Find Request It
Cover Image

Irresistible the rise of addictive technology and the business of keeping us hooked

"Welcome to the age of behavioral addiction--an age in which half of the American population is addicted to at least one behavior. We obsess over our emails, Instagram likes, and Facebook feeds; we binge on TV episodes and YouTube videos; we work longer hours each year; and we spend an average of th...

Full description

Saved in:
Main Author: Alter, Adam L., 1980- (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Penguin Press, [2017]
Subjects:
Digital media > Social aspects.
Digital media > Psychological aspects.
Psychology, Applied.
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!

MARC

LEADER 00000cam a22000008i 4500
001 ocn952647441
003 OCoLC
005 20170310095200.0
008 161212t20172017nyua b 001 0 eng
010 |a  2016043481 
020 |a 9781594206641  |q (hardback) 
020 |a 1594206643  |q (hardback) 
035 |a (OCoLC)952647441 
040 |a DLC  |b eng  |e rda  |c DLC  |d YDXCP  |d BTCTA  |d BDX  |d FEM  |d UOK  |d ON8  |d FM0  |d TI2  |d ZHB  |d RB0  |d BUR  |d PCB 
042 |a pcc 
050 0 0 |a HM851  |b .A437 2017 
082 0 0 |a 302.23/1  |2 23 
084 |a SOC052000  |a PSY038000  |a COM060140  |2 bisacsh 
100 1 |a Alter, Adam L.,  |d 1980-  |e author. 
245 1 0 |a Irresistible :  |b the rise of addictive technology and the business of keeping us hooked /  |c Adam Alter. 
264 1 |a New York :  |b Penguin Press,  |c [2017] 
264 4 |c Ã2017 
300 |a 354 pages :  |b illustrations ;  |c 22 cm 
336 |a text  |b txt  |2 rdacontent 
337 |a unmediated  |b n  |2 rdamedia 
338 |a volume  |b nc  |2 rdacarrier 
504 |a Includes bibliographical references (pages 323-344) and index. 
505 0 |a Part 1. What is behavioral addiction and where did it come from?. The rise of behavioral addiction ; The addict in all of us ; The biology of behavioral addiction -- Part 2. The ingredients of behavioral addiction (or, How to engineer an addictive experience). Goals ; Feedback ; Progress ; Escalation ; Cliffhangers ; Social interaction -- Part 3. The future of behavioral addiction (and some solutions). Nipping addictions at birth ; Habits and architecture ; Gamification. 
520 |a "Welcome to the age of behavioral addiction--an age in which half of the American population is addicted to at least one behavior. We obsess over our emails, Instagram likes, and Facebook feeds; we binge on TV episodes and YouTube videos; we work longer hours each year; and we spend an average of three hours each day using our smartphones. Half of us would rather suffer a broken bone than a broken phone, and Millennial kids spend so much time in front of screens that they struggle to interact with real, live humans. In this revolutionary book, Adam Alter, a professor of psychology and marketing at New York University, tracks the rise of behavioral addiction, and explains why so many of today's products are irresistible. Though these miraculous products melt the miles that separate people across the globe, their extraordinary and sometimes damaging magnetism is no accident. The companies that design these products tweak them over time until they become almost impossible to resist. By reverse engineering behavioral addiction, Alter explains how we can harness addictive products for the good--to improve how we communicate with each other, spend and save our money, and set boundaries between work and play--and how we can mitigate their most damaging effects on our well-being, and the health and happiness of our children."--Jacket. 
650 0 |a Digital media  |x Social aspects. 
650 0 |a Digital media  |x Psychological aspects. 
650 0 |a Psychology, Applied. 
690 0 |a Hays, Sara Light tribute. 
938 |a Brodart  |b BROD  |n 117175617 
938 |a Baker and Taylor  |b BTCP  |n BK0019054077 
938 |a YBP Library Services  |b YANK  |n 13053564 
994 |a C0  |b PCB 
949 |a schlow  |b SANON  |c 302.231 ALT  |d o  |e 39635103675965  |f 613916  |g ddc  |j 01/25/2017 
999 |a 397609 

Similar Items