عنوان
پدید آورنده
موضوع
رده
HM621 .J64 2006
HM621
.
J64
2006
کتابخانه
محل استقرار
INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
(Number (ISBN
1448714672
(Number (ISBN
1594481946
(Number (ISBN
9781448714674
(Number (ISBN
9781594481949
NATIONAL BIBLIOGRAPHY NUMBER
Number
b717205
TITLE AND STATEMENT OF RESPONSIBILITY
Title Proper
Everything bad is good for you :
General Material Designation
[Book]
Other Title Information
how today's popular culture is actually making us smarter /
First Statement of Responsibility
Steven Johnson ; [with a new afterword by the author].
EDITION STATEMENT
Edition Statement
1st Riverhead trade pbk. ed.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
New York :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Riverhead Books,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
2006.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
xvi, 254 pages :
Other Physical Details
illustrations ;
Dimensions
21 cm
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
Text of Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 212-250).
CONTENTS NOTE
Text of Note
Introduction : the sleeper curve -- Part one -- Part two -- Notes on further reading -- Notes -- Acknowledgments.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
Text of Note
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 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 contends 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. In fact, video games -- from Tetris to the Sims to Grand Theft Auto -- have been shown develop cognitive abilities that can't be learned from books, as well as to raise IQ scores. 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.
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Intellect.
Popular culture.
Culture populaire.
Intelligence.
Intellect.
Intellect.
Intellect.
Popular culture.
Popular culture.
Popular culture.
DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION
Number
306/
.
0973
Edition
22
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CLASSIFICATION
Class number
HM621
Book number
.
J64
2006
OTHER CLASS NUMBERS
Class number
306
.
0973
J69e
PERSONAL NAME - PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITY
Johnson, Steven,1968-
ORIGINATING SOURCE
Date of Transaction
20201208093355.0
ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS
Electronic name
مطالعه متن کتاب [Book]
Y
