Bibliograph

Bored, lonely, angry, stupid, changing feelings about technology, from the telegraph to Twitter, Luke Fernandez and Susan J. Matt

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Bored, lonely, angry, stupid, changing feelings about technology, from the telegraph to Twitter, Luke Fernandez and Susan J. Matt

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Bored, lonely, angry, stupid

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1059271000

Responsibility statement

Luke Fernandez and Susan J. Matt

Sub title

changing feelings about technology, from the telegraph to Twitter

Summary

Do our digital habits kill our attention span or alter the nature of focus? Is social media driving us apart or changing the meaning of social relationships? How we answer these questions will hinge on what we value. This wide-ranging account of our emotional responses to new technologies, from the telegraph to the smart phone, argues that we are profoundly changed by them. Today, for example, we are increasingly distrustful of social media, yet we have a hard time separating ourselves from the technologies we don't trust. It turns out this is not new: Bored, Lonely, Angry, Stupid reveals how past technological innovations aroused intense feelings and altered our sense of self.--, Provided by publisher

Table Of Contents

From vanity to narcissism -- The lonely cloud -- The flight from boredom -- Pay attention -- Awe -- Anger rising

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