Alone Together: Why We Expect More from Technology and Less from Each Other

Alone Together: Why We Expect More from Technology and Less from Each Other
ISBN-10
0465010210
ISBN-13
9780465010219
Series
Alone Together
Category
Psychology
Pages
360
Language
English
Published
2011-01
Publisher
Basic Books (AZ)
Author
Sherry Turkle

Description

Argues that social-networking sites, companion robots and other technology are fueling disturbing levels of isolation and are causing humans to mistake digital communication for actual human connection. By the author of Simulations and Its Discontents.

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