Publication

2019-05-01 - Harvard University Press

Language

English

Word Count

118,000 words, Guess

Page Count

472 pages

Physical Format

Hardcover

Identifiers

and 1 more
  • Better World Books9780674983700

Classifications

  • LCCT14.5.F385 2019
  • LCCT14.5 .F385 2019

Description

Do our digital habits kill our attention span or alter the nature of focus? Is social media driving us apart or changing the meaning of social relationships? How we answer these questions will hinge on what we value. This wide-ranging account of our emotional responses to new technologies, from the telegraph to the smart phone, argues that we are profoundly changed by them. Today, for example, we are increasingly distrustful of social media, yet we have a hard time separating ourselves from the technologies we don't trust. It turns out this is not new: Bored, Lonely, Angry, Stupid reveals how past technological innovations aroused intense feelings and altered our sense of self.--

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Other Editions

  • Bored, Lonely, Angry, Stupid: Changing Feelings about Technology, from the Telegraph to TwitterHardcoverHarvard University Press2019-05-01

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