Alone together : why we expect more from technology and less from each other /

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"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 ne...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Turkle, Sherry
Format: Government Document Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : Basic Books, ©2011.
Subjects:
Information technology > Social aspects.
Interpersonal relations.
Human-computer interaction.
Technologie de l'information > Aspect social.
COMPUTERS > Information Technology.
Human-computer interaction
Information technology > Social aspects
Interpersonal relations
Multi-User.
dissertations.
Academic theses
Academic theses.
Thèses et écrits académiques.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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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