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The Resource Left to their own devices : how digital natives are reshaping the American dream, Julie M. Albright ; foreword by Thomas Dolby, musician, technology innovator, and author of The speed of sound

Left to their own devices : how digital natives are reshaping the American dream, Julie M. Albright ; foreword by Thomas Dolby, musician, technology innovator, and author of The speed of sound

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  • "A sociologist explores the many ways that digital natives' interaction with technology has changed their relationship with people, places, jobs, and other stabilizing structures and created a new way of life that is at odds with the American Dream of past generations. Digital natives are hacking the American Dream. Young people brought up with the Internet, smartphones, and social media are quickly rendering old habits, values, behaviors, and norms a distant memory--creating the greatest generation gap in history. In this eye-opening book, digital sociologist Julie M. Albright looks at the many ways in which younger people, facilitated by technology, are coming 'untethered' from traditional aspirations and ideals, and asks: What are the effects of being disconnected from traditional, stabilizing social structures like churches, marriage, political parties, and long-term employment? What does it mean to be human when one's ties to people, places, jobs, and societal institutions are weakened or broken, displaced by digital hyper-connectivity? Albright sees both positives and negatives. On the one hand, mobile connectivity has given digital nomads the unprecedented opportunity to work or live anywhere. But, new threats to well-being are emerging, including increased isolation, anxiety, and loneliness, decreased physical exercise, ephemeral relationships, fragmented attention spans, and detachment from the calm of nature. In this time of rapid, global, technologically driven change, this book offers fresh insights into the unintended societal and psychological implications of lives exclusively lived in a digital world"--
  • "A sociologist explores the many ways that digital natives' interaction with technology has changed their relationship with people, places, jobs, and other stabilizing structures and created a new way of life that is at odds with the American Dream of past generations"--
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eng
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368 pages
Contents
  • Foreword / Thomas Dolby
  • Introduction
  • Becoming tethered: the American dream
  • Synchronization and harmonization
  • The untethered adult
  • Growing up digital
  • Your brain on digital
  • Untethered from nature
  • The untethered worker
  • Untethered from the body
  • The untethered world
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9781633884441
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Left to their own devices : how digital natives are reshaping the American dream
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Left to their own devices
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how digital natives are reshaping the American dream
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Julie M. Albright ; foreword by Thomas Dolby, musician, technology innovator, and author of The speed of sound
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eng
Summary
  • "A sociologist explores the many ways that digital natives' interaction with technology has changed their relationship with people, places, jobs, and other stabilizing structures and created a new way of life that is at odds with the American Dream of past generations. Digital natives are hacking the American Dream. Young people brought up with the Internet, smartphones, and social media are quickly rendering old habits, values, behaviors, and norms a distant memory--creating the greatest generation gap in history. In this eye-opening book, digital sociologist Julie M. Albright looks at the many ways in which younger people, facilitated by technology, are coming 'untethered' from traditional aspirations and ideals, and asks: What are the effects of being disconnected from traditional, stabilizing social structures like churches, marriage, political parties, and long-term employment? What does it mean to be human when one's ties to people, places, jobs, and societal institutions are weakened or broken, displaced by digital hyper-connectivity? Albright sees both positives and negatives. On the one hand, mobile connectivity has given digital nomads the unprecedented opportunity to work or live anywhere. But, new threats to well-being are emerging, including increased isolation, anxiety, and loneliness, decreased physical exercise, ephemeral relationships, fragmented attention spans, and detachment from the calm of nature. In this time of rapid, global, technologically driven change, this book offers fresh insights into the unintended societal and psychological implications of lives exclusively lived in a digital world"--
  • "A sociologist explores the many ways that digital natives' interaction with technology has changed their relationship with people, places, jobs, and other stabilizing structures and created a new way of life that is at odds with the American Dream of past generations"--
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Albright, Julie M.
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illustrations
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no index present
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non fiction
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Dolby, Thomas
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  • Mass media and youth
  • Digital media
  • Information technology
  • Diffusion of innovations
  • American Dream
  • Médias et jeunesse
  • Médias numériques
  • Technologie de l'information
  • Innovations
  • Rêve américain
  • SOCIAL SCIENCE
  • PSYCHOLOGY
  • COMPUTERS
  • Diffusion of innovations
  • American Dream
  • Digital media
  • Information technology
  • Mass media and youth
  • United States
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Left to their own devices : how digital natives are reshaping the American dream, Julie M. Albright ; foreword by Thomas Dolby, musician, technology innovator, and author of The speed of sound
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Foreword / Thomas Dolby -- Introduction -- Becoming tethered: the American dream -- Synchronization and harmonization -- The untethered adult -- Growing up digital -- Your brain on digital -- Untethered from nature -- The untethered worker -- Untethered from the body -- The untethered world
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24 cm
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368 pages
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9781633884441
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2018050608
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WorldCat record variable field(s) change: 650
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illustrations
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(OCoLC)1060596627
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Left to their own devices : how digital natives are reshaping the American dream, Julie M. Albright ; foreword by Thomas Dolby, musician, technology innovator, and author of The speed of sound
Publication
Copyright
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
Foreword / Thomas Dolby -- Introduction -- Becoming tethered: the American dream -- Synchronization and harmonization -- The untethered adult -- Growing up digital -- Your brain on digital -- Untethered from nature -- The untethered worker -- Untethered from the body -- The untethered world
Control code
1060596627
Dimensions
24 cm
Extent
368 pages
Isbn
9781633884441
Lccn
2018050608
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Note
WorldCat record variable field(s) change: 650
Other physical details
illustrations
System control number
(OCoLC)1060596627

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