The new social disease
Subtitle: from high tech depersonalization to survival of the soul
By: Ronald S. Laura, Tim Marchant, and Susen R. Smith.
Contributors: Marchant, Timothy Christian.; Smith, Susen R.
Publisher: University Press of America
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Lanham
Language: eng
Number of pages: 183
ISBN-13: 9780761841210
Subjects: Technology -- Social aspects.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [163]-177) and index.
Table of contents: value: High tech depersonalization : has technology stolen your soul?; value: Technological connections : are you too plugged in?; value: Technological texturing of the modern world; value: Technologization of education; value: Depersonalization and the Internet; value: Incivility; value: Exploring the implications of depersonalization for mental health; value: Hidden dangers : the physical impacts; value: Educational and social ramifications of computer-based temporality; value: Reconceptualizing knowledge as connectivity, expressed empathetically; value: Towards a better life : survival of the soul.