Life on the screen : identity in the age of the Internet / Sherry Turkle.
| Author/creator | Turkle, Sherry |
| Format | Book |
| Edition | 1st Touchstone ed. |
| Publication Info | New York, NY : Touchstone, 1997. |
| Description | 347 pages ; 22 cm |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Introduction : identity in the age of the Internet -- The seductions of the interface. A tale of two aesthetics ; The triumph of tinkering -- Of dreams and beasts. Making a pass at a robot ; Taking things at interface value ; The quality of emergence ; Artificial life as the new frontier -- On the Internet. Aspects of the self ; TinySex and gender trouble ; Virtuality and its discontents ; Identity crisis. |
| Summary | By carrying out nearly 2 decades of research into this subject & interviewing people about their experience of using computers, the author has produced an up-to-the-minute portrait of the new age of computers and our changing relationship with them. |
| General note | "A Touchstone book." |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 271-320) and index. |
| ISBN | 0684833484 (pbk.) |
| ISBN | 9780684833484 (pbk.) |
| ISBN | 0684803534 |
| ISBN | 9780684803531 |
| Govt. docs number | CYP1004 |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joyner | General Stacks | QA76.9.C66 T87 1997 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |