iDisorder
Subtitle: understanding our dependency on technology and overcoming our addiction
By: Larry D. Rosen, Ph.D.
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2012
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 246
ISBN-13: 9780230117570
Subjects: Information technology; PSYCHOLOGY / General; PSYCHOLOGY / Social Psychology; Psychological aspects; Internet addiction; PSYCHOLOGY / Cognitive Psychology; PSYCHOLOGY / Neuropsychology
Description: "iDisorder:  changes to your brain's ability to process information and your ability to relate to the world due to your daily use of media and technology resulting in signs and symptoms of psychological disorders--such as stress, sleeplessness, and a compulsive need to check in with all of your technology.  Based on decades of research and expertise in the "psychology of technology," Dr. Larry Rosen offers clear, down-to-earth explanations for why many of us are suffering from an "iDisorder."  Rosen offers solid, proven strategies to help us overcome the iDisorder we all feel in our lives while still making use of all that technology offers.  Our world is not going to change, and technology will continue to penetrate society even deeper leaving us little chance to react to the seemingly daily additions to our lives.  Rosen teaches us how to stay human in an increasingly technological world"--
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note:; title: 1. We Didn't Start the Fire * 2. Mini Generations 3. Internet of the Future * 4. Our Social Selves * 5. Who Am I Anyway? Am I My Online Persona or My Real Self? * 6. Is Anything Private Anymore? * 7. Information Overload * 8. The Myth of ADHD/OCD * 9. Taking an Emotional Toll * 10. How Does the Brain Work and What Are We Doing to Drive it to its Limits * 11. Distracting Ourselves to Death * 12. It's Not About Managing Your Time. It is About Managing Your Technology.