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3) Content
Author
Publisher
The MIT Press
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"Eichhorn's EKS book will unpack the idea of content, whose emergence reflects a major shift in the way cultural products are produced and consumed, with far-reaching implications for society"--
4) Analog
Author
Publisher
The MIT Press
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"An introduction and history to the analog as a technology and as a way of understanding the world as distinct from the digital"--
Author
Publisher
Orbit
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
Freya has a new virtual assistant. It knows what she likes, knows what she wants and knows whose voice she most needs to hear: her missing sister's. It adopts her sister's personality, recreating her through a life lived online. But this virtual version of her sister knows things it shouldn't be possible to know. It's almost as if the missing girl is still out there somewhere, feeding fresh updates into the cloud. But that's impossible. Isn't it?
Author
Language
English
Description
"We spend an average of just 47 seconds on any screen before shifting our attention. It takes 25 minutes to bring our attention back to a task after an interruption. And we interrupt ourselves more than we're interrupted by others. In Attention Span, psychologist Gloria Mark reveals these and more surprising results from her decades of research into how technology affects our attention. She shows how much of what we think we know is wrong, including...
Author
Publisher
Picador
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Introduces readers to a near-future world of social media implants, memory manufacturers, dangerously immersive virtual reality games, and alarmingly intuitive robots. Many of these characters live in a utopian future of instant connection and technological gratification that belies an unbridgeable human distance, while others inhabit a post-collapse landscape made primitive by disaster, which they must work to rebuild as we once did millennia ago....
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
The question of our time: can we reclaim our lives in an age that feels busier and more distracting by the day? We have all found ourselves checking email at the dinner table, holding our breath while waiting for Outlook to load, or sitting hunched in front of a screen for an hour longer than we intended. Mobile devices and the web have invaded our lives, and this is a big idea book that addresses one of the biggest questions of our age: can we...
Author
Publisher
Grijalbo
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
Español
Description
"El programa Detox digital te ayudará a retomar el control de tus hábitos y disfrutar de tu presente utilizando la tecnología digital a tu favor. Detox digital es el primer programa dirigido a todo público, con énfasis en padres de familia y educadores, que busca acabar con el uso excesivo de pantallas (celular, tablet, televisión, computadora...) y, por lo tanto: -Lograr un balance en todos los aspectos de tu vida. -Conocer y controlar paso...
Author
Publisher
Nimbus Publishing Limited
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"It's time we choose joy over fear. Empowerment over anxiety. JOMO over FOMO. How do we get there? By taking up good burdens. The things we're most proud of in life--the child we're raising; the marathon we completed; the major project we hit out of the park--these required all of us: all of our attention, all of our love, all of our effort. Could we control the outcome? No. Were we all in? Hell, yes. These effortful pursuits are what digital well-being...
Author
Language
English
Formats
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...
Author
Publisher
McGraw Hill
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"When keeping up with massive amounts of information is part of your job and daily life, how do you transform a feeling of overwhelm to a sense of abundance and empowerment? Discover practical insights and strategies to build a positive relationship with information and excel at work and all your ventures. In Thriving on Overload, Ross Dawson provides simple actionable techniques for staying ahead in an accelerating world. It's all about choosing...
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2015?]
Language
English
Description
We live in a world unimaginable only decades ago: a domain of backlit screens, instant information, and vibrant experiences that can outcompete dreary reality. Our brave new technologies offer incredible opportunities for work and play. But at what price? Now renowned neuroscientist Susan Greenfield-known in the United Kingdom for challenging entrenched conventional views-brings together a range of scientific studies, news events, and cultural criticism...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
" It's undeniable-technology is changing the way we think. But is it for the better? Amid a chorus of doomsayers, Clive Thompson delivers a resounding "yes." The Internet age has produced a radical new style of human intelligence, worthy of both celebration and analysis. We learn more and retain it longer, write and think with global audiences, and even gain an ESP-like awareness of the world around us. Modern technology is making us smarter, better...
Author
Series
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons, Inc
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"A guidebook to beating internet addiction and screen overuse and for living a fuller life. There's no escaping it--we live in a digital world. We work, play, socialize, and learn online, and the Internet provides many amazing opportunities. Unfortunately, because of our basic biology, we're all susceptible to overuse and addiction to screens. Video games, social media, porn, and even scrolling online, taps into that pleasurable dopamine reward system....
Author
Publisher
New Harbinger Publications
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"Do you spend hours every day on your smartphone or tablet? Reading the news, shopping for clothes, checking your email, and catching up on social media? Do you scroll through blog articles and text with your friends while waiting in line at the DMV or the grocery store, avoiding any chance interactions with actual human beings? If so, you aren't alone. Most of us are stuck on a hedonic treadmill of push-button notifications, friend updates, and text...
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press, an imprint of St. Martin's Publishing Group
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"From the author of the provocative and influential Glow Kids: Revolutionary research that reveals technology's damaging effect on mental illness and suicide rates--and offers a way out. Dr. Nicholas Kardaras is at the forefront of researchers sounding the alarm about the impact of excessive technology on younger brains. In Glow Kids, he described what screen time does to children, calling it "digital heroin". Now, in Digital Madness, Dr. Kardaras...
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