Distracted : staying connected without losing focus / Terri R. Kurtzberg and Jennifer L. Gibbs.
| Author/creator | Kurtzberg, Terri R. author. |
| Other author | Gibbs, Jennifer L., author. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication | Santa Barbara, California : Praeger, [2017] |
| Copyright Date | ©2017 |
| Description | 1 online resource (x, 178 pages) |
| Supplemental Content | ProQuest Ebook Central |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Introduction: our increasingly distracted lives -- Attention, distraction, and multitasking -- Getting and keeping the attention of others -- Distraction and the workplace -- Relationships -- Technology and education -- Technology and the developing brains of children -- Cross-cultural dimensions -- Conclusion: staying connected without losing focus. |
| Abstract | This book examines how new technologies and social pressures have changed the way we use our attention, and the extent to which they drive us to distraction, by interpreting hundreds of scientific studies from the literatures in cognitive and social psychology, sociology, communication, management, and decision making. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Source of description | Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed June 1, 2017). |
| Issued in other form | Print version: Kurtzberg, Terri R. Distracted. Santa Barbara, California : Praeger, [2017] 9781440842955 |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2017012172 |
| ISBN | 9781440842962 (electronic bk.) |
| ISBN | 1440842965 (electronic bk.) |
| ISBN | (alkaline paper) |
| Standard identifier# | 40027044293 |
| Standard identifier# | 99972508435 |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |