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Alone together : why we expect more from technology and less from each other
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- ISBN: 0465031463
- ISBN: 9780465031467
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Physical Description:
xvii, 360 p. ; 25 cm.
print - Publisher: New York : Basic Books, 2012, c2011.
Content descriptions
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 307-348) and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | Part 1. The robotic moment: in solitude, new intimacies -- Nearest neighbors -- Alive enough -- True companions -- Enchantment -- Complicities -- Love's labor lost -- Communion -- Part 2. Networked: in intimacy, new solitudes -- Always on -- Growing up tethered -- No need to call -- Reduction and betrayal -- True confessions -- Anxiety -- The nostalgia of the young -- Conclusion: Necessary conversations -- Epilogue: The letter. |
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Subject: | Information technology Social aspects Interpersonal relations Human-computer interaction |