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Albright, Julie M., 1962-
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Mass media and youth -- United States.
Digital media -- Social aspects -- United States.
Information technology -- Social aspects -- United States.
Diffusion of technology -- United States.
American Dream.
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Albright, Julie M., 1962-
Mass media and youth -- United States.
Digital media -- Social aspects -- United States.
Information technology -- Social aspects -- United States.
Diffusion of technology -- United States.
American Dream.
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Left to their own devices : how
digital
natives are reshaping the American dream / Julie M. Albright ; foreword by Thomas Dolby, musician, technology innovator, and author of The speed of sound.
by
Albright, Julie M., 1962-
Prometheus Books, 2019.
Call #:
302.231 A342L
Subjects
Mass
media
and youth
--
United
States
.
Digital
media
--
Social
aspects
--
United
States
.
Information technology
--
Social
aspects
--
United
States
.
Diffusion of technology
--
United
States
.
American Dream.
ISBN:
9781633884441 (hc.)
Alternate title:
How
digital
natives are reshaping the American dream
Description:
368 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 319-368).
Summary:
"A sociologist explores the many ways that
digital
natives' interaction with technology has changed their relationship with people, places, jobs, and other stabilizing structures and created a new way of life that is at odds with the American Dream of past generations.
Digital
natives are hacking the American Dream. Young people brought up with the Internet, smartphones, and
social
media
are quickly rendering old habits, values, behaviors, and norms a distant memory--creating the greatest generation gap in history. In this eye-opening book,
digital
sociologist Julie M. Albright looks at the many ways in which younger people, facilitated by technology, are coming "untethered" from traditional aspirations and ideals, and asks: What are the effects of being disconnected from traditional, stabilizing
social
structures like churches, marriage, political parties, and long-term employment? What does it mean to be human when one's ties to people, places, jobs, and societal institutions are weakened or broken, displaced by
digital
hyper-connectivity? Albright sees both positives and negatives. On the one hand, mobile connectivity has given
digital
nomads the unprecedented opportunity to work or live anywhere. But, new threats to well-being are emerging, including increased isolation, anxiety, and loneliness, decreased physical exercise, ephemeral relationships, fragmented attention spans, and detachment from the calm of nature. In this time of rapid, global, technologically driven change, this book offers fresh insights into the unintended societal and psychological implications of lives exclusively lived in a
digital
world."--From publisher.
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