Irresistible : the rise of addictive technology and the business of keeping us hooked
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- ISBN: 9781594206641 (hardback)
- ISBN: 1594206643 (hardback)
- ISBN: 9780698402638
- ISBN: 9780735223868
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354 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm - Publisher: New York : Penguin Press, 2017.
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Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 323-344) and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | Prologue : never get high on your own supply -- Part 1. What is behavioral addiction and where did it come from?. The rise of behavioral addiction -- The addict in all of us -- The biology of behavioral addiction -- Part 2. The ingredients of behavioral addiction (or, how to engineer an addictive experience). Goals -- Feedback -- Progress -- Escalation -- Cliffhangers -- Social interaction -- Part 3. The future of behavioral addiction (and some solutions). Nipping addictions at birth -- Habits and architecture -- Gamification -- Epilogue. |
Language Note: | Text in English. |
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Subject: | Digital media Social aspects Digital media Psychological aspects Psychology, Applied |
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Kirtland Community College Library | HM 851 .A48 2017 | 30775305521271 | General Collection | Available | - |
Irresistible : The Rise of Addictive Technology and the Business of Keeping Us Hooked
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Irresistible : The Rise of Addictive Technology and the Business of Keeping Us Hooked
Adam Alter is an associate professor of marketing at New York University's Stern School of Business. He is the author of the New York Times bestseller, Drunk Tank Pink: And Other Unexpected Forces That Shape How We Think, Feel, and Behave, and has written for the New York Times, New Yorker, Atlantic, WIRED, Slate, Washington Post, and Popular Science, among other publications.