TY - BOOK AU - Turkle, Sherry TI - Alone together: why we expect more from technology and less from each other SN - 9780465031467 AV - HM 851 T86.2012 PY - 2012///, CY - New York PB - Basic Books KW - Information technology KW - Social aspects KW - Tecnología de la información KW - Aspectos sociales KW - Interpersonal relations KW - Relaciones interpersonales KW - Human-computer interaction KW - Interacción hombre-computadoras N1 - Incluye referencias bibliográficas (páginas 307-348) e índice; Part 1. The robotic moment: in solitude, new intimacies -- Nearest neighbors -- Alive enough -- True companions -- Enchantment -- Complicities -- Love's labor lost -- Communion -- Part 2. Networked: in intimacy, new solitudes -- Always on -- Growing up tethered -- No need to call -- Reduction and betrayal -- True confessions -- Anxiety -- The nostalgia of the young -- Conclusion: Necessary conversations -- Epilogue: The letter N2 - 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 ER -