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    Alone Together : Why We Expect More from Technology and Less from Each Other / Sherry Turkle.

    By: Turkle, Sherry [author.]Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York : Basic Books, [2011]Copyright date: ©2011Description: xvii, 360 pages ; 25 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780465010219; 0465010210; 9780465031467; 0465031463Subject(s): Information technology -- Social aspects | Interpersonal relations | Human-computer interaction | Interpersonal relations | Attitude to Computers | Information Dissemination | Interpersonal Relations | Social Networking | Technology | Internet | Technologies de l'information et de la communication | Communication | Relations humaines | Aspects psychologiques | Human-computer interaction | Information technology -- Social aspects | Interpersonal relations | Informatiemaatschappij | Informatietechnologie | Sociale aspecten | Soziale Software | Informationstechnik | Mensch-Maschine-Kommunikation | IT-samhället | Mänskliga relationer | Människa-dator-interaktion | Information technology -- Social aspects | Interpersonal relations | Human-computer interactionAdditional physical formats: Also issued in ebook format: No titleDDC classification: 303.48/33 LOC classification: HM851 | .T86 2011Other classification: 50.12 | 05.19 | 06.64
    Contents:
    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.
    Summary: 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.
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    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.

    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.

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