Alone together: why we expect more from technology and less from each other
Abstract
Consider Facebookits human contact, only easier to engage with and easier to avoid. Developing technology promises closeness. Sometimes it delivers, but much of our modern life leaves us less connected with people and more connected to simulations of them. 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. Its a nuanced exploration of what we...
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Title
Alone together: why we expect more from technology and less from each other
Published Date
Aug 1, 2011
Journal
Volume
48
Issue
12
Pages
48 - 7239
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