Alone Together
Subtitle: Why We Expect More From Technology and Less From Each Other
By: Sherry Turkle
Publisher: Basic Books
Published: 2011
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 360
ISBN-13: 9780465010219; 9780465022342; 9780465031467
Subjects: Social aspects; Interpersonal relations; Human-computer interaction; Information technology
Other titles: Alone Together: Why We Expect More from Technology and Less from Each Other
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 isolation and connectivity.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 307-348) and index.
Table of contents: title: Author's note : Turning points; title: Introduction : Alone together; title: Part one : The robotic moment : in solitude, new intimacies.; title: Nearest neighbors; title: Alive enough; title: True companions; title: Enchantment; title: Complicities; title: Love's labor lost; title: Communion; title: Part two : Networked : in intimacy, new solitudes.; title: Always on; title: Growing up tethered; title: No need to call; title: Reduction and betrayal; title: True confessions; title: Anxiety; title: The nostalgia of the young; title: Conclusion : Necessary conversations; title: Epilogue : The letter