The multiplicities of Internet addiction the misrecognition of leisure and learning /
Johnson, Nicola F., 1976-
The multiplicities of Internet addiction the misrecognition of leisure and learning / [electronic resource] : Nicola F. Johnson. - Farnham, Surrey, UK : Ashgate, ℗♭2009. - 1 online resource (156 pages) : illustrations.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Cover; Contents; List of Figures and Tables; Acknowledgements; INTRODUCTION Addiction: It Got Your Attention; 1 Internet Addiction: Contrasting Viewpoints; 2 When Do We Say 'Too Much'? Being Cautious About 'Over-use' and Virtual Reality; 3 Technological Development and Childhood Play: The Changing Nature of Everyday Leisure; 4 Bourdieu's Theory of Practice; 5 Introducing Some Teenage Technological Experts: Digital Insiders; 6 The Blur Between Leisure, Learning and Expertise; 7 Internet Addiction in the Lives of Teenagers; 8 New Forms of Privilege; 9 Misrecognition of the Practice of Leisure.
This timely volume contests the popular claim that computers are addictive by arguing that using the internet is now a form of everyday leisure engaged in by many in Western Societies. Offering an analysis of the nature of addiction alongside a detailed empirical study of home computer use, this book will be of interest to sociologists of culture, popular culture, and scholars of media, ICT and education.
Available electronically via the Internet.
0754674967 (cloth) 9780754674962 (cloth) 0754695417 (electronic bk.) 9780754695417 (electronic bk.)
Internet addiction.
Internet addiction. Electronic books.
362.196/8584
The multiplicities of Internet addiction the misrecognition of leisure and learning / [electronic resource] : Nicola F. Johnson. - Farnham, Surrey, UK : Ashgate, ℗♭2009. - 1 online resource (156 pages) : illustrations.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Cover; Contents; List of Figures and Tables; Acknowledgements; INTRODUCTION Addiction: It Got Your Attention; 1 Internet Addiction: Contrasting Viewpoints; 2 When Do We Say 'Too Much'? Being Cautious About 'Over-use' and Virtual Reality; 3 Technological Development and Childhood Play: The Changing Nature of Everyday Leisure; 4 Bourdieu's Theory of Practice; 5 Introducing Some Teenage Technological Experts: Digital Insiders; 6 The Blur Between Leisure, Learning and Expertise; 7 Internet Addiction in the Lives of Teenagers; 8 New Forms of Privilege; 9 Misrecognition of the Practice of Leisure.
This timely volume contests the popular claim that computers are addictive by arguing that using the internet is now a form of everyday leisure engaged in by many in Western Societies. Offering an analysis of the nature of addiction alongside a detailed empirical study of home computer use, this book will be of interest to sociologists of culture, popular culture, and scholars of media, ICT and education.
Available electronically via the Internet.
0754674967 (cloth) 9780754674962 (cloth) 0754695417 (electronic bk.) 9780754695417 (electronic bk.)
Internet addiction.
Internet addiction. Electronic books.
362.196/8584