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Author
Publisher
Sounds True
Pub. Date
2016.
Physical Desc
xxii, 229 pages ; 23 cm
Description
"Through The Power of Off, she offers us a path for making use of the virtual world while still feeling good, having healthy relationships, and staying connected with what is genuinely meaningful in life..."--Amazon.com.
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Publisher
Harper
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
429 pages ; cm
Description
A literary and cultural critic turns his attention to social networking and its continued evolution, urging users to take back ownership of their digital lives from the Silicon Valley corporations who claim to know what's best for them.
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Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2016.
Physical Desc
xv, 221 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Description
Steve Case, co-founder of America Online (AOL) and one of America's most accomplished entrepreneurs, shares a roadmap for how anyone can succeed in a world of rapidly changing technology. We are entering, he explains, a new paradigm called the "Third Wave" of the Internet. The first wave saw AOL and other companies lay the foundation for consumers to connect to the Internet. The second wave saw companies like Google and Facebook build on top of the...
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Publisher
Melville House
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"A galvanizing critique of the forces vying for our attention--and our personal information--that redefines what we think of as productivity, reconnects us with the environment, and reveals all that we've been too distracted to see about ourselves and our world Nothing is harder to do these days than nothing. But in a world where our value is determined by our 24/7 data productivity. doing nothing may be our most important form of resistance. So...
Author
Publisher
Basic Books
Pub. Date
c2011
Physical Desc
xvii, 360 p. ; 25 cm.
Description
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...
Author
Publisher
Beacon Press
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
169 pages ; 23 cm
Description
"Axelrod spins his personal philosophy out into the wider world, where technology is changing the nature of human consciousness faster than we can see it happening. He draws a parallel between the environmental crisis and a lesser-known, but equally pressing issue: as we lose the world around us, he argues, we are losing our interior worlds, too. We can't navigate without a GPS, we can't pay attention unless our attention is DEMANDED in all caps and...
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2013.
Physical Desc
315 pages ; 25 cm
Description
Outlines a transformational vision of a connected world, drawing on expertise to address questions regarding power balances, the relationship between privacy and security, and the role of technology in combating or enabling terrorism.
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Publisher
Jeremy P. Tarcher/Penguin
Pub. Date
2011
Physical Desc
278 p. ; 21 cm.
Description
The author embarked with her three teenagers on a six-month screen blackout (no cellphones, iPods, PCs, laptops, game stations, or television) to discover if the technology intended to stimulate and keep us virtually more connected was, as she suspected, making us actually more disconnected and distracted.
Author
Publisher
Portfolio/Penguin
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
xviii, 284 pages ; 21 cm
Description
Digital minimalists are all around us. They're the calm, happy people who can hold long conversations without furtive glances at their phones. They can get lost in a good book, a woodworking project, or a leisurely morning run. They can have fun with friends and family without the obsessive urge to document the experience. They stay informed about the news of the day, but don't feel overwhelmed by it. They don't experience "fear of missing out" because...
Author
Publisher
W.W. Norton & Company
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
383 pages ; 24 cm
Description
You are under surveillance right now... your cell phone provider tracks your location, your online and in-store purchasing patterns are recorded, Facebook can determine your sexual orientation without you ever mentioning it. Corporations use surveillance to manipulate the prices we're offered; governments use surveillance to discriminate, censor, and put people in danger worldwide. Schneier shows what we can do to reform our government surveillance...
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Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
275 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Description
"If kids are supposed to be spending less time on screens, what should they be doing instead? This book answers that question and gives parents and those who work with them, a science-backed, developmentally appropriate system for emphasizing alternative activities of childhood that can incidentally reduce screen time and minimize the negative effects. It's the much needed "what to do" answer in response to the heavy-handed "what not to do" mandates...
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
348 pages ; cm
Description
"Google. Facebook. Twitter. Repeat. We live in a world unimaginable even a few decades ago, one like no other in human history. It's a parallel world where we can be on the move in the real world, yet always hooked into an alternative time and place. Andalthough it's a two-dimensional world of sight and sound, it offers instant information, connected identities, and constant novelty. In this world, our screen technologies are increasingly where we...
Author
Pub. Date
2016
Physical Desc
ix, 339 pages : illustration ; 21 cm
Description
"The first generation of children who were born into and raised in the digital world are coming of age and reshaping the world in their image. Our economy, our politics, our culture, and even the shape of our family life are being transformed. But who are these wired young people? And what is the world they're creating going to look like? In this revised and updated edition, leading Internet and technology experts John Palfrey and Urs Gasser offer...
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"A sociologist explores the many ways that digital natives' interaction with technology has changed their relationship with people, places, jobs, and other stabilizing structures and created a new way of life that is at odds with the American Dream of past generations. Digital natives are hacking the American Dream. Young people brought up with the Internet, smartphones, and social media are quickly rendering old habits, values, behaviors, and norms...
Author
Publisher
Yale University Press
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
xi, 281 pages ; 22 cm
Description
What is new about how teenagers communicate through services such as Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram? Do social media affect the quality of teens' lives? In this eye-opening book, youth culture and technology expert Danah Boyd uncovers some of the major myths regarding teens' use of social media. She explores tropes about identity, privacy, safety, danger, and bullying. Ultimately, Boyd argues that society fails young people when paternalism and...
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
1 volume ; 24 cm
Description
"From Erica Dhawan, co-author of Get Big Things Done, the definitive guide to communicating and connecting wherever you are. Email replies that show up a week later. Video chats full of "oops sorry no you go" and "can you hear me?!" Ambiguous text-messages. Weird punctuation you can't make heads or tails of. Is it any wonder communication takes us so much time and effort to figure out? How did we lose our innate capacity to understand each other?...
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