Tales of a successful memeplex: how the water wars in the everglades were changed into a comprehensive plan
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The memetics perspective was used for describing the Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan (CERP), which was formed to create a viable and innovative approach to tackle the drying-up problem faced by Florida Everglades. The success of the CERP could be attributed to the different political parties who joined forces to fight for a common goal, simplicity of the memeplex, consensus among the scientists and the existing social environment.
Publication Name: Knowledge Technology & Policy
Subject: Social sciences
ISSN: 0897-1986
Year: 2004
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Risk, terrorism, and the Internet
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The extent of the transformation of the nature of risk in contemporary society through the new media technologies is examined. In addition, it also focuses on the ways in which the Internet came to act as a key vehicle for the rapid circulation of news, rumors, and hoaxes, as well as displays of public grieving, in the light of September 11.
Publication Name: Knowledge Technology & Policy
Subject: Social sciences
ISSN: 0897-1986
Year: 2003
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Code wars: steganography, signals intelligence, and terrorism
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The process of secret communication known as steganography is discussed. The argument put forward, is that terrorists are unlikely to be employing digital steganography to facilitate secret intra-group communications as claimed, because terrorist use of digital steganography is both technically and operationally implausible.
Publication Name: Knowledge Technology & Policy
Subject: Social sciences
ISSN: 0897-1986
Year: 2003
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