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Author Turkle, Sherry, author.

Title Alone together : why we expect more from technology and less from each other / Sherry Turkle.

Publication Info. New York : Basic Books, 2012.
©2011

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 Canton Public Library - Teen  TEEN 303.4833 TURKLE    Check Shelf
Edition [First paperback edition].
Description xvii, 360 pages ; 21 cm
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 Includes bibliographical references (pages 307-348) and index.
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.
Subject Information technology -- Social aspects.
Interpersonal relations.
Human-computer interaction.
Other Form: Also issued as: Turkle, Sherry. Alone together. New York : Basic Books, c2011 0465022340 (OCoLC)730289300
ISBN 9780465031467
0465031463
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