Alone Together: Why We Expect More from Technology and Less from Each Other
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ISBN: 0465010210 / Publisher: Basic Books, January 2011
Argues that social-networking sites, companion robots, and other technology are fueling disturbing levels of isolation and are causing humans to mistake digital communication for actual human connection.
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In this final volume in a trilogy of works on computers and people that includes The Second Self and Life on the Screen, Turkle (social studies of science, M.I.T.), presents an important exploration of the psychological effects of computers on decision making and relationship building in a culture increasingly filled with technology dependence and social networking. Based on fifteen years of research and numerous interviews with adults and children, the work explores the development of new types of relationships among families and peer groups that are moderated by technology, the quality and psychological health of these relationships and a growing reaction to, and rejection of, this new cultural norm. Annotation ©2011 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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