Alone together : why we expect more from technology and less from each other / Sherry Turkle.
Turkle, Sherry.
2011
HM851 .T86 2011 (Mapit)
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Title Alone together : why we expect more from technology and less from each other / Sherry Turkle.
Author Turkle, Sherry.
ISBN 9780465010219
0465010210
Publication Details New York : Basic Books, c2011.
Language English
Description xvii, 360 p. ; 25 cm.
Call Number HM851 .T86 2011
Dewey Decimal Classification 303.48/33
Summary 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.
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Author's note: Turning points
Introduction: Alone together
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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