The Resource Irresistible : the rise of addictive technology and the business of keeping us hooked, Adam Alter
Irresistible : the rise of addictive technology and the business of keeping us hooked, Adam Alter
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- Summary
- People have been addicted to substances for thousands of years. For the past two decades, we've also been hooked on technologies, such as Instagram, Netflix, and Facebook -- inventions that we've adopted because we assume they'll make our lives better. These inventions have profound upsides, but their extraordinary appeal isn't an accident. Technology companies and marketers have teams of engineers and researchers devoted to keeping us engaged. They know how to push our buttons, and how to coax us into using their products for hours, days, and weeks on end. Tracing the very notion of addiction through history, Adam Alter shows that we're only just beginning to understand the epidemic of behavioral addiction gripping society. He takes us inside the human brain at the very moment we score points on a smartphone game, or see that someone has liked a photo we've posted on Instagram. But more than that, Alter heads the problem off at the pass, letting us know what we can do to step away from the screen. He lays out the options we have to address this problem before it truly consumes us. After all, who among us has struggled to ignore the ding of a new email, the next episode in a TV series, or the desire to play a game just one more time?
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 354 pages
- Contents
-
- Prologue: Never get high on your own supply
- The rise of behavioral addiction
- The addict in all of us
- The biology of behavioral addiction
- Goals
- Feedback
- Progress
- Escalation
- Cliffhangers
- Social interaction
- Nipping addictions at birth
- Habits and architecture
- Gamification
- Epilogue
- Isbn
- 9781594206641
- Label
- Irresistible : the rise of addictive technology and the business of keeping us hooked
- Title
- Irresistible
- Title remainder
- the rise of addictive technology and the business of keeping us hooked
- Statement of responsibility
- Adam Alter
- Subject
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- COMPUTERS -- Web | Social Networking
- Compulsive behavior
- Digital media -- Psychological aspects
- Digital media -- Social aspects
- Mobile Applications
- PSYCHOLOGY -- Psychopathology | Addiction
- PSYCHOLOGY -- Psychopathology | Addiction
- Behavior, Addictive
- SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Media Studies
- Social Media
- Social Media
- Technische Innovation
- Technology
- Technology -- Psychological aspects
- Verbraucherverhalten
- SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Media Studies
- COMPUTERS -- Web | Social Networking
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- People have been addicted to substances for thousands of years. For the past two decades, we've also been hooked on technologies, such as Instagram, Netflix, and Facebook -- inventions that we've adopted because we assume they'll make our lives better. These inventions have profound upsides, but their extraordinary appeal isn't an accident. Technology companies and marketers have teams of engineers and researchers devoted to keeping us engaged. They know how to push our buttons, and how to coax us into using their products for hours, days, and weeks on end. Tracing the very notion of addiction through history, Adam Alter shows that we're only just beginning to understand the epidemic of behavioral addiction gripping society. He takes us inside the human brain at the very moment we score points on a smartphone game, or see that someone has liked a photo we've posted on Instagram. But more than that, Alter heads the problem off at the pass, letting us know what we can do to step away from the screen. He lays out the options we have to address this problem before it truly consumes us. After all, who among us has struggled to ignore the ding of a new email, the next episode in a TV series, or the desire to play a game just one more time?
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1980-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Alter, Adam L.
- Dewey number
- 302.23/1
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- HM851
- LC item number
- .A437 2017
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- NLM call number
- WM 176
- NLM item number
- A466i 2017
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Digital media
- Compulsive behavior
- Digital media
- Technology
- Behavior, Addictive
- Mobile Applications
- Social Media
- Technology
- COMPUTERS
- PSYCHOLOGY
- SOCIAL SCIENCE
- SOCIAL SCIENCE
- PSYCHOLOGY
- COMPUTERS
- Social Media
- Verbraucherverhalten
- Technische Innovation
- Label
- Irresistible : the rise of addictive technology and the business of keeping us hooked, Adam Alter
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 323-344) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Prologue: Never get high on your own supply -- The rise of behavioral addiction -- The addict in all of us -- The biology of behavioral addiction -- Goals -- Feedback -- Progress -- Escalation -- Cliffhangers -- Social interaction -- Nipping addictions at birth -- Habits and architecture -- Gamification -- Epilogue
- Control code
- ocn952647441
- Dimensions
- 21 cm
- Extent
- 354 pages
- Isbn
- 9781594206641
- Lccn
- 2016043481
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) i9781594206641
- (OCoLC)952647441
- Label
- Irresistible : the rise of addictive technology and the business of keeping us hooked, Adam Alter
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 323-344) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Prologue: Never get high on your own supply -- The rise of behavioral addiction -- The addict in all of us -- The biology of behavioral addiction -- Goals -- Feedback -- Progress -- Escalation -- Cliffhangers -- Social interaction -- Nipping addictions at birth -- Habits and architecture -- Gamification -- Epilogue
- Control code
- ocn952647441
- Dimensions
- 21 cm
- Extent
- 354 pages
- Isbn
- 9781594206641
- Lccn
- 2016043481
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) i9781594206641
- (OCoLC)952647441
Subject
- COMPUTERS -- Web | Social Networking
- Compulsive behavior
- Digital media -- Psychological aspects
- Digital media -- Social aspects
- Mobile Applications
- PSYCHOLOGY -- Psychopathology | Addiction
- PSYCHOLOGY -- Psychopathology | Addiction
- Behavior, Addictive
- SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Media Studies
- Social Media
- Social Media
- Technische Innovation
- Technology
- Technology -- Psychological aspects
- Verbraucherverhalten
- SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Media Studies
- COMPUTERS -- Web | Social Networking
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