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Irresistible : the rise of addictive technology and the business of keeping us hooked /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Alter, Adam, 1980- (Author)
Corporate Author: EBSCOhost
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Penguin Press, 2017.
Subjects:
Digital media > Social aspects.
Digital media > Psychological aspects.
Psychology, Applied.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Part 1. What is behavioral addiction and where did it come from?
  • The rise of behavioral addiction
  • The addict in all of us
  • The biology of behavioral addiction
  • Part 2. The ingredients of behavioral addiction (or, How to engineer an addictive experience)
  • Goals
  • Feedback
  • Progress
  • Escalation
  • Cliffhangers
  • Social interaction
  • Part 3. The future of behavioral addiction (and some solutions)
  • Nipping addictions at birth
  • Habits and architecture
  • Gamification.