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The multiplicities of Internet addiction : the misrecognition of leisure and learning
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The multiplicities of Internet addiction : the misrecognition of leisure and learning

Author: Nicola F Johnson
Publisher: Farnham, Surrey, UK : Ashgate, ©2009.
Edition/Format:   eBook : Document : EnglishView all editions and formats
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This timely volume contests the popular claim that computers are addictive by arguing that using the internet is now a form of everyday leisure engaged in by many in Western Societies. Offering an analysis of the nature of addiction alongside a detailed empirical study of home computer use, this book will be of interest to sociologists of culture, popular culture, and scholars of media, ICT and education.
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Genre/Form: Electronic books
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Johnson, Nicola F., 1976-
Multiplicities of Internet addiction.
Farnham, Surrey, UK : Ashgate, c2009
(DLC) 2008035557
Material Type: Document, Internet resource
Document Type: Internet Resource, Computer File
All Authors / Contributors: Nicola F Johnson
ISBN: 9786611969028 6611969020 0754674967 9780754674962 0754695417 9780754695417
OCLC Number: 322509123
Description: 1 online resource (156 p.) : ill.
Contents: Cover; Contents; List of Figures and Tables; Acknowledgements; INTRODUCTION Addiction: It Got Your Attention; 1 Internet Addiction: Contrasting Viewpoints; 2 When Do We Say 'Too Much'? Being Cautious About 'Over-use' and Virtual Reality; 3 Technological Development and Childhood Play: The Changing Nature of Everyday Leisure; 4 Bourdieu's Theory of Practice; 5 Introducing Some Teenage Technological Experts: Digital Insiders; 6 The Blur Between Leisure, Learning and Expertise; 7 Internet Addiction in the Lives of Teenagers; 8 New Forms of Privilege; 9 Misrecognition of the Practice of Leisure.
Responsibility: Nicola F. Johnson.

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Contests the claim that computers - specifically internet use - are addictive, arguing that use of the internet is a form of everyday leisure engaged in by many people in Western society and one  Read more...

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