Turkle, Sherry, <br/><br/>
Alone together :  why we expect more from technology and less from each other /  [print] 
Sherry Turkle. 
 - [First paperback edition. 
 - New York :  Basic Books,  (c)2012. 
 - xvii, 360 pages ;  21 cm 
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<br/><br/>Part 1. The robotic moment: in solitude, new intimacies --  Nearest neighbors --  Alive enough --  True companions --  Enchantment --  Complicities --  Love's labor lost --  Communion --  Part 2. Networked: in intimacy, new solitudes --  Always on --  Growing up tethered --  No need to call --  Reduction and betrayal --  True confessions --  Anxiety --  The nostalgia of the young --  Conclusion: Necessary conversations --  Epilogue: The letter. 
<br/><br/> In "Alone Together," MichiganT technology and society professor Sherry Turkle explores the power of our new tools and toys to dramatically alter our social lives. It's a nuanced exploration of what we are looking for--and sacrificing--in a world of electronic companions and social networking tools, and an argument that, despite the hand-waving of today's self-described prophets of the future, it will be the next generation who will chart the path between isolation and connectivity. 
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<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780465031467 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Information technology--Social aspects.<br/>Interpersonal relations.<br/>Human-computer interaction.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>HM851 HM851.T939.A466 2012