| Description |
1 online resource (156 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
Cover; Contents; List of Figures and Tables; Acknowledgements; INTRODUCTION Addiction: It Got Your Attention; 1 Internet Addiction: Contrasting Viewpoints; 2 When Do We Say 'Too Much'? Being Cautious About 'Over-use' and Virtual Reality; 3 Technological Development and Childhood Play: The Changing Nature of Everyday Leisure; 4 Bourdieu's Theory of Practice; 5 Introducing Some Teenage Technological Experts: Digital Insiders; 6 The Blur Between Leisure, Learning and Expertise; 7 Internet Addiction in the Lives of Teenagers; 8 New Forms of Privilege; 9 Misrecognition of the Practice of Leisure |
| Summary |
This timely volume contests the popular claim that computers are addictive by arguing that using the internet is now a form of everyday leisure engaged in by many in Western Societies. Offering an analysis of the nature of addiction alongside a detailed empirical study of home computer use, this book will be of interest to sociologists of culture, popular culture, and scholars of media, ICT and education |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Internet addiction.
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Human-computer interaction.
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Behavior, Addictive -- psychology
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Attitude to Computers
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Internet -- statistics & numerical data
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Psychosocial Deprivation
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Human-computer interaction
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Internet addiction
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2008035557 |
| ISBN |
0754674967 |
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9780754674962 |
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0754695417 |
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9780754695417 |
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1281969028 |
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9781281969026 |
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