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_dCaBNVSL
050 4 _aRC489.I54
_bM67 2018eb
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100 1 _aMorris, Margaret E.,
_eauthor.
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245 1 0 _aLeft to our own devices :
_bhacking technology to reclaim our relationships, health, and focus /
_cMargaret Morris ; foreword by Sherry Turkle.
264 1 _aCambridge, Massachusetts :
_bMIT Press,
_c[2018]
264 2 _a[Piscataqay, New Jersey] :
_bIEEE Xplore,
_c[2018]
300 _a1 PDF (192 pages).
336 _atext
_2rdacontent
337 _aelectronic
_2isbdmedia
338 _aonline resource
_2rdacarrier
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 _aIntroduction -- The meaning of light -- Conversational catalysts -- Meaningful measures -- Remembering and forgetting -- Beyond the hook-up -- Picturing ourselves -- Micro connections -- Therapy, virtually.
506 _aRestricted to subscribers or individual electronic text purchasers.
520 _aUnexpected ways that individuals adapt technology to reclaim what matters to them, from working through conflict with smart lights to celebrating gender transition with selfies.We have been warned about the psychological perils of technology: distraction, difficulty empathizing, and loss of the ability (or desire) to carry on a conversation. But our devices and data are woven into our lives. We can't simply reject them. Instead, Margaret Morris argues, we need to adapt technology creatively to our needs and values. In Left to Our Own Devices, Morris offers examples of individuals applying technologies in unexpected ways--uses that go beyond those intended by developers and designers. Morris examines these kinds of personalized life hacks, chronicling the ways that people have adapted technology to strengthen social connection, enhance well-being, and affirm identity. Morris, a clinical psychologist and app creator, shows how people really use technology, drawing on interviews she has conducted as well as computer science and psychology research. She describes how a couple used smart lights to work through conflict; how a woman persuaded herself to eat healthier foods when her photographs of salads garnered "likes" on social media; how a trans woman celebrated her transition with selfies; and how, through augmented reality, a woman changed the way she saw her cancer and herself. These and the many other "off-label" adaptations described by Morris cast technology not just as a temptation that we struggle to resist but as a potential ally as we try to take care of ourselves and others. The stories Morris tells invite us to be more intentional and creative when left to our own devices.
530 _aAlso available in print.
538 _aMode of access: World Wide Web
588 0 _aPrint version record.
650 0 _aInternet in psychotherapy.
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650 0 _aInternet
_xPsychological aspects.
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650 0 _aInternet
_xSocial aspects.
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650 0 _aHealth.
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650 0 _aInterpersonal relations.
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650 7 _aHealth.
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_925515
650 7 _aInternet in psychotherapy.
_2fast
_925514
650 7 _aInternet
_xPsychological aspects.
_2fast
_922838
650 7 _aInternet
_xSocial aspects.
_2fast
_922842
650 7 _aInterpersonal relations.
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655 4 _aElectronic books.
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710 2 _aIEEE Xplore (Online Service),
_edistributor.
_925516
710 2 _aMIT Press,
_epublisher.
_925517
776 0 8 _iPrint version:
_aMorris, Margaret E.
_tLeft to our own devices.
_dCambridge, MA : MIT Press, [2018]
_z9780262039130
_w(DLC) 2018013341
_w(OCoLC)1029769629
856 4 2 _3Abstract with links to resource
_uhttps://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/bkabstractplus.jsp?bkn=8584642
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