Ronald S. Laura, Tim Marchant, Susen R. Smith

New Social Disease

From High Tech Depersonalization to Survival of the Soul

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The New Social Disease is about how we personalize our computers and associated technologies while depersonalizing others and ourselves.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: University Press of America
• Seitenzahl: 198
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. Juli 2008
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 11mm
• Gewicht: 295g
• ISBN-13: 9780761841210
• ISBN-10: 0761841210
• Artikelnr.: 24656024

Autorenporträt

By Ronald S. Laura; Tim Marchant and Susen R. Smith

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1 Foreword Chapter 2 Preface Chapter 3 Acknowledgements Chapter 4
Introduction: High Tech Depersonalization: Has Technology Stolen Your Soul?
Chapter 5 1: Technological Connections: Are You Too Plugged In? Chapter 6
2: Technological Texturing of the Modern World Chapter 7 3:
Technologization of Education Chapter 8 4: Depersonalization and the
Internet Chapter 9 5: Incivility Chapter 10 6: Exploring the Implications
of Depersonalization for Mental Health Chapter 11 7: Hidden Dangers: The
Physical Impacts Chapter 12 8: Educational and Social Ramifications of
Computer-Based Temporality Chapter 13 9: Reconceptualizing Knowledge as
Connectivity, Expresses Empathetically Chapter 14 10: Towards a Better
Life: Survival of the Soul Chapter 15 Bibliography Chapter 16 Index