Alone Together Why We Expect More from Technology and Less from Each Other

A groundbreaking book by one of the most important thinkers of our time shows how technology is warping our social lives and our inner ones Technology has become the architect of our intimacies. Online, we fall prey to the illusion of companionship, gathering thousands of Twitter and Facebook friend...

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Main Author: Turkle, Sherry
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York Basic Books 2011
Edition:1
Subjects:
Expectation
Family & Relationships
Human-computer interaction
Information technology
Interpersonal relations
Nonfiction
Psychology
Social aspects
Social interaction
Social relations
Technology
ISBN:9780465010219, 0465010210, 9780465093663, 0465093663
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Abstract A groundbreaking book by one of the most important thinkers of our time shows how technology is warping our social lives and our inner ones Technology has become the architect of our intimacies. Online, we fall prey to the illusion of companionship, gathering thousands of Twitter and Facebook friends, and confusing tweets and wall posts with authentic communication. But this relentless connection leads to a deep solitude. MIT professor Sherry Turkle argues that as technology ramps up, our emotional lives ramp down. Based on hundreds of interviews and with a new introduction taking us to the present day, Alone Together describes changing, unsettling relationships between friends, lovers, and families.
AbstractList A wake-up call from a cyber-expert: our use of technology is fueling disturbing levels of isolation, leaving us incapable of distinguishing between true human connection and digital communication.
A groundbreaking book by one of the most important thinkers of our time shows how technology is warping our social lives and our inner ones Technology has become the architect of our intimacies. Online, we fall prey to the illusion of companionship, gathering thousands of Twitter and Facebook friends, and confusing tweets and wall posts with authentic communication. But this relentless connection leads to a deep solitude. MIT professor Sherry Turkle argues that as technology ramps up, our emotional lives ramp down. Based on hundreds of interviews and with a new introduction taking us to the present day, Alone Together describes changing, unsettling relationships between friends, lovers, and families.
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TableOfContents Intro -- CONTENTS -- AUTHOR'S NOTE -- INTRODUCTION -- PART ONE The Robotic Moment -- 1 nearest neighbors -- 2 alive enough -- 3 true companions -- 4 enchantment -- 5 complicities -- 6 love's labor lost -- 7 communion -- PART TWO Networked -- 8 always on -- 9 growing up tethered -- 10 no need to call -- 11 reduction and betrayal -- 12 true confessions -- 13 anxiety -- 14 the nostalgia of the young -- CONCLUSION -- EPILOGUE -- NOTES -- INDEX
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