In April 2010, and for the first time, Facebook received more independent visitors than Google. Increasingly there is a desire to share rather than search. But what is the impact of such a change on higher education? If students complain that the reading is ’too hard’, then one response is to make it easier. If students complain that assignments are too difficult, then one way to manage this challenge is to make the assignments simpler. Both are passive responses that damage the calibre of education and universities in the long term. Digital Dieting: From Information Obesity to Intellectual Fitness provides active, conscious, careful and applicable strategies to move students and citizens from searching to researching, sharing to thinking, and shopping to reading.
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Author : Get Digital World
Genre : Cooking
Summary : With processed foods that are high in fat readily available these days, it seems like many individuals have found themselves ballooning. As a matter of fact, the percentage of people suffering from obesity has been on the rise in recent years. While some of these people are nonchalant about the need to lose weight, others have found themselves seeking products for weight loss. There are various reasons why individuals desire to lose weight, one of which would be due to concern for their health. Due to various health scares and reports in newspapers, people are now more aware that being obese can actually be bad for their bodies. As such, they may want to shed excess pounds before they have experience health problems and it is too late. The market for such products and services has grown, with weight loss aids such as slimming programs, slimming supplements, and pills that are supposed to restrict your body’s intake of carbohydrates claiming to be able to help consumers attain their dream weight. There are also those who choose to take a more extreme measure by going under the knife to have the size of their stomachs surgically reduced. With the numerous options we have today, some people are now beginning to think that there are fast and quick ways to lose weight. However, this may not necessarily be good for your body. There are many who have chosen to stick to the more traditional methods of losing weight – to diet and to exercise. However, when it comes to dieting, there are so many choices you can choose from that you may find yourself confused as to which diet program will be best for you. You may even wonder if diet programs are effective in helping you lose weight. If these are some of the questions that you already have on your mind, then don’t worry! You will definitely be able to find answers in the following articles.
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Author : Daniel Sieberg
Genre : Psychology
Summary : Does your heart flutter when you see the flashing red light on your BlackBerry? Do you feel guilty if you haven't recently updated your blog? Is the first thing you do when you get home from a holiday to upload your photos to Facebook? Technology is increasingly taking over our lives and with so much available to us, it's easy to surrender control to it. Our digital lifestyles are more of a weight on our shoulders than we know - many of us can no longer focus on a single task or face-to-face conversation without wanting to reach out--or retreat--to the virtual world every few minutes, or even every few seconds. It's time for a digital detox. Daniel Sieberg's 4-step, 28-day plan will get you started straight away. It isn't about cutting out technology all together, but about taking a step back and reincorporating it in a healthier way. Step 1//Re: Think: Consider how technology has overwhelmed our society and the effect it's had on your physical, mental, and emotional health. Step 2//Re: Boot: Take stock of your digital intake using Sieberg's Virtual Weight Index and step back from the device. Step 3//Re: Connect: Focus on restoring the relationships that have been harmed by the technology in your life. Step 4//Re: Vitalize: Learn how to live with technology-the healthy way, by optimizing your time spent e-mailing, texting, on Facebook, and web surfing. The Digital Diet will help you to take control back of our life, find time for real friends and most importantly, make technology work for you... not the other way around.
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Author : Duncan Evans
Genre : Photography
Summary : Covers the basics of digital glamour, such as what kind of camera you need, making and shooting in a home-studio, and how to shoot digital glamour shots outdoors. Chapters in the book cover commercial glamour - adverts, fashion and magazine features - lingerie, pin-ups, the nude, fetish and more futuristic glamour shots. It also includes a discussion of post-production and touching up. Structured around the three main areas of shooting the image, enhancing the image and enjoying the image, the Digital Photography series makes the world of digital imaging simple while concentrating on the photographic aspect. With the aid of inspirational images we are shown in easy steps how the image was taken, manipulated on the computer and output in the desired form.
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Author : Sine Nazl?, Rengim
Genre : Psychology
Summary : Internet-based technologies prevail in most of the world. Along with the positive features of digital technologies that permeate our lives in almost every area, including lifestyles and daily practices, the traces of negative aspects have also become evident. Digital addiction is among the most important of these aspects. It is obvious that communication, which has been maintained in various forms since the beginning of humanity, has been shaped by the period in which it is lived. The technology-based transformation has transformed communication, which has been adopted to the "internet" in the world, into a completely different form. Communication, which has become sustainable at any time and anywhere, regardless of location, led by the never-ending elements of "continuity" and "interaction," has turned into an indispensable form. Perspectives on Society and Technology Addiction examines every subject of digital addiction in an interdisciplinary way. It discusses the issues about what technology addiction is, how to deal with this addiction, how to use the existing technology in a positive way, how to deal with this technology for disadvantaged groups, and concerns in the fields of social science and communication science. Covering topics such as Consumer 5.0, experience design, and information markets, this premier reference source is an essential resource for sociologists, policymakers, students and educators of higher education, researchers, and academicians.
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Author : Kathryn Vercillo
Genre : Psychology
Summary : The internet has transformed the world we live in, but it also poses new risks to our psychological well-being. This book provides an introduction to the issue of internet addiction, an increasingly common problem. All day, every day, we are connected to the internet, putting most people at some level of risk for internet addiction. Problematic internet use can take many forms, including overuse of social media and addictions to online shopping, gaming, or pornography. Such behaviors can cause anxiety, depression, sleep deprivation, loneliness, and physical health problems. People can lose their jobs and families, and in a few extreme cases, internet addiction has directly led to the death of the addicted individual or a child in their care. Internet Addiction is the latest volume in Greenwood's Health and Medical Issues Today series. Part I explores what internet addiction is, the many forms it can take, and the serious consequences it can have. Part II examines a number of controversies and issues, such as balancing the internet's benefits against its addictive nature. Part III provides a variety of useful materials, including case studies, a timeline of critical events, and a directory of resources.
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Author : Pílula Digital
Genre : Self-Help
Summary : Many things make us wake up and realize that the body we live in is not the healthiest. Stress can cause us to overeat and increase cortisol, both of which don't contribute to staying fit. Being overwhelmed with balancing of all aspects of life, work, kids, home, school, etc., can also make us eat less or drive to a drive-thru without thinking twice. There are multitudes of factors that can throw our healthy habits off track or simply lose them off the map completely. When we lose a small amount of weight, we reap many health benefits. Our chances of developing diseases such as diabetes and heart disease decrease. We are less likely to suffer from sleep apnea. Our blood pressure drops and we feel better about ourselves. Energy increases as we become more active and produce more hormones that make us feel good when we exercise. No matter how you do it, medical or physical, the benefits of working out and losing weight are plentiful. That said, it's time to start the journey that will end up changing your life... are you ready?