Dependent, Distracted, Bored: Affective Formations in Networked Media

by Susanna Paasonen

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A new approach to understanding the culture of ubiquitous connectivity, arguing that our dependence on networked infrastructure does not equal addiction. In this book, Susanna Paasonen takes on a dominant narrative repeated in journalistic and academic accounts for more than a decade- that we are addicted to devices, apps, and sites designed to distract us, that drive us to boredom, with detrimental effect on our capacities to focus, relate, remember,...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0262045672

ISBN13:9780262045674

Release Date:April 2021

Publisher:MIT Press

Length:200 Pages

Weight:1.10 lbs.

Dimensions:1.0" x 6.0" x 9.1"

Related Subjects

Computers Computers & Technology Psychology Social Science Social Sciences

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