An edition of The winter of our disconnect (2011)
The winter of our disconnect
how three totally wired teenagers (and a mother who slept with her iPhone) pulled the plug on their technology and lived to tell the tale
By Susan Maushart
Publish Date
2011
Publisher
Jeremy P. Tarcher/Penguin
Language
eng
Pages
278
Description:
The author embarked with her three teenagers on a six-month screen blackout (no cellphones, iPods, PCs, laptops, game stations, or television) to discover if the technology intended to stimulate and keep us virtually more connected was, as she suspected, making us actually more disconnected and distracted.
subjects: Internet and teenagers, Case studies, Families, Internet addicts, Family, Alternative lifestyles, Information technology, Ungdomar och Internet, Social aspects, Informationsteknik, Internetmissbruk, Sociala aspekter, Fallstudier, Internet addiction, Australia, social conditions
People: Susan Maushart (1958-)
Places: Australia