TY - BOOK AU - Turkle,Sherry TI - Alone Together: Why We Expect More from Technology and Less from Each Other SN - 9780465010219 AV - HM851 .T86 2011 U1 - 303.48/33 22 PY - 2011///] CY - New York PB - Basic Books KW - Information technology KW - Social aspects KW - Interpersonal relations KW - Human-computer interaction KW - Attitude to Computers KW - Information Dissemination KW - Interpersonal Relations KW - Social Networking KW - Technology KW - Internet KW - eclas KW - Technologies de l'information et de la communication KW - Communication KW - Relations humaines KW - Aspects psychologiques KW - fast KW - Informatiemaatschappij KW - gtt KW - Informatietechnologie KW - Sociale aspecten KW - Soziale Software KW - gnd KW - Informationstechnik KW - Mensch-Maschine-Kommunikation KW - IT-samhället KW - sao KW - Mänskliga relationer KW - Människa-dator-interaktion N1 - Includes bibliographical references (pages 307-348) and index; Part 1. The robotic moment: in solitude, new intimacies -- Nearest neighbors -- Alive enough -- True companions -- Enchantment -- Complicities -- Love's labor lost -- Communion -- Part 2. Networked: in intimacy, new solitudes -- Always on -- Growing up tethered -- No need to call -- Reduction and betrayal -- True confessions -- Anxiety -- The nostalgia of the young -- Conclusion: Necessary conversations -- Epilogue: The letter N2 - 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 isolation and connectivity ER -