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Aboujaoude, Elias, 1971-
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Internet addiction.
Internet -- Psychological aspects.
Internet -- Social aspects.
Personality disorders.
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Aboujaoude, Elias, 1971-
Internet addiction.
Internet -- Psychological aspects.
Internet -- Social aspects.
Personality disorders.
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Virtually you : the dangerous powers of the e-personality /
Elias
Aboujaoude
.
by
Aboujaoude
,
Elias
,
1971-
W.W. Norton, c2011.
Call #:
616.8584 A155v
Subjects
Internet addiction.
Internet -- Psychological aspects.
Internet -- Social aspects.
Personality disorders.
ISBN:
9780393340549 (pbk.)
9780393070644 (hbk.)
0393070646 (hbk.)
Edition:
1st ed.
Description:
349 p. ; 25 cm.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references (p. [295]-328) and index.
Contents:
E-personality -- Delusions of grandeur -- Narcissism -- Ordinary everyday viciousness -- Impulsivity -- Infantile regression and the tyranny of the emoticon -- Love and sex recalibrated -- The illusion of knowledge -- Internet addiction -- The end of privacy -- Marking time, making memories -- "Virtualism," or the art of being more real than real.
Summary:
While the Internet can enhance well-being,
Elias
Aboujaoude
has spent years treating patients whose lives have been profoundly disturbed by it. Part of the danger lies in how the Internet allows us to act with exaggerated confidence, sexiness, and charisma. This new self, which
Aboujaoude
dubs our "e-personality," manifests itself in every curt email we send, Facebook "friend" we make, and "buy now" button we click. Too potent to be confined online, however, e-personality traits seep offline, too, making us impatient, unfocused, and urge-driven even after we log off. This first scrutiny of the virtual world's transformative power on our psychology shows us how real life is being reconfigured in the image of a chat room, and how our identity increasingly resembles that of our avatar.
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