arguments for and against Facebook, Google, texting, and the age of social networking /
First Statement of Responsibility
edited by Mark Bauerlein
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
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New York, NY :
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Jeremy P. Tarcher/Penguin,
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c2011
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
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xiv, 354 p. ;
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23 cm
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
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Includes bibliographical references and index
CONTENTS NOTE
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Introduction by Mark Bauerlein -- The brain, the senses -- Digital natives, digital immigrants / Marc Prensky -- The internet / Steven Johnson -- Learning to think in a digital world / Maryanne Wolf -- Learning theory, video games, and popular culture / James Gee -- Usability of websites for teenagers / Jakob Nielsen -- Is google making us stupid? / Nicholas Carr -- Your brain is evolving right now / Gary Small and Gigi Vorgan -- Social life, personal life, school -- Identity crisis / Sherry Turkle -- They call me cyberboy / Douglas Rushkoff -- The eight net gen norms / Don Tapscott -- Love online / Henry Jenkins -- We can't ignore the influence of digital technologies / Cathy Davidson -- Virtual friendship and the new narcissism / Christine Rosen -- Activists / John Palfrey and Urs Gasser -- The fate of culture -- Nomadicity / Todd Gitlin -- What is web 2.0? / Tim O'Reilly -- Web squared : web 2.0 five years on / Tim O'Reilly and John Battelle -- Web 2.0 / Andrew Keen -- Wikipedia and beyond / Katherine Mangu-Ward -- Judgment : of Molly's gaze and Taylor's watch : why more is less in a split-screen -- World / Maggie Jackson -- A dream come true / Lee Siegel -- The end of solitude / William Deresiewicz -- Means / Clay Shirky
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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Collects writings by leading thinkers and cultural commentators on the pros and cons of the social media revolution, covering topics ranging from reading skills and attention spans to cyberbullying and the digital playground