Bored, lonely, angry, stupid : changing feelings about technology, from the telegraph to Twitter / Luke Fernandez, Susan J. Matt.

By:

Fernandez, Luke [author.]

Contributor(s):

Matt, Susan J. (Susan Jipson), 1967- [author.]

Material type: Text

TextPublisher: Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2019Description: 1 online resource (464 pages) : illustrationsContent type:

text

Media type:

computer

Carrier type:

online resource

ISBN:

9780674239364
0674239369
9780674239371
0674239377
9780674239388
0674239385

Subject(s): Genre/Form:

Electronic books.

Additional physical formats: Print version:: Bored, lonely, angry, stupid.DDC classification:

303.48/30973 23

LOC classification:

T14.5 .F385 2019eb

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Contents:

From vanity to narcissism -- The lonely cloud -- The flight from boredom -- Pay attention -- Awe -- Anger rising.

Summary: "Facebook makes us lonely. Selfies breed narcissism. On Twitter, hostility reigns. Pundits and psychologists warn that digital technologies substantially alter our emotional states, but in this lively look at our evolving feelings about technology since the advent of the telegraph, we learn that the gadgets we use don't just affect how we feel--they can profoundly change our sense of self. When we say we're bored, we don't mean the same thing as a Victorian dandy. Could it be that political punditry has helped shape a new kind of anger? Luke Fernandez and Susan J. Matt take us back in time to consider how our feelings of loneliness, vanity, and anger have evolved in tandem with new technologies."--Provided by publisher.

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 365-445) and index.

Online resource; title from digital title page (ProQuest Ebook Central, viewed June 23, 2020).

"Facebook makes us lonely. Selfies breed narcissism. On Twitter, hostility reigns. Pundits and psychologists warn that digital technologies substantially alter our emotional states, but in this lively look at our evolving feelings about technology since the advent of the telegraph, we learn that the gadgets we use don't just affect how we feel--they can profoundly change our sense of self. When we say we're bored, we don't mean the same thing as a Victorian dandy. Could it be that political punditry has helped shape a new kind of anger? Luke Fernandez and Susan J. Matt take us back in time to consider how our feelings of loneliness, vanity, and anger have evolved in tandem with new technologies."--Provided by publisher.

From vanity to narcissism -- The lonely cloud -- The flight from boredom -- Pay attention -- Awe -- Anger rising.

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