The Smartphone Paradox : Our Ruinous Dependency in the Device Age /
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Cham, Switzerland :
Palgrave Macmillan,
[2018]
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
Table of Contents:
- Intro; Contents; List of Images; Chapter 1: Introduction; A Plea for Awareness; You Are Your Phone; Kranzberg's First Law of Technology; References; Chapter 2: A Brief History of the Smartphone; Hello, World; Ubiquitous Devices; Smartphone Hysteria; References; Chapter 3: Habit-Making Devices; Habit, Compulsion, and Addiction; Checking Habits; Phone Psychosis; References; Chapter 4: Use. Gratify. Repeat.; Instant Gratification; The How and the Why; News.0; References; Chapter 5: Outsourcing Memory; The Degeneration Generation; Just Google It; Are We Dumb?; References
- Chapter 6: Digital SocialitesOn Being Nowhere; Oversharing; #Slacktivism; References; Chapter 7: Going Dark; Privacy and Surveillance; The Technoself; In Defense of Boredom; References; Chapter 8: Conclusion; Mindfulness; Device Legislation; A New Generation; References; Index