Bored, Lonely, Angry, Stupid
Changing Feelings about Technology, from the Telegraph to Twitter
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Author
Publication
2019-05-01 - Harvard University Press
Language
English
Word Count
118,000 words, Guess
Page Count
472 pages
Physical Format
Hardcover
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL27338100M
- ISBN-10067498370X
- ISBN-139780674983700
- Library of Congress Control Number2018043580
- OCLC Control Number1059271000
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.--
Other Editions
- Bored, Lonely, Angry, Stupid: Changing Feelings about Technology, from the Telegraph to Twitter
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