Alone together : why we expect more from technology and less from each other /
Turkle, Sherry,
Alone together : why we expect more from technology and less from each other / Sherry Turkle. - xvii, 360 pages ; 25 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 307-348) and index.
Author's note: Turning points -- Introduction: Alone together -- 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.
In "Alone Together," MIT technology and society professor Sherry Turkle explores the power of our new tools and toys to dramatically alter our social lives. It's a nuanced exploration of what we are looking for--and sacrificing--in a world of electronic companions and social networking tools, and an argument that, despite the hand-waving of today's self-described prophets of the future, it will be the next generation who will chart the path between isolation and connectivity.
0465010210 9780465010219
2010030614
Information technology--Social aspects.
Interpersonal relations.
Human-computer interaction.
HM851 / .T86 2011
303.4833
Alone together : why we expect more from technology and less from each other / Sherry Turkle. - xvii, 360 pages ; 25 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 307-348) and index.
Author's note: Turning points -- Introduction: Alone together -- 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.
In "Alone Together," MIT technology and society professor Sherry Turkle explores the power of our new tools and toys to dramatically alter our social lives. It's a nuanced exploration of what we are looking for--and sacrificing--in a world of electronic companions and social networking tools, and an argument that, despite the hand-waving of today's self-described prophets of the future, it will be the next generation who will chart the path between isolation and connectivity.
0465010210 9780465010219
2010030614
Information technology--Social aspects.
Interpersonal relations.
Human-computer interaction.
HM851 / .T86 2011
303.4833