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Author:

Slade, Giles.

Title:

The big disconnect : the story of technology and loneliness / Giles Slade.

Publisher:

Prometheus Books,

Copyright Date:

2012

Description:

306 p. ; 23 cm.

Subject:

Technology--Psychological aspects.
Household electronics--Social aspects.
Human-machine systems.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Introduction: immortality and free will -- Breadcrumbs -- Incunabula -- Self-serve -- Selling robots -- Closed cars -- Radio's "free" content -- Screens -- Stars -- Wired for sound -- Music is technology -- Distance grooming -- Palliative music -- Accessibility in American music -- Factory whistle, factory noise -- Stars, music, and personality -- Canned music -- Solitary (acousmatic) listening -- Trusting machines -- Trust in traditional societies -- Modern trust -- Modern alternatives to trust : professionalization -- Modern alternatives to trust: standardization -- Modern alternatives to trust: reliable machines -- National crisis of trust -- The arts and crafts of machines -- World without Oxytocin -- Conclusion: machines as friends.

ISBN:

1616145951 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9781616145958 (pbk. : alk. paper)

LCCN:

2012013319

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

BOPG851 -- Ames Public Library (Ames)

UQAX771 -- Des Moines Area Community College Library - Ankeny (Ankeny)

KSPG296 -- Burlington Public Library (Burlington)

PNAX964 -- Northeast Iowa Community College Library - Calmar (Calmar)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

TYPH572 -- Cedar Rapids Public Library (Cedar Rapids)

HYAX325 -- Iowa Lakes Community College Library - Estherville (Estherville)

YEPF572 -- Marion Public Library (Marion)

IBAX173 -- North Iowa Area Community College Library (Mason City)

D8PD522 -- North Liberty Community Library (North Liberty)

BWPD851 -- Bertha Bartlett Public Library (Story City)