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

Author: Sherry Turkle
Publisher: New York : Basic Books, ©2011.
Edition/Format:   Book : EnglishView all editions and formats
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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 networking tools, and an argument that, despite the hand-waving of today's self-described prophets of the future, it will be the next  Read more...
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Additional Physical Format: Also issued in ebook format
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Sherry Turkle
ISBN: 9780465010219 0465010210
OCLC Number: 535492220
Description: xvii, 360 p. ; 25 cm.
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.
Responsibility: Sherry Turkle.

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