Alone together : why we expect more from technology and less from each other /
By: Turkle, Sherry.
Publisher: New York : Basic Books, 2012Edition: [First paperback edition].Description: xvii, 360 pages ; 21 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780465031467; 9780465031467:; 0465031463.Subject(s): Information technology -- Social aspects | Interpersonal relations | Human-computer interactionDDC classification: 303.4833Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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