TY  - BOOK
AU  - Johnson,Nicola F.
TI  - The multiplicities of Internet addiction: the misrecognition of leisure and learning 
SN  - 0754674967 (cloth)
U1  - 362.196/8584 22
PY  - 2009///
CY  - Farnham, Surrey, UK
PB  - Ashgate
KW  - Internet addiction
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - 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
N2  - 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
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