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The Resource Everything bad is good for you : how today's popular culture is actually making us smarter, Steven Johnson ; [with a new afterword by the author], (electronic resource)

Everything bad is good for you : how today's popular culture is actually making us smarter, Steven Johnson ; [with a new afterword by the author], (electronic resource)

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The $10 billion video gaming industry is now the second-largest segment of the entertainment industry in the United States, outstripping film and far surpassing books. Reality television shows featuring silicone-stuffed CEO wannabes and bug-eating adrenaline junkies dominate the ratings. But prominent social and cultural critic Steven Johnson argues that our popular culture has never been smarter. Drawing from fields as diverse as neuroscience, economics, and literary theory, the author argues that the junk culture we're so eager to dismiss is in fact making us more intelligent. A video game will never be a book nor should it aspire to be-and, in fact, video games, from Tetris to the Sims to Grand Theft Auto, have been shown to raise IQ scores and develop cognitive abilities that can't be learned from books. Likewise, successful television, when examined closely and taken seriously, reveals surprising narrative sophistication and intellectual demands. This book is a hopeful and spirited account of contemporary culture. The author demonstrates that our culture is not declining but changing-in exciting and stimulating ways we'd do well to understand. The glow of the video game or television screen will never be regarded the same way again
Language
eng
Work
Publication
Edition
1st Riverhead trade pbk. ed.
Extent
xvi, 254 p.
Contents
  • Introduction : the sleeper curve
  • Part one
  • Part two
  • Notes on further reading
  • Notes
  • Acknowledgments
Isbn
9781429501262
Link
http://sfpl.lib.overdrive.com/ContentDetails.htm?ID=34A436F2-3884-4BF5-A872-1FF1E2BA48F8
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Label
Everything bad is good for you : how today's popular culture is actually making us smarter
Title
Everything bad is good for you
Title remainder
how today's popular culture is actually making us smarter
Statement of responsibility
Steven Johnson ; [with a new afterword by the author]
Creator
Subject
Genre
Language
eng
Summary
The $10 billion video gaming industry is now the second-largest segment of the entertainment industry in the United States, outstripping film and far surpassing books. Reality television shows featuring silicone-stuffed CEO wannabes and bug-eating adrenaline junkies dominate the ratings. But prominent social and cultural critic Steven Johnson argues that our popular culture has never been smarter. Drawing from fields as diverse as neuroscience, economics, and literary theory, the author argues that the junk culture we're so eager to dismiss is in fact making us more intelligent. A video game will never be a book nor should it aspire to be-and, in fact, video games, from Tetris to the Sims to Grand Theft Auto, have been shown to raise IQ scores and develop cognitive abilities that can't be learned from books. Likewise, successful television, when examined closely and taken seriously, reveals surprising narrative sophistication and intellectual demands. This book is a hopeful and spirited account of contemporary culture. The author demonstrates that our culture is not declining but changing-in exciting and stimulating ways we'd do well to understand. The glow of the video game or television screen will never be regarded the same way again
Cataloging source
TEFOD
http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
1968-
http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
Johnson, Steven
Dewey number
306/.0973
Illustrations
illustrations
Index
no index present
LC call number
HM621
LC item number
.J64 2006eb
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
  • dictionaries
  • bibliography
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • Popular culture
  • Intellect
  • Cultura popular
  • Inteligencia
Label
Everything bad is good for you : how today's popular culture is actually making us smarter, Steven Johnson ; [with a new afterword by the author], (electronic resource)
Link
http://sfpl.lib.overdrive.com/ContentDetails.htm?ID=34A436F2-3884-4BF5-A872-1FF1E2BA48F8
Instantiates
Publication
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (p. 212-250)
Carrier category
online resource
Carrier category code
  • cr
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Color
multicolored
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
Introduction : the sleeper curve -- Part one -- Part two -- Notes on further reading -- Notes -- Acknowledgments
Dimensions
21 cm
Dimensions
unknown
Edition
1st Riverhead trade pbk. ed.
Extent
xvi, 254 p.
Form of item
online
Isbn
9781429501262
Isbn Type
(electronic bk. : Mobipocket Reader)
Media category
computer
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • c
Other physical details
ill.
Reproduction note
Electronic reproduction.
Specific material designation
remote
System control number
(OCoLC)441099875
Label
Everything bad is good for you : how today's popular culture is actually making us smarter, Steven Johnson ; [with a new afterword by the author], (electronic resource)
Link
http://sfpl.lib.overdrive.com/ContentDetails.htm?ID=34A436F2-3884-4BF5-A872-1FF1E2BA48F8
Publication
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (p. 212-250)
Carrier category
online resource
Carrier category code
  • cr
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Color
multicolored
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
Introduction : the sleeper curve -- Part one -- Part two -- Notes on further reading -- Notes -- Acknowledgments
Dimensions
21 cm
Dimensions
unknown
Edition
1st Riverhead trade pbk. ed.
Extent
xvi, 254 p.
Form of item
online
Isbn
9781429501262
Isbn Type
(electronic bk. : Mobipocket Reader)
Media category
computer
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • c
Other physical details
ill.
Reproduction note
Electronic reproduction.
Specific material designation
remote
System control number
(OCoLC)441099875

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