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	Browse All Reviews > General Term: Human factors     Options: All Media Types Journals Proceedings Div Books Whole Books Other Date Reviewed Title Author Publisher Published Date Descending Ascending     1-10 of 5167 Reviews with General Term: Human factors Date Reviewed   Living computers Brazma A., Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK, 2024. 320 pp.  Type: Book (0192871943) Living computers is simultaneously philosophical and scientific. Brazma begins with the following claim: “Life and the recording of information emerged together; there is no life without information and, arguably, there is no informat... Apr 12 2024   Writing by hand or digitally in first grade: effects on rate of learning to compose text Spilling E., Rønneberg V., Rogne W., Roeser J., Torrance M. Computers & Education 1982023.  Type: Article This paper is one outcome of the DigiHand project (2018-2022), funded by the Research Council of Norway (grant number 273422). It is divided into five sections: “Introduction,” “Method,” “Statistical Analysis,” ... Apr 10 2024   Man-made women: the sexual politics of sex dolls and sex robots Richardson K., Odlind C., Palgrave Macmillan, New York, NY, 2023. 212 pp.  Type: Book (3031193806) People with unconventional or even perverse desires sometimes search for alternatives to real human beings. This has led to the development of sex dolls and sex robots, referred to as “man-made women” in this book. However alarming, th... Mar 21 2024   A history of fake things on the Internet Scheirer W., Stanford University Press, Redwood City, CA, 2023. 264 pp.  Type: Book (9781503632882) With the advent of the Internet, changing perceptions of reality and “fakeness” have impacted user decisions to expose or hide their social identities. The positives of using or working with the Internet encourage real identities, wher... Mar 20 2024   Constructed truths: truth and knowledge in a post-truth world Zoglauer T., Springer International Publishing, Cham, Switzerland, 2023. 162 pp.  Type: Book (3658399414), Reviews: (2 of 2) Families gather during the holiday season, and heated discussions often erupt over politics and cultural values. This situation has become so frequent that it is standard fare in comedy sketches, jokes, and cartoons. It seems as though the opposin... Mar 11 2024   Constructed truths: truth and knowledge in a post-truth world Zoglauer T., Springer International Publishing, Cham, Switzerland, 2023. 162 pp.  Type: Book (3658399414), Reviews: (1 of 2) Many of us grew up used to having some news sources we could implicitly trust, such as well-positioned newspapers and radio or TV news programs. We knew they would only hire responsible journalists rather than risk diluting public trust and losing... Mar 6 2024   The future of work: challenges and prospects for organisations, jobs and workers Lynn T., Rosati P., Conway E., van der Werff L., Palgrave Macmillan, New York, NY, 2023. 186 pp.  Type: Book (303131493X) This collection of ten articles written as research papers--each constituting a different chapter of the book--is authored by 27 scholars and edited by four of them. The collection is essentially “a projection of how work, working,... Feb 23 2024   10 things software developers should learn about learning Brown N., Hermans F., Margulieux L. Communications of the ACM 6778-87, 2024.  Type: Article As software developers, we understand the detailed workings of the different components of our computer systems. And--probably due to how computers were presented since their appearance as “digital brains” in the 1940s--we so... Feb 22 2024   Keywords in and out of context Van der Veer Martens B., Springer International Publishing, Cham, Switzerland, 2023. 164 pp.  Type: Book (303132529X) In a literate society, the use of keywords is such a common everyday activity that we rarely reflect on the origins of their use. It seems so normal and inherent to our lives that using keywords is in our DNA. This is an enlightening short book on... Feb 9 2024    The threshold: leading in the age of AI Chatrath N., Diversion Books, New York, NY, 2023. 304 pp.  Type: Book (9781635768930) Nick Chatrath’s thoughtful book on artificial intelligence (AI) is of vital significance for leaders across all levels, urging managers to align actions to guide AI for humanity’s benefit. Few leaders move beyond machine-like approache... Feb 2 2024       Display 510152550100 per page
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