Identity shift : where identity meets technology in the networked-community age / Allison Cerra, Christina James.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cerra, Allison.

Contributor:

James, Christina.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Consumers--United States.

Consumers.

Identity (Philosophical concept).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (242 p.)

Edition:

1st edition

Place of Publication:

Indianapolis, IN : John Wiley & Sons, c2012.

John Wiley and Sons, Inc. [2012]

Language Note:

English

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Explore the intersection of technology and identity Does technology cause a shift in how we perceive our relationships and ourselves? To find the answer, global communications leader Alcatel-Lucent commissioned an extensive research study. Subjects crossed geographic, generational, socioeconomic, and cultural boundaries. Hundreds of hours of documented observation and interviews with real people led to the fascinating conclusions in these pages. While technology will never define us, this study reveals how profoundly it influences the way we define ourselves.<

Contents:

Identity Shift; About the Authors; Acknowledgments; Contents; Prologue: Who Are You?; Part 1: The 3-P Model of Identity; Chapter1: Presentation: The Mirror Image; Worlds Colliding; Look Away, Look Over Here; Mirror, Mirror; Chapter 2: Protection: Exposing the Blind Spots; The Blind Spots; The Extent of Violation; No White Knight; The Mind-Body-Technology Connection; Chapter 3: Preference: The (Un)Conscious Filter of (In)Finite Choice; The Power of Experience; Are You Paying Attention?; Chapter 4: Trust: Meeting at the Crossroads of Identity; Living in the Intersections; The Price of Distrust

Part 2: The Universal LawsChapter 5: The Law of Learned Helplessness: Failure Is the Only Option; Why Bother?; A Powerful Antidote; Chapter 6: The Law of Illusion: Lie to Me; The Threat of Illusory Correlation; When the System Fails; Ignorance Is Not Bliss; Chapter 7: The Law of Recall: Taking It from the Top; Chapter 8: Rationalization: Finding Harmony in the Discord; Rationalizing the Laws; Do as I Say or as I Do?; The Laws in Practice; Part 3: Identity Through the Life Stages; Chapter 9: Teenage Growing Pains; The New Status Symbols; The New Idols; The New Villains

The Technology ConundrumChapter 10: Emerging Adulthood: In Search of the Ideal; The "Ideal" Life Stage; Creeps, Weirdos, and Left-Behinds; Chapter 11: The "Meet" Market; The Laws of Supply and Demand-And Attraction; Endless Opportunities-And Opportunity Costs; Caveat Emptor (Let the Buyer Beware); Chapter 12: The Parent Puzzle; Everything's Different, Nothing's Changed; Social Development: Exposure or Exclusion?; To Trust or Protect?; Analog Parenting in a Digital World; The Virtual Dashboard; Chapter 13: The Midlife Rebirth; Yes, I Can; No, You Can't; Epilogue: Who Are We Becoming?

We Want to Get AwayWe Want More; We Want to Be ...; Appendix: Through the Lens of Research; Citations; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786613333018

9781283333016

1283333015

9781118227213

1118227212

OCLC:

769189192