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Decide Ser Feliz

Autor: Geifry Cordero

Número de Páginas: 439

¿Es posible alcanzar la verdadera felicidad en un mundo lleno de estrés, ansiedad y desilusiones? Decide Ser Feliz ofrece una respuesta esperanzadora y transformadora. Combinando investigaciones científicas actuales con enseñanzas profundas de la Biblia, este libro guía al lector a descubrir que la felicidad no depende solo de las circunstancias externas, sino de decisiones conscientes y espiritualmente fundamentadas. El autor, Geifry Cordero, pastor y conferencista, presenta un enfoque integral que abarca salud mental, emociones, relaciones, propósito y fe. A través de capítulos prácticos, testimonios reales, ejercicios aplicables y recursos adicionales, este libro invita a tomar el control de la vida emocional y espiritual, revelando que la felicidad no es un accidente, sino una elección. Ideal para lectores que buscan crecimiento personal, equilibrio espiritual, y una vida plena respaldada por la Biblia y la ciencia.

The twittering machine

Autor: Seymour, Richard

Número de Páginas: 250

Una brillante investigación sobre los efectos políticos y psicológicos de nuestra cambiante relación con los medios sociales. Los antiguos ejecutivos de la industria social nos dicen que el sis­tema es una máquina de adicción. Somos usuarios que esperamos histéricos nuestro próximo éxito, con sus likes, sus comentarios y su difusión compartida. Escribimos a la máquina como individuos, pero esta nos responde agregando nuestros deseos, fantasías y debilidades, y convirtiéndolo todo en datos. Nos transformamos, queramos o no, en una experiencia de mercancía. En la obra de Paul Klee Die Zwitscher-Maschine (The Twittering Machine o La máquina de trinar, 1922), la canción del pájaro de una máquina diabólica actúa como un cebo para atraer a la humanidad a un pozo de condenación. De igual forma, las redes y la industrial social nos ofrecían la promesa de construir nuestra propia historia, pero ¿hasta qué punto elegimos la pesadilla en la que se ha convertido?

Yo me lo merezco

Autor: Paula Sibilia

Número de Páginas: 93

«Si yo quiero y me lo merezco, ¿por qué no lo logro?» Yo me lo merezco es un indispensable mapeo de la subjetividad contemporánea, arrasada por la vertiginosa digitalización global que funciona a puro estímulo y cero represión. Nunca se ha celebrado tanto el propio bienestar y la autoestima, sin culpas ni vergüenzas ni otros atavismos de una vetusta moral burguesa con raíces religiosas que van perdiendo fuerza. Pero, si somos más libres y felices que nunca, ¿por qué sentimos tanta fragilidad y frustración? Si se nos incita al "empoderamiento", ¿por qué se ha generalizado la impotencia, la ansiedad y la depresión? Paula Sibilia analiza cómo la hipocresía de la modernidad (que premiaba la virtud y castigaba sus faltas, aunque disimulaba con pudor toda suerte de deslices) ha sido reemplazada por un nuevo tipo de cinismo, que se expresa en fenómenos perturbadores como la posverdad, las fake news, los trolls o los haters. ¡Tú puedes!, incita eufórica la época, o Just do it, excita la publicidad, capitalizando al deseo bajo la dinámica del consumismo y del espectáculo. «Si yo quiero y me lo merezco, ¿por qué no lo logro? Parte de la respuesta a ese tipo de...

Réussir (sa vie) grâce au minimalisme digital

Autor: Cal Newport

Número de Páginas: 216

Les conseils de bon sens, comme désactiver les notifications ou les rituels occasionnels, tels que l'observation d'un sabbat numérique, ne sont pas suffisants pour reprendre le contrôle de nos vies technologiques, et les tentatives de débranchement complet sont compliquées. S'appuyant sur un large éventail d'exemples concrets, allant des agriculteurs Amish aux parents sursollicités en passant par les programmeurs de la Silicon Valley, Newport identifie les pratiques courantes des minimalistes numériques et les idées qui les sous-tendent. Il montre comment ces derniers repensent leur relation aux médias sociaux, redécouvrent les plaisirs du monde hors connexion et renouent avec leur être intérieur au cours de périodes régulières de solitude. Il partage ensuite ses stratégies pour intégrer ces pratiques dans votre vie, en commençant par un processus de "désencombrement numérique" de trente jours. La technologie n'est intrinsèquement ni bonne ni mauvaise. L'essentiel est de l'utiliser pour soutenir vos objectifs et vos valeurs, plutôt que de la laisser vous manipuler. Cal Newport est professeur d’informatique à l’université de Georgetown. C’est sur son...

Deleuze, Guattari and the Schizoanalysis of the Global Pandemic

Autor: Saswat Samay Das , Ananya Roy Pratihar

Número de Páginas: 365

A vital response to the COVID-19 pandemic, this volume connects the neoliberal underpinnings of the pandemic to the philosophy of Deleuze and Guattari. By positioning the worst outcomes of the COVID-19 crisis in terms of neoliberal normativity, contributors argue that we need to understand the pandemic rhizomatically. Construed as an event that deterritorializes the globe, the crisis of the pandemic contains within it the potential for creating new assemblages, alliances, and solidarities to offset the power of the state in building regimes of exclusion, insulation and control. Deleuzo-Guattarian attention towards non-human life finds new meaning in the context of the virus, and our understanding of what constitutes life and inorganic life. Crisis, capitalism, and revolution are read anew through the pandemic and core Deleuzo-Guattarian concepts help to situate the proliferation of new models of mutual aid, sustainability, and care in the context of anti-capitalist critique.

IGen

Autor: Jean M. Twenge

Número de Páginas: 352

"Analyzes how the young people born in the mid-1990s and later significantly differ from those of previous generations, examining how social media and texting may be behind today's unprecedented levels of anxiety, depression, and loneliness" -- Prové de l'editor.

Theology and Black Mirror

Autor: Amber Bowen , John Anthony Dunne

Número de Páginas: 355

Black Mirror, Netflix’s dystopian anthology, probes what it means to be human in a technological world. While the show raises interesting, if not disturbing, questions, it refrains from giving answers, putting the onus on viewers to continue the conversation. Accordingly, Theology and Black Mirror engages questions and prominent themes in the show with resources from the Christian tradition, including the academic disciplines of biblical studies, theology, philosophy, and ethics.

Goodbye Phone, Hello World

Autor: Paul Greenberg

Número de Páginas: 167

Goodbye Phone, Hello World features 65 bite-size, device-free activities scientifically proven to promote true happiness. With wit, wisdom, and warmth, bestselling author Paul Greenberg presents practices for connection, mindfulness, conversation, creativity, and well-being. Reconnect to life's enduring pleasures: friendship, family, romance, laughter, food, books, music, sleep, nature, art, and so much more. • Teaches tricks to cut down on phone use—the average person spends 1,400 hours per year on their phone • Filled with colorful, meditative artwork throughout For anyone who needs a break from their device, Goodbye Phone, Hello World is a rousing call to reclaim the precious hours lost to screen time. • This book is for anyone who wants to do a digital detox, challenge their dependency on their phone, and seek out true connections. • Author Paul Greenberg is a New York Times bestselling author and the winner of the James Beard Award for Writing and Literature. • Perfect book for anyone who claims to be addicted to their phone • You'll love this book if you love books like 12 Ways Your Phone Is Changing You by Tony Reinke. How to Break Up with Your Phone: The...

Better Daily Mindfulness Habits

Autor: Kristen Manieri

Número de Páginas: 122

Build mindfulness habits for a life of presence, awareness, and resilience Mindfulness is a powerful tool for staying calm, centered, and steady—but sometimes, thoughts may wander off on their own. Better Daily Mindfulness Habits helps practitioners of any level train themselves to clear the mind and stay on track. Its simple practices are designed to stick, orienting attention to the present even during the busiest days. Discover how to effectively establish new habits, step by step, with the power of small everyday changes. In as little as a few minutes at a time, it can become easier to practice self-compassion and connect with others mindfully. Build healthy habits—Focus on one constructive habit at a time, like being present in relationships, managing stress, or handling technology mindfully. Break unhelpful habits—Learn how to drop habits that may not be constructive, like multitasking, perfectionism, distracted listening, or harboring negativity. Chart progress—Stay on the right track with daily mindfulness practices by using the mini habit trackers in each chapter. Create habits that promote clarity and compassion with this standout in mindfulness books.

The Routledge Companion to Fashion Studies

Autor: Eugenia Paulicelli , Veronica Manlow , Elizabeth Wissinger

Número de Páginas: 533

This collection of original essays interrogates disciplinary boundaries in fashion, gathering fashion studies research across disciplines and from around the globe. Fashion and clothing are part of material and visual culture, cultural memory, and heritage; they contribute to shaping the way people see themselves, interact, and consume. For each of the volume’s eight parts, scholars from across the world and a variety of disciplines offer analytical tools for further research. Never neglecting the interconnectedness of disciplines and domains, these original contributions survey specific topics and critically discuss the leading views in their areas. They include discursive and reflective pieces, as well as discussions of original empirical work, and contributors include established leaders in the field, rising stars, and new voices, including practioner and industry voices. This is a comprehensive overview of the field, ideal not only for undergraduate and postgraduate fashion studies students, but also for researchers and students in communication studies, the humanities, gender and critical race studies, social sciences, and fashion design and business.

It's About Time

Autor: Valorie Burton

Número de Páginas: 266

Discover the eternal value of your finite time—and intentionally choose the meaningful over the urgent every single day. Our culture makes it so that even the most organized and efficient among us feels the pressure of the ticking clock and the possibility and regret of missing out. Modern life has evolved in a way that sets us up for stress, pressure, and overload. New norms and attitudes tap into deeply-wired psychological impulses that make it harder than ever to take control of your time. Many of us also have innate personality traits that make the struggle even worse. No wonder time can become a tyrant that leaves us chronically stressed and discontented. Unlock an approach to life that bestselling author Valorie Burton calls “living timelessly.” You will come to understand 1) the gradual changes that have led us to a place where having too much to do and too little time to do it is the norm, 2) the vision for what it could look like if you were free from the stress of time and how to blast through the obstacles to those possibilities, and 3) the practical steps to choosing the meaningful over the urgent so that your life is unhurried yet purposeful and reflects the...

Morality

Autor: Jonathan Sacks

Número de Páginas: 370

A distinguished religious leader's stirring case for reconstructing a shared framework of virtues and values. With liberal democracy embattled, public discourse grown toxic, family life breaking down, and drug abuse and depression on the rise, many fear what the future holds. In Morality, respected faith leader and public intellectual Jonathan Sacks traces today's crisis to our loss of a strong, shared moral code and our elevation of self-interest over the common good. We have outsourced morality to the market and the state, but neither is capable of showing us how to live. Sacks leads readers from ancient Greece to the Enlightenment to the present day to show that there is no liberty without morality and no freedom without responsibility, arguing that we all must play our part in rebuilding a common moral foundation. A major work of moral philosophy, Morality is an inspiring vision of a world in which we can all find our place and face the future without fear.

The Thriving Child

Autor: William Stixrud , Ned Johnson

Número de Páginas: 394

As parents we all want the best for our children, but so often over-manage every aspect of their lives, leaving them overwhelmed, lacking motivation, and at risk of mental health problems as adults. So how can we prevent this from happening? Over their combined sixty years of practice, William Stixrud, a clinical neuropsychologist, and Ned Johnson, the founder of an elite tutoring agency, have worked with thousands of children all facing this problem. Together they discovered that the best antidote to stress is to give kids more of a sense of control over their lives. In this ground-breaking book they will teach you how to set your child on the real road to success and share their trusted techniques to help your child to reduce their stress and anxiety, foster independent thinking, and achieve their full potential. The Thriving Child is essential reading for every parent to help their child sculpt a resilient, stress-proof brain that is ready to take on new challenges.

Virtual Reality

Autor: Samuel Greengard

Número de Páginas: 266

INSIDE EXTENDED REALITY: A comprehensive overview of the developments in augmented, mixed, and virutal reality technology—and their potential impact on our lives. After years of hype, extended reality—augmented reality (AR), virtual reality (VR), and mixed reality (MR)—has entered the mainstream. Commercially available, relatively inexpensive VR headsets transport wearers to other realities—fantasy worlds, faraway countries, sporting events—in ways that even the most ultra-high-definition screen cannot. AR glasses receive data in visual and auditory forms that are more useful than any laptop or smartphone can deliver. Immersive MR environments blend physical and virtual reality to create a new reality. In this volume in the MIT Press Essential Knowledge series, technology writer Samuel Greengard offers an accessible overview of developments in extended reality, explaining the technology, considering the social and psychological ramifications, and discussing possible future directions. Greengard describes the history and technological development of augmented and virtual realities, including the latest research in the field, and surveys the various shapes and forms of VR, ...

Be More

Autor: Charlie Hugh-jones

Número de Páginas: 219

We are complex beings capable of incredible creativity, intimate connection, and immeasurable compassion. But too often we get in our own way. We spend our lives pursuing things outside of ourselves to convince us that we are enough, that we matter, that we belong or that there is some meaning in our suffering. The truths that transform us—that allow us to be more—are not complicated. However, they are often hidden in plain sight, concealed from us by our own fear and busyness, waiting for us to slow down sufficiently to encounter them. It took a crisis that almost brought me to a full stop to notice a reality that was right in front of me—a reality that now enables me to experience life with more ease and inspires me to access deeper realms of creativity, connection, and compassion. A reality that enables me to be more. This book is about transcending our biological programing and cultural conditioning (our neurobiology and psychology) and re-connecting with the magnificence of who we really are, the magic of human connection and the mystery of our place in the universe. This is a playbook for learning how to be, more.

It's Their World

Autor: Erin Walsh

Número de Páginas: 266

Support your teen’s growth and guide them through the complexities of the digital landscape by building a strong relationship. Parenting teens in the digital age is both rewarding and challenging. It's Their World: Teens, Screens, and the Science of Adolescence equips you with the tools and understanding to guide them confidently as they navigate their changing body, evolving identity, and the ever-present use of technology. This book tackles important topics such as sexting, cyberbullying, and online pornography and explores monitoring, boundaries, and mental health. Inside: Gain practical strategies for managing screen time that align with your teen’s natural sensitivity to rewards and distractions, promoting healthier tech habits. Learn how stress affects both you and your teen and develop strategies to support each other in navigating the emotional rollercoaster of adolescence. Encourage your teen’s growing sense of identity and independence while maintaining boundaries that build trust and respect. Develop a partnership mindset, creating an environment where your teen feels understood, supported, and ready to contribute meaningfully to the world. By the end of It's...

Emotions and Loneliness in a Networked Society

Autor: Bianca Fox

Número de Páginas: 349

Loneliness affects quality of life, life satisfaction, and well-being, and it is associated with various health problems, both somatic and mental. This book takes an international and interdisciplinary approach to the study of loneliness, identifying and bridging the gaps in academic research on loneliness, and creating new research pathways. Focusing in particular on loneliness in the context of new and emergent communication technologies, it provides a wide range of theoretical and methodological perspectives and will contribute to the re-evaluation of the way we understand and research this contemporary global phenomenon.

End of the CBC

Autor: David Taras , Christopher Waddell

Número de Páginas: 234

The End of the CBC? is about three overlapping crises: the crisis that has enveloped the CBC, the crisis of news, and the crisis of democracy. They are all the result to some degree of the vast changes that have overtaken and consumed the media world in the last ten to fifteen years. The emergence of platforms such as Google, Facebook, Twitter, and Netflix, the hyper-targeting of individual users through data analytics, the development of narrow online identity communities, and the rise of an attention economy that makes it more and more difficult for any but the most powerful media organizations to be noticed, have changed the media landscape in dramatic ways. The effects on the CBC and on other Canadian media organizations have been shattering. Describing the failure of successive governments to address problems faced by the public broadcaster, this book explains how the CBC lost its place in sports, drama, and entertainment. Taras and Waddell propose a way forward for the CBC - one in which the corporation concentrates its resources on news and current affairs and re-establishes a reputation for depth and quality.

The Twittering Machine

Autor: Richard Seymour

Número de Páginas: 257

A brilliant probe into the political and psychological effects of our changing relationship with social media Former social media executives tell us that the system is an addiction-machine. We are users, waiting for our next hit as we like, comment and share. We write to the machine as individuals, but it responds by aggregating our fantasies, desires and frailties into data, and returning them to us as a commodity experience. The Twittering Machine is an unflinching view into the calamities of digital life: the circus of online trolling, flourishing alt-right subcultures, pervasive corporate surveillance, and the virtual data mines of Facebook and Google where we spend considerable portions of our free time. In this polemical tour de force, Richard Seymour shows how the digital world is changing the ways we speak, write, and think. Through journalism, psychoanalytic reflection and insights from users, developers, security experts and others, Seymour probes the human side of the machine, asking what we’re getting out of it, and what we’re getting into. Social media held out the promise that we could make our own history–to what extent did we choose the nightmare that it has...

Appreciation Post

Autor: Tara Ward

Número de Páginas: 321

What does an art history of Instagram look like? Appreciation Post reveals how Instagram shifts long-established ways of interacting with images. Tara Ward argues Instagram is a structure of the visual, which includes not just the process of looking, but what can be seen and by whom. She examines features of Instagram use, including the effect of scrolling through images on a phone, the skill involved in taking an “Instagram-worthy” picture, and the desires created by following influencers, to explain how the constraints imposed by Instagram limit the selves that can be displayed on it. The proliferation of technical knowledge, especially among younger women, revitalizes on Instagram the myth of the masculine genius and a corresponding reinvigoration of a masculine audience for art. Ward prompts scholars of art history, gender studies, and media studies to attend to Instagram as a site of visual expression and social consequence. Through its insightful comparative analysis and acute close reading, Appreciation Post argues for art history’s value in understanding the contemporary world and the visual nature of identity today.

Global Impacts of the Western School Model

Autor: Joel Spring

Número de Páginas: 196

In this timely analysis of the current state of global educational policies, Joel Spring focuses on the spread of the Western school model and its impact on creating an urban-consumer culture, increasing economic inequalities, contributing to environmental destruction and diminishing compassion and empathy essential for energizing social justice movements. In his signature straightforward, concise style, Spring describes and analyzes the school's role in displacing religious with secular values, promoting nationalism, preparing students to work in global corporations, supporting cultural and linguistic homogeneity, and discusses related goals and effects of anti-globalization movements such as the Alt-right, Anti-fascist groups, radical environmentalism and anarchism. An important addition to Spring’s body of work on global educational policies, this provocative book challenges readers to re-examine what they know about education, globalization and their interconnections.

Irresistible

Autor: Adam Alter

Número de Páginas: 370

“Irresistible is a fascinating and much needed exploration of one of the most troubling phenomena of modern times.” —Malcolm Gladwell, author of New York Times bestsellers David and Goliath and Outliers “One of the most mesmerizing and important books I’ve read in quite some time. Alter brilliantly illuminates the new obsessions that are controlling our lives and offers the tools we need to rescue our businesses, our families, and our sanity.” —Adam Grant, New York Times bestselling author of Originals and Give and Take Welcome to the age of behavioral addiction—an age in which half of the American population is addicted to at least one behavior. We obsess over our emails, Instagram likes, and Facebook feeds; we binge on TV episodes and YouTube videos; we work longer hours each year; and we spend an average of three hours each day using our smartphones. Half of us would rather suffer a broken bone than a broken phone, and Millennial kids spend so much time in front of screens that they struggle to interact with real, live humans. In this revolutionary book, Adam Alter, a professor of psychology and marketing at NYU, tracks the rise of behavioral addiction, and...

Come Out Stronger

Autor: Christine M. Pearson

Número de Páginas: 230

The grace period between experiencing a crisis and responding to it has vanished. With accelerated, expanded access to information and global exposure, there is no more privacy, no behind the scenes, no off-the-record for organizations or leaders at any level. "Managing" a crisis is no longer an option. Rather, today's contexts and challenges are best navigated by embracing crises, instead of struggline to control or finesse them. This shift opens exceptional opportunities for demonstrating leadership fitness under fire. The opportunities are always there. But, the transformation can only come from you. Read Come Out Stronger to stack the odds, keep people on your side, and buy time when you will need them most.

Global Issues

Autor: Cq Researcher,

Número de Páginas: 990

Written by award-winning CQ Researcher journalists, this collection of non-partisan reports offers an in-depth examination of today’s most pressing global issues. With reports ranging from rising sea levels, to global population pressures, to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, the 2019 Edition of Global Issues promotes in-depth discussion, facilitates further research, and helps readers formulate their own positions on crucial global issues. And because it’s CQ Researcher, the reports are expertly researched and written, presenting readers with all sides of an issue. Key Features Chapters follow a consistent organization, beginning with a summary of the issue, then exploring a number of key questions around the issue, next offering background to put the issue into current context, and concluding with a look ahead. A pro/con debate box in every chapter offers readers the opportunity to critically analyze and discuss the issues by exploring a debate between two experts in the field. All issues include a chronology, a bibliography, photos, charts, and figures to offer readers a more complete picture of the issue at hand.

Average Joe

Autor: Shawn Livermore

Número de Páginas: 480

The book covers numerous tech entrepreneurial founders and software developers, and the exciting brands or products that they created. It goes deep on a handful of them, narrowly divulging exactly how a few software developers and startup founders created breakthrough tech products like Gmail, Dropbox, Ring, Snapchat, Bitcoin, Groupon, and more. It highlights and unpacks the general hero-worship that the media and our own minds practice about tech founders and tech entrepreneurs. This idealization of tech success can create a paradox, preventing average tech professionals from their own successful journeys. This book provides hard evidence that anyone in tech can create, and anyone on the peripheral of tech can break through to the center where innovation, creativity, and opportunity meet. The anecdotes, stories, evidence, facts, arguments, logic, principles, and techniques provided in this book have helped individuals and businesses engage in slow creation cycles, improve the morale of their development teams, and increased their delivery potential of their technology solutions overall. Average Joe covers: Genius - The systematic deconstruction and debunking of the commonly held...

Tous milliardaires !

Autor: Denis Lacorne

Número de Páginas: 225

Le modèle économique américain n’a jamais eu bonne presse en France. Et pourtant, la Silicon Valley est l’objet d’une admiration sans borne, avec tout ce qu’elle symbolise : la jeunesse, la prise de risque et la création de milliers de jeunes pousses en hypercroissance. Cette admiration a littéralement explosé à la fin de la présidence de François Hollande pour être magnifiée ensuite par Emmanuel Macron. Elle révélait une immense ambition : moderniser l’économie française pour en faire une Startup Nation. A cette fin, il fallait faciliter l’émergence de futurs champions de l’économie numérique, ces fameuses « licornes » (des entreprises valorisées à 1 milliard de dollars), dont l’Elysée souhaiterait qu’elles soient au moins 25 en 2025. Où en est aujourd’hui la « Mission French Tech », créée en 2013 pour nourrir cette ambition ? Il semblerait qu’elle n’ait pas réalisé tous les espoirs de ses concepteurs. La France, dépassée par le Royaume-Uni et l’Allemagne, n’est pas au premier rang des économies numériques européennes. Notre écosystème technologique n’est pas suffisamment performant et reste étonnamment...

Theological Discourses on Social Media

Autor: Christopher B. Barnett , Clark J. Elliston , Trevor B. Williams

Número de Páginas: 236

Theological Discourses on Social Media will examine ten different social media platforms across three overarching parts. The task throughout is, first, to delineate the configuration and intent of a given form of social media and, second, to probe its implications for theology. On the whole, the volume will focus on the Judeo-Christian tradition, though dialogue with and insight from other religious traditions will also be featured. The upshot will be a unique theological engagement with the defining issue of our era—a work that will be as relevant as it will be engrossing. Featuring contributions from leading scholars, it will be a must-read for all students of theology, religion and media, and cultural studies.

Scroll Zombies: How Social Media Addiction Controls our Lives

Autor: Sven Rollenhagen

Número de Páginas: 151

Almost everyone is doing it. Aimlessly scrolling through their social media feeds. From presidents to the postmen, most people you know and probably even yourself. Mindlessly, your fingers move across the screen, and content, from selfies to memes, flickers by at a blistering pace. Why is it that the screen sometimes seems more important than looking up and being present in real life? And what does it mean that more and more people are turning into so-called "Scroll Zombies"? Sven Rollenhagen thoughtfully discusses social media use and how it affects us both psychologically and physically. How the rise of social media has created an onslaught of mental health problems in young people. And how withdrawal can lead to symptoms, not unlike those caused by more familiar dependencies such as drugs and alcohol. But, are we really addicted? And if so, how can we be cured? Rollenhagen does not advocate for throwing away your phone or logging off Instagram forever, he acknowledges the powerful connection that social media has in connecting friends, family and strangers across the globe. Instead, this book contains practical tips and solutions for kicking dependency and finding true digital...

Slaying Digital Dragons TM

Autor: Alex J. Packer

Número de Páginas: 410

Empower teens to take charge of their digital lives. Without avoiding the dark side of technology, this interactive and comprehensive reference book empowers teens to take charge of their digital life and improve their mental health and well-being. Quizzes and exercises guide readers through the process of evaluating their relationships with their screens, social media, and tech in general. With a frank and humorous approach to a timely topic, award-winning author Alex J. Packer, Ph.D., pulls back the curtain on the hidden aspects of the digital world and shares: Signs that screen time is affecting teens’ bodies, brains, and relationships Tips for protecting their privacy, safety, and reputation Ways social media and algorithms can distort their reality and sense of self Tools for finding life balance and resetting their screen scene Slaying Digital Dragons is a call to action to make the choices that are right for teens. It doesn’t demand ditching smartphones or deactivating social media. Instead, it suggests strategies for playing favorite games and posting on favorite apps, while also doing good in the world and bringing joy and encouragement to others. It invites readers...

Psychology Behind Social Media Addiction

Autor: Dr. Lohans Kumar Kalyani, Dr. Surendra Pal Singh, Dr. Pooja Yadav, Dr. Tarakeshwar Swaroop Mani

Número de Páginas: 384

Psychology Behind Social Media Addiction** explores the phenomenon of excessive social media use through various psychological perspectives. Featuring insights from leading researchers and experts, it examines the cognitive, emotional, and behavioral factors contributing to addiction. The book addresses the impact of social media on self-esteem, anxiety, depression, and mental health, as well as its effects on social relationships and overall well-being. This edited volume aims to provide a deeper understanding of these issues while encouraging further research and discussions on interventions and solutions. By unraveling the complexities of social media's influence on the human psyche, this book serves as a valuable resource for researchers, students, mental health professionals, and anyone interested in the psychological dimensions of social media use.

Fascism, Vulnerability, and the Escape from Freedom

Autor: C. Jon Delogu

Número de Páginas: 479

A worldwide struggle between democracy and authoritarianism set against a backdrop of global surveillance capitalism is unmistakable. Examples range from Myanmar, China, and the Philippines to Hungary, Turkey, Russia, and the United States. Fascism, Vulnerability, and the Escape from Freedom offers a multidisciplinary analysis drawing on psychology and literature to provide readers with a deeper understanding of the mechanisms that drive people to abandon democracy in favor of vertically organized authoritarianism and even fascism. In a comparative study of texts selected for their insights and occasional blind spots regarding fascist experiments of the past 100 years, Delogu examines fascism’s exploitation of fear (of change, loss, and death), disruption, and extreme inequality. The book offers an accessible and persuasive argument linking fascist authoritarianism, also called “right-wing populism,” to certain underlying conditions, such as a rise in us-versus-them thinking; distrust or simple apathy regarding democratic institutions, norms, and results; the vulnerabilities that result from extreme inequality (economic, social, racial); and addictions and codependency....

Noise

Autor: Joseph Mccormack

Número de Páginas: 309

Teaches managers and leaders to cut through the static and hone their focusing skills In the current digital age, it is becoming increasingly more difficult to stay focused. Smartphones, tablets, smart watches, and other devices constantly vie for our attention. In both business and life, we are constantly bombarded with tweets, likes, mentions, and a constant stream of information. The inability to pay attention impacts learning, parenting, prioritizing, and leading. Not surprisingly, attention spans have gotten shorter. Already being pulled in a dozen directions every minute, managers and business leaders often struggle to address important issues and focus on everything that needs attention. Noise: Living and Leading When Nobody Can Focus teaches managers and leaders how to help themselves and others sharpen their focusing skills. In this follow-up to his first book Brief—the proven, step-by-step approach to clear, concise, and effective communication—author Joseph McCormack helps readers cut through the static and devote their attention to what is important. This engaging, informative book will help you: Apply effective, real-world techniques to hone your focus and reduce...

Unplug

Autor: Richard Simon

Número de Páginas: 202

Turn off your phone and turn on your life with step-by-step instructions and success stories from dozens of people who’ve set healthy boundaries with their devices. The average American spends the equivalent of more than 75 full days a year looking at their phone. It can become an all-consuming addiction that puts a strain on virtually every facet of our existence from the way we sleep, eat, and exercise to our ability to focus and make new memories. Most importantly, it takes us away from our lives, our relationships, and the real world. But although it may seem impossible, there is always a way to overcome digital distraction: you can always turn off your phone. In Unplug, Richard Simon lays out a plan to detox from your phone, including different breakup styles, things to do with your newfound time, lightly reintegrating a smartphone into your life, and finally, helping others quit. These tips and strategies are interspersed with success stories, including Simon’s own story of turning off his phone for a whole year, plus those of 25 others, including a professional baseball player (Nick Castellanos), a cable news host (Steve Hilton), as well as ordinary folks including a...

Conscient et libre dans le monde digital - L'addiction aux écrans : quels effets sur la santé ? Comment s'en sortir ?

Autor: Lionel Joly Charrasse

Número de Páginas: 61

Libre et conscient dans le monde digital est un ouvrage pratique qui montre les phénomènes biochimiques expliquant comment les nouvelles technologies mettent en état de surcharge cognitive la population, et qui propose des solutions concrètes pour sortir de la dépendance ou de la surconsommation d’écran. Le livre est construit autour de 6 axes et l’ensemble est basé sur les publications scientifiques les plus récentes. Les références sont citées tout au long de l’ouvrage. Ce livre traite de façon exhaustive le sujet des écrans et de leurs effets sur la santé. L’intention de cet ouvrage est de rendre conscient un phénomène inconscient qui est en train de structurer notre modèle de société. Dans ce manuscrit, au travers d’exemples tirés d’expériences de psychologie sociale, on comprend également comment tous ces problèmes qui semblent avant tout individuels, ont en fait un impact social important. Pour la première fois, un livre sérieux destiné au grand public, présentant clairement des données scientifiques, peut répondre à une attente de la société civile et des lecteurs, en apportant des solutions à un problème dont pâtit,...

The Power of Responsive Educational Leadership

Autor: Grzegorz Mazurkiewicz , John M. Fischer

Número de Páginas: 157

The Power of Responsive Educational Leadership examines how educational leaders might respond to global challenges such as the environment, technology, inequity, the health crisis, and the stability of democracy. It draws on models of educational leadership and development projects from around the world to explore how leaders might use the curriculum and teaching to help move their communities, regions, and countries in positive directions. The authors argue that educational leadership needs to move away from authoritarian or transactional bureaucracy and toward leadership in a participatory mode that feels responsible for the children and adults in their institution and responsible for the society they all inhabit. The Power of Responsive Educational Leadership: Offers a comprehensive exploration of the multifaceted nature of leadership for learning Charts the key thinking and practices that engage with the principles of leadership for learning and the implications these have Provides a variety of fresh perspectives on the connections between education, schooling, and leadership Includes a range of internationally diverse case studies and vignettes This comprehensive guide...

The Habits of Success

Autor: Elliot Yi

Número de Páginas: 250

How we define success is subjective but how we achieve it is objective. Reach for your infinite potential utilizing the habits of success.

Antisocial Media

Autor: Siva Vaidhyanathan

Número de Páginas: 337

The pleasure machine -- The surveillance machine -- The attention machine -- The benevolence machine -- The protest machine -- The politics machine -- The disinformation machine

Hivemind

Autor: Sarah Rose Cavanagh

Número de Páginas: 265

Cavanagh brings you along on her journey through an exquisite collection of scholarly knowledge and empirical insight to ground both your mind and your gut. From zombies to bees, moral panics to conspiracy theories, Hivemind mixes the dark with the light to help readers find a path through a very destabilizing present' - danah boyd, author of It's Complicated: The Social Lives of Networked Teens 'This fascinating book guides us through the nuanced landscape of why we think and behave the way we do-online and off-and offers a much-needed vision for how we can find our way back from the edge' - Scott Barry Kaufman, Psychologist at Columbia University and co-author of Wired to Create 'Hivemind provides a fascinating tour of research that reveals our social nature, for good and for bad. Cavanagh is a natural teacher whose enthusiasm for psychology shines through on every page. Whether you're looking to have healthier technology habits, develop better relationships with others, or address societal challenges, this book will give you food for thought and wisdom to take action' - Kelly McGonigal, author of The Joy of Movement and The Willpower Instinct +++ Hivemind: A collective...

Ideas That Matter

Autor: Debra Satz , Annabelle Lever

Número de Páginas: 281

The essays in this volume take off from themes in the work of eminent philosopher and political scientist Joshua Cohen. Cohen is a deeply influential thinker who has written on deliberative democracy, freedom of expression, Rawlsian theory, global justice, and human rights. The essays gathered here both engage with Cohen's work and expand upon it, embodying his commitment to the idea that analytical work by philosophers and social scientists matters to our shared public life and to democracy itself. The contributors offer novel perspectives on pressing issues of public policy from accountability for sexual violence to exploitation in international trade. The volume is organized around three central ideas. The first concerns democracy, specifically how we can improve collective decision-making both by elucidating our normative principles and enacting institutional changes. The second idea centers on how we confront injustice, investigating the role of emotions, social norms, and culture in democratic politics and public discussion. The final section explores how we develop political principles and values in an interdependent world, one in which theories of justice and forms of...