Books published by IGI Global

Deepens knowledge on museum and art education and civic engagement and bridges the gap from theory to practice. The chapters focus on various sectors of this research, including diversity and inclusion in museum experiences, engaging communities through new techniques, and museum and university partnerships.

Offers a powerful scientific contribution to the issue of territorial sustainability and dynamics, challenges, and opportunities ongoing in Mediterranean landscapes. Chapters cover research in the fields of territorial governance and management, ecosystems, economic growth, sustainability, environmental pollution, and more.

Provides a multi-disciplinary perspective on current and cutting-edge research exploring and extending our understanding of the use of information systems and information technology to support responses to crises of all kinds - accidental, intentional, and acts of nature.

Presents research on the advances in control flow and dataflow supercomputing and highlights selected emerging big data applications needing high acceleration and/or low power. The book advocates the need for hybrid computing, where the control flow part represents the host architecture and dataflow part represents the acceleration architecture.

Provides a multi-disciplinary perspective on current and cutting-edge research exploring and extending our understanding of the use of information systems and information technology to support responses to crises of all kinds - accidental, intentional, and acts of nature.

Explores new possibilities using digital solutions and technologies to create collaborative and smarter communities for advancement in agriculture, the health sector, education centres, human resources, and administrative domains, as well as other areas to improve the overall living standards of people at the community level.

Explores new possibilities using digital solutions and technologies to create collaborative and smarter communities for advancement in agriculture, the health sector, education centres, human resources, and administrative domains, as well as other areas to improve the overall living standards of people at the community level.

Provides theoretical and practical contributions in tourism and communication, including current research on the influence of new media and the active role of consumers in tourism. Coverage includes digital marketing, social media, and online branding, with a focus on decision making and increasing the visibility of products and destinations.

Provides theoretical and practical contributions in tourism and communication, including current research on the influence of new media and the active role of consumers in tourism. Coverage includes digital marketing, social media, and online branding, with a focus on decision making and increasing the visibility of products and destinations.

Examines the changing representations of evil on screen in the context of the commonness, normalization, aestheticization, marginalization, legitimization, or popularity of evil. Chapters provide an international perspective of the representations of evil through an exploration of the evil tales or villains in cinema and television.

Presents research that links social entrepreneurship and social value in order to highlight the importance of social entrepreneurs in emerging economies. While covering topics that include crowdfunding, social enterprise, social entrepreneurship ecosystems, this book seeks to extend the social entrepreneurship contribution to social impact.

Covers the latest research in customer engagement, and includes underlying theories, innovative methods, a review of existing literature, engagement analytics, and insights for marketers with reference to customer engagement. The book covers various product categories, industries, and sectors that are working to engage customers in creative ways.

Advocates for a new approach to computational thinking and computing education with the use of educational robotics and coding apps. The book argues that while learning about computing, young people should also have opportunities to create with computing, which have a direct impact on their lives and their communities.

Compares different approaches to the industrial internet of things and explores the direct impact blockchain and AI technology have on the betterment of the human life. The book presents the latest advances in the field and provides insights and concerns on the concept and growth of the industrial internet of things.

A compendium of current academic studies on the graduates of military academies and the communities of which they enter after graduation. The book explores the academics, leadership, character development, citizenship, athletics, and other dimensions of both global and national, and both private and public, military academies.

Investigates the level and nature of threats, both online and offline, faced by journalists as well as gender discrimination in journalism. Best practices and examples that can promote a safe working environment and gender equality in journalism are also presented.

Focuses on online education and computer-assisted language learning (CALL) in the context of teaching English to speakers of other languages. The book presents research that illustrates best practices in online CALL applications in TESOL including works on emerging applications such as mobile language learning, games and service-learning.

Focuses on online education and computer-assisted language learning (CALL) in the context of teaching English to speakers of other languages. The book presents research that illustrates best practices in online CALL applications in TESOL including works on emerging applications such as mobile language learning, games and service-learning.

Focuses on the examination of emerging technologies for the design, fabrication, and implementation of optoelectronic sensors, devices, and systems in a machine vision approach to support industrial, commercial, and scientific applications.

Focuses on the examination of emerging technologies for the design, fabrication, and implementation of optoelectronic sensors, devices, and systems in a machine vision approach to support industrial, commercial, and scientific applications.

Provides theoretical and practical contributions for accessible tourism in the growing tourism market for social responsibility issues and as an excellent business opportunity. Chapters cover the academic discussion of global accessible tourism, increased knowledge of disabilities, ICTs that can be used, and emerging technologies.

Explores the manifestations of the threat of school shootings and their aftermath through an interdisciplinary approach including but not limited to inquiries from educational psychology, sociology, educational philosophy, school leadership, and school culture with a view to understanding the enduring and obscured effects of school shootings.

Examines the integration of technological innovations into every aspect of modern society s. Highlighting important topics that include digitization, human development, knowledge management, and open innovation, this book is for IT specialists, policymakers, professionals, academics, researchers, practitioners, and students.

Provides theoretical and practical contributions for accessible tourism in the growing tourism market for social responsibility issues and as an excellent business opportunity. Chapters cover the academic discussion of global accessible tourism, increased knowledge of disabilities, ICTs that can be used, and emerging technologies.

Examines the integration of technological innovations into every aspect of modern society s. Highlighting important topics that include digitization, human development, knowledge management, and open innovation, this book is for IT specialists, policymakers, professionals, academics, researchers, practitioners, and students.

Focuses on the recent advances in Artificial intelligence-based approaches towards affecting secure cyber-physical systems. The book presents investigations on state-of-the-art research issues, applications, and achievements in the field of computational intelligence paradigms for CPS.

A compendium of cutting-edge research on the use of knowledge management in higher education. The book provides insights on the management of expertise, knowledge, information, and organizational development in different types of work communities and environments.

Consolidates the recent research initiatives directed towards exploiting the advantages of blockchain technology. The book explores the current applications of blockchain for networking and communications, the future potentials of blockchain technology, and some not-yet-prospected areas of research and its application.

Consolidates the recent research initiatives directed towards exploiting the advantages of blockchain technology. The book explores the current applications of blockchain for networking and communications, the future potentials of blockchain technology, and some not-yet-prospected areas of research and its application.

Explores the link between the circular economy and various aspects of the business and environment to understand the usage and viability of adapting the circular economy from a business perspective. Chapters highlight the transition to the circular economy, its implementation across society, and its intersection with forestry and trade.