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Glow kids : how screen addiction is hijacking our kids - and how to break the trance / Nicholas Kardaras, Ph.D.
Publisher: New York : St. Martin's Griffin, 2017Copyright date: ©2016Edition: First St. Martin's Griffin editionDescription: xxi, 276 pages ; 24 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9781250146557
- 1250146550
- RJ506.I58 K37 2017
Contents:
Acknowledgments -- Preface -- Introduction: The trouble with tech -- One. Invasion of the glow kids -- Two. Brave new e-world -- Three. Digital drugs and the brain -- Four. Interview with Dr. Doan: Neuroscientist and recovering video gamer -- Five. The big disconnect: Texting and social media -- Six. Clinical disorders and the glow kids effect -- Seven. Monkey see, monkey do: Mass media effects -- Eight. Video games and aggression: The research -- Nine. Ripped from the headlines: real cases of video game-influenced violence -- Ten. The Newtown Massacre: Video game psychosis -- Eleven. Etan Patz and the end of innocence - and outdoor play -- Twelve. Follow the money: Screens and the educational industrial complex -- Thirteen. It's an e-world -- Fourteen. The solution: Escaping Plato's e-cave -- Appendix: Does my child have a screen or tech addiction problem? -- Notes -- References -- Index.
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American University in Dubai | American University in Dubai | Non-fiction | Main Collection | RJ 506 .I58 K37 2017 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | c20035952 |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 253-269) and index.
Acknowledgments -- Preface -- Introduction: The trouble with tech -- One. Invasion of the glow kids -- Two. Brave new e-world -- Three. Digital drugs and the brain -- Four. Interview with Dr. Doan: Neuroscientist and recovering video gamer -- Five. The big disconnect: Texting and social media -- Six. Clinical disorders and the glow kids effect -- Seven. Monkey see, monkey do: Mass media effects -- Eight. Video games and aggression: The research -- Nine. Ripped from the headlines: real cases of video game-influenced violence -- Ten. The Newtown Massacre: Video game psychosis -- Eleven. Etan Patz and the end of innocence - and outdoor play -- Twelve. Follow the money: Screens and the educational industrial complex -- Thirteen. It's an e-world -- Fourteen. The solution: Escaping Plato's e-cave -- Appendix: Does my child have a screen or tech addiction problem? -- Notes -- References -- Index.
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