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In "Alone Together, " MIT technology and society professor Sherry Turkle explores the power of our new tools and toys to dramatically alter our social lives. It's a nuanced exploration of what we are looking for--and sacrificing--in a world of electronic companions and social networking tools, and an argument that, despite the hand-waving of today's self-described prophets of the future, it will be the next generation who will chart the path between isolation and connectivity.

Sociology of culture --- Computer. Automation --- Social psychology --- Human-computer interaction --- Information technology --- Interpersonal relations --- #SBIB:309H103 --- Human relations --- Interpersonal relationships --- Personal relations --- Relations, Interpersonal --- Relationships, Interpersonal --- Social behavior --- Object relations (Psychoanalysis) --- Computer-human interaction --- Human factors in computing systems --- Interaction, Human-computer --- Human engineering --- User-centered system design --- User interfaces (Computer systems) --- Social aspects --- Mediatechnologie / ICT / digitale media: sociale en culturele aspecten --- Human-computer interaction. --- Interpersonal relations. --- Social aspects. --- Technologie de l'information --- Relations humaines --- Interaction homme-machine (Informatique) --- Aspect social