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005			20240104161801.0
008			150529s2015 enka f b 000 0 eng d
020			_a9781443876971 _q(hbk.)
020			_a1443876976 _q(hbk.)
035			_a(OCoLC)918792357 _z(OCoLC)909974963
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050			_aP96.T42 _bA22 2015
100	1		_aAdams, Tyrone, _eauthor
245	1	0	_aCommunication shock : _bthe rhetoric of new technology / _cby Ty Adams and Stephen A. Smith
264		1	_aNewcastle upon Tyne : _bCambridge Scholars Publishing, _c2015
300			_axi, 196 pages : _billustrations ; _c22 cm
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references
505	0		_aFraming and understanding change -- Nanotechnology basics -- On computers and microcircuits -- Microchips and spintronics -- Radio frequency identification technology (RFID) -- The emergence of artificial intelligence -- The internet communications revolution -- An internet throughout air and space -- Considering the "digital divide" -- The acceleration and integration of everything -- Communication shock -- Aftershocks
520			_aIn the spirit of Alvin Toffler's acclaimed works peering into the future of the technological society, Communication Shock is a concise history of communication technologies and an exploration of the possible social and human impacts of nanotechnology on the ecology of human communication. As we become increasingly more networked with communication technologies, we must come to understand and confront the social impact of these changes. More importantly, we must wisely choose in embracing or rejecting these technologies and exploring how we might do both by striking an appropriate balance. Grounded in communication theory and praxis, Communication Shock brings some objectivity to the discussion of technology, maps its development, and encourages a rational conversation about its potential problems and promise. It challenges readers to reach their own conclusions - about the future, imagined and unimaginable, about the fundamental values in conflict, and how one might choose to embrace or contest them to maintain individual autonomy in the face of increasingly ubiquitous marketing and technological change. Present and emerging communications technologies hold the promise for a bold new future, but they also have their inherent risks and drawbacks. Communication shock is the human response, conscious or unconscious, wherein the individual chooses to resist the growing pervasiveness of technology in his or her life by seeking ways to reduce or redirect new technologies or to reject the addition of such technologies altogether. Here is a framework for understanding the potential of the evolving technologies, determining which are essential and which are distractions from the life that one believes to be meaningful, and making informed choices for the life one wishes to live. -- from back cover
650		0	_aCommunication _xTechnological innovations
650		0	_aCommunication _xSocial aspects
700	1		_aSmith, Stephen A., _d1949- _eauthor
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