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Reclaiming conversation : the power of talk in a digital age / Sherry Turkle.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Turkle, Sherry, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Communication--Technological innovations.
- Communication.
- Online social networks.
- Conversation.
- Social interaction.
- Physical Description:
- 436 pages ; 25 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Penguin Press, 2015.
- Summary:
- "Renowned media scholar Sherry Turkle investigates how a flight from conversation undermines our relationships, creativity, and productivity--and why reclaiming face-to-face conversation can help us regain lost ground,"--Amazon.com.
- Contents:
- The case for conversation. The empathy diaries ; The flight from conversation
- One chair. Solitude ; Self-reflection
- Two chairs. Family ; Friendship ; Romance
- Three chairs. Education ; Work
- The path forward. The public square ; The nick of time
- A fourth chair? The end of forgetting.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 367-416) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781594205552
- 1594205558
- OCLC:
- 922549181
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