Bored, lonely, angry, stupid : changing feelings about technology, from the telegraph to Twitter
Fernandez, Luke
Bored, lonely, angry, stupid : changing feelings about technology, from the telegraph to Twitter by Luke Fernandez, Susan J. Matt - London : Harvard University Press, ©2019 - 464 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.
This book includes bibliographical references and index.
1. From vanity to narcissism 2. The lonely cloud 3. The flight from boredom 4. Pay attention 5. Awe 6. Anger rising
Do our digital habits kill our attention span or alter the nature of focus? Is social media driving us apart or changing the meaning of social relationships? How we answer these questions will hinge on what we value. This wide-ranging account of our emotional responses to new technologies, from the telegraph to the smart phone, argues that we are profoundly changed by them. Today, for example, we are increasingly distrustful of social media, yet we have a hard time separating ourselves from the technologies we don't trust. It turns out this is not new: Bored, Lonely, Angry, Stupid reveals how past technological innovations aroused intense feelings and altered our sense of self.--
9780674244726
2018043580
Technology--Social aspects--United States.
Technology--Psychological aspects.--United States
Technological innovations--Social aspects--United States.
Technological innovations--Psychological aspects.--United States
T14.5 / .F385 2019
303.483 / FER-B
Bored, lonely, angry, stupid : changing feelings about technology, from the telegraph to Twitter by Luke Fernandez, Susan J. Matt - London : Harvard University Press, ©2019 - 464 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.
This book includes bibliographical references and index.
1. From vanity to narcissism 2. The lonely cloud 3. The flight from boredom 4. Pay attention 5. Awe 6. Anger rising
Do our digital habits kill our attention span or alter the nature of focus? Is social media driving us apart or changing the meaning of social relationships? How we answer these questions will hinge on what we value. This wide-ranging account of our emotional responses to new technologies, from the telegraph to the smart phone, argues that we are profoundly changed by them. Today, for example, we are increasingly distrustful of social media, yet we have a hard time separating ourselves from the technologies we don't trust. It turns out this is not new: Bored, Lonely, Angry, Stupid reveals how past technological innovations aroused intense feelings and altered our sense of self.--
9780674244726
2018043580
Technology--Social aspects--United States.
Technology--Psychological aspects.--United States
Technological innovations--Social aspects--United States.
Technological innovations--Psychological aspects.--United States
T14.5 / .F385 2019
303.483 / FER-B