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In recent decades we have witnessed the creation of a communication system that promises unparalleled connectedness. And yet the optimistic dreams of Internet-enabled engagement and empowerment have faded in the face of widespread Internet commercialization. In Liberating Voices, Douglas Schuler urges us to unleash our collective creativity--social as well as technological--and develop the communication systems that are truly needed. Inspired by the vision and framework outlined in Christopher Alexander's classic 1977 book, A Pattern Language, Schuler presents a pattern language containing 136 patterns designed to meet these challenges. Using this approach, Schuler proposes a new model of social change that integrates theory and practice by showing how information and communication (whether face-to-face, broadcast, or Internet-based) can be used to address urgent social and environmental problems collaboratively. Each of the patterns that form the pattern language (which was developed collaboratively with nearly 100 contributors) is presented consistently; each describes a problem and its context, a discussion, and a solution. The pattern language begins with the most general patterns ("Theory") and proceeds to the most specific ("Tactics"). Each pattern is a template for research as well as action and is linked to other patterns, thus forming a single coherent whole. Readers will find Liberating Voices an intriguing and informative catalog of contemporary intellectual, social, and technological innovations, a practical manual for citizen activism, and a compelling manifesto for creating a more intelligent, sustainable, and equitable world.

The article discusses the socio-philosophical significance of historical images in media space and their impact on the cognitive and behavioral processes of individuals. The study aims to analyze the criteria that ensure the social relevance of historical reconstructions within intergroup communications. The main focus is on the pro-cesses of creating simplified but emotionally rich images of the past, which serve as an alternative to analytical research. The authors analyze the role of various sources of information, including art, scientific works, educa-tional materials, and mass media, in shaping these images. Particular attention is paid to analyzing the influ-ence of 20th-century mass media on the dissemination of historical knowledge and myths. The synergy of in-formation flows in creating a coordinated historical picture that influences public consciousness and perception of history is studied. The concept of "historical image" is of key importance in the study, determining the meth-odological approach and inclusion in the discourse of works devoted to the analysis of historical narratives and media representations. The results obtained contribute to the formation of an interdisciplinary basis for the study of historical images, allowing for a sociological interpretation of knowledge about the historical past, tak-ing into account the influence of culture, politics, and demographics, thus expanding the perspectives of analy-sis and the development of related scientific fields.

"What is a meme? What is in a meme? What does 'living in/with memes' actually mean? What do memes mean to human beings dwelling in a life-world at once connected and fragmented by the internet and social media? Answers to and ways of answering these and other meme questions that arise in social events represent human assistance in or resistance to meaning making. A pragmatic perspective on internet memes as a way of seeing in social life experience offers a unique window on how meme matters in mediated (inter)actions turn out to be inextricably intertwined with human beings' presencing and essencing in the life-world. Ultimately, this volume seeks to reveal what and how serious if not unsayable concerns can be concealed behind the seemingly humorous, carefree and colorful carnival of internet memes across cultures, contexts, genres and modalities. This book will be of some value to anyone keen on the dynamics of memes and internet pragmatics and on critical insights that can be garnered in kaleidoscopic multimodal communication. Originally published as special issue of Internet Pragmatics 3:2 (2020)"

Intro -- Title Page -- Dedication -- Foreword -- Introduction -- Chapter 1: Noisy Jim -- Chapter 2: Port of Refuge -- Chapter 3: Feelin' de Vibe -- Chapter 4: No Money, No Island -- Chapter 5: A Very Ferocious People -- Chapter 6: Love in the Time of Apartheid -- Chapter 7: Soupe Chinoise -- Chapter 8: The Man Who Walked from China -- Chapter 9: Like a John Woo Movie -- Chapter 10: Fantasia Chinesca -- Chapter 11: The Great Escape -- Chapter 12: Into the Heart of the Amazon -- Chapter 13: A Passage to India -- Chapter 14: Tea in the Himalayas -- Chapter 15: Last Tango in Argentina -- Chapter 16: Have You Eaten Yet? -- Epilogue -- Photographs -- Acknowledgements -- About the Author -- Permissions -- Index -- Copyright.

Intro -- Preface -- Organization -- Contents - Part II -- Contents - Part I -- Information Behavior -- "We Can Be Our Best Alliance": Resilient Health Information Practices of LGBTQIA+ Individuals as a Buffering Response to Minority Stress -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Literature Review -- 2.1 Minority Stress -- 2.2 Resiliency of LGBTQIA+ Individuals -- 2.3 Health Information Practices of LGBTQIA+ Individuals -- 2.4 Research Questions -- 3 Methods -- 4 Findings -- 4.1 Participant Demographics -- 4.2 Finding 1: LGBTQIA+ Individuals Engage in Resilient Health Information Practices on All Socio-Ecological Levels -- 4.3 Finding 2: Community-Based Resilience Characterizes Collective Health Information Practices -- 4.4 Finding 3: LGBTQIA+ Sub-Communities and LGBTQIA+ Individuals with Intersecting Minority Identities Integrate Externally Produced Stressors -- 5 Discussion and Implications -- 5.1 Stressors Are Integrated into LGBTQIA+ Communities -- 5.2 Relationship Between Health Information Practices and Resilience -- 6 Limitations -- 7 Conclusion -- References -- Pregnancy-Related Information Seeking in Online Health Communities: A Qualitative Study -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Background and Related Work -- 3 Methods -- 3.1 Data Collection -- 3.2 Data Analysis -- 4 Results -- 4.1 General Observations -- 4.2 Information Needs at Each Stage of Pregnancy -- 4.3 Types of Replies Posters Received -- 5 Discussion -- 6 Limitations and Future Work -- 7 Conclusions -- References -- COVID-19 Epidemic Information Needs and Information Seeking Behavior of Overseas Chinese Students -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Literature Review and Research Hypotheses -- 3 Research Methods -- 3.1 Questionnaire Design -- 3.2 Survey and Data Collection Procedure -- 4 Analysis Results -- 4.1 Epidemic Information Needs of Overseas Chinese Students -- 4.2 Regression Analysis -- 5 Discussion.

Intro -- Contents -- Part 1. Entering an Uncharted World -- 1. Americans in a New Century: The 1900 Generation -- Part 2. Making a Life: 1910-30 -- 2. California, Here We Come! -- 3. Men on Their Way -- 4. Becoming Women -- 5. Together and Apart in Marriage -- Part 3. The Depression Years: The Worst and Best of Times -- 6. Misfortune and Privilege -- 7. Hard Times Turned Bad -- 8. Having Children in Troubled Times -- 9. In the Midst of Kin -- Part 4. War on the Home Front -- 10. War's Impact at Home -- 11. Women at Work -- 12. From Generation to Generation -- Part 5. Transforming Times and Lives -- 13. The Past in Later Life -- Acknowledgments -- Appendix A: Additional Tables and Figures -- Appendix B: The Sample, Data Sources, and Methods -- Appendix C: The Story of the Project, 1962-2019 -- Notes -- Index.

Human enhancement has become a major concern in debates about the future of contemporary societies. This interdisciplinary book is devoted to clarifying the underlying ambiguities of these debates, and to proposing novel ways of exploring what human enhancement means and understanding what practices, goals and justifications it entails.