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Dependent, Distracted, Bored

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, and be. Paasonen argues instead that network connectivity is a matter of infrastructure and necessary for the operations of the everyday. Dependencies on it do not equal addiction but speak to the networks within which our agency can take shape.

  • Creators

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  • Release date

    April 20, 2021

  • Formats

    • Kindle Book

    • OverDrive Read

      • ISBN: 9780262363372

    • EPUB ebook

      • ISBN: 9780262363372
      • File size: 5092 KB

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  • Languages

    • English

Formats

  • Kindle Book
  • OverDrive Read
  • EPUB ebook

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Languages

  • English