The smartphone paradox : our ruinous dependency in the Device Age / Alan J. Reid.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Reid, Alan J., 1981- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Smartphones--Social aspects.

Smartphones.

Social aspects.

Physical Description:

vii, 262 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

Cham, Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan, [2018]

Summary:

"The Smartphone Paradox is a critical examination of our everyday mobile technologies and the effects that they have on our thoughts and behaviors. Alan J. Reid presents a comprehensive view of smartphones: the research behind the uses and gratifications of smartphones, the obstacles they present, the opportunities they afford, and how everyone can achieve a healthy, technological balance. It includes interviews with smartphone users from a variety of backgrounds, and translates scholarly research into a conversational tone, making it easy to understand a synthesis of key findings and conclusions from a heavily-researched domain. All in all, through the lens of smartphone dependency, the book makes the argument for digital mindfulness in a device age that threatens our privacy, sociability, attention, and cognitive abilities."-- Provided by publisher.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

3319943189

9783319943183

OCLC:

1037809717