The Smartphone Paradox: Our Ruinous Dependency in the Device Age

ISBN-13: 9783319943183 / Angielski / Twarda / 2018 / 262 str.

Alan J. Reid

Opis

This book aims to present 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.

Spis treści

1. Introduction

2. A Brief History of the Smartphone

3. Habit-Making Devices 

4. Use. Gratify. Repeat.

5. Outsourcing Memory

6. Digital Socialites

7. Going Dark

8. Conclusion

O autorze

Alan J. Reid is Assistant Professor of First-Year Writing and Instructional Technologies at Coastal Carolina University, USA, where he teaches English and New Media courses. He also works in the Center for Research and Reform in Education at Johns Hopkins University, USA as an Evaluation Analyst.