Alone together : why we expect more from technology and less from each other / Sherry Turkle.
Alone together : why we expect more from technology and less from each other / Sherry Turkle.
Alone together : why we expect more from technology and less from each other / Sherry Turkle.
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New York : Basic Books, c2011.
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N303.4833/294
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English
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xvii, 360 p. ; 25 cm.
Contents
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 ; Gr...
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New York : Basic Books, c2011.
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New York (State)
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c2011.
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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...
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Alone together : why we expect more from technology and less from each other / Sherry Turkle.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 307-348) and index.
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c2011.
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N303.4833/294
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0465022340 (ebook)
9780465010219
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9780465022342 (ebook)
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303.4833
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991004882679702626
