书目名称 | The Attention Deficit | 副标题 | Unintended Consequen | 编辑 | Swati Bhatt | 视频video | | 概述 | Explores the unintended consequences of digital connectivity.Uses the latest research in economics, psychology, and neuroscience to examine communication technology.Renders difficult analysis and rese | 图书封面 |  | 描述 | .Digital technology has enabled connectivity on an unimagined scale. Human beings are social animals and economic activity promotes this socialization. Market transactions are based on optimism about the future, faith that the world is good and trust that growth is organic or coming from within the system. Individuals therefore invest in the future by having children, by extending credit and accepting risk, and by building connections with others in the sincere expectation of this connectivity being reciprocated..This book explores the unintended consequences of ubiquitous connectivity. The first effect is captured by the sharing model. Technology offers multiple avenues for sharing experiences and personal information, so active engagement with this increased content uses mental effort. Connection inevitably leads to comparisons with other groups and individuals, so despite the benefits of affirmation and group inclusion, these links corrode social networks, leading to depression and mental apathy. The second effect--the result of the commercialization of sharing--is encapsulated in the attention deficit model. Loss of self-worth, driven by the first effect, encourages further con | 出版日期 | Book 2019 | 关键词 | ICT; communication technology; Facebook; Internet; social media; connectivity; behavioral economics; noise; | 版次 | 1 | doi | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-21848-5 | isbn_softcover | 978-3-030-21847-8 | isbn_ebook | 978-3-030-21848-5 | copyright | The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerl |
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