Machines That Become Us: The Social Context of Personal Communication Technology

Machines That Become Us: The Social Context of Personal Communication Technology
346 pages | Sep 22 2010 |ISBN: 0765801582  | PDF | 4.5 Mb

Social critics and spurious intelligence experts have long prophesized that computers and robots would soon relegate humans to the dustbin of narrative and many among the general populousness have shared this fear of a dehumanized that will be. But how are people in the twenty-leading century actually reacting to the continually-expanding array of gadgets and networks at their disposal? Is computer anxiety a significant point in dispute, paralyzing and terrorizing millions, or are continually-proliferating numbers of gadgets being enthusiastically embraced? Machines that Become Us answers these questions. It explores the increasingly cozy relationship between people and their corporal communication technologies.