Irresistible : the rise of addictive technology and the business of keeping us hooked / Adam Alter.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Alter, Adam, 1980- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Digital media--Social aspects.

Digital media.

Digital media--Psychological aspects.

Psychology, Applied.

Psychological aspects.

COMPUTERS / Web / Social Networking.

PSYCHOLOGY / Psychopathology / Addiction.

SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies.

Local Subjects:

COMPUTERS / Web / Social Networking.

PSYCHOLOGY / Psychopathology / Addiction.

SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies.

Physical Description:

354 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

New York, New York : Penguin Press, 2017.

Language Note:

Text in English.

Summary:

"An urgent and expert investigation into behavioral addiction, the dark flipside of today's unavoidable digital technologies, and how we can turn the tide to regain control ... Tracing the very notion of addiction through history right up until the present day, Alter shows that we're only just beginning to understand the epidemic of behavioral addiction gripping society ..."-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Prologue : never get high on your own supply

Part 1. What is behavioral addiction and where did it come from?. The rise of behavioral addiction

The addict in all of us

The biology of behavioral addiction

Part 2. The ingredients of behavioral addiction (or, how to engineer an addictive experience). Goals

Feedback

Progress

Escalation

Cliffhangers

Social interaction

Part 3. The future of behavioral addiction (and some solutions). Nipping addictions at birth

Habits and architecture

Gamification

Epilogue.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 323-344) and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Alter, Adam L., 1980- Irresistible.

ISBN:

9781594206641

1594206643

OCLC:

952647441