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Irresistible - The Rise of Addictive Technology and the Business of Keeping Us Hooked (Paperback) Loot Price: R330
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Irresistible - The Rise of Addictive Technology and the Business of Keeping Us Hooked (Paperback)

Adam Alter

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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 explains why so many of today's products are irresistible. Though these miraculous products melt the miles that separate people across the globe, their extraordinary and sometimes damaging magnetism is no accident. The companies that design these products tweak them over time until they become almost impossible to resist.

By reverse engineering behavioral addiction, Alter explains how we can harness addictive products for the good—to improve how we communicate with each other, spend and save our money, and set boundaries between work and play—and how we can mitigate their most damaging effects on our well-being, and the health and happiness of our children.

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Imprint: Penguin USA
Country of origin: United States
Release date: March 2018
Authors: Adam Alter
Dimensions: 208 x 140 x 22mm (L x W x T)
Format: Paperback - Trade
Pages: 368
ISBN-13: 978-0-7352-2284-7
Categories: Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Communication studies > Media studies
Books > Social sciences > Psychology > Abnormal psychology
Books > Science & Mathematics > Science: general issues > Impact of science & technology on society
Books > Computing & IT > Internet > General
Books > Computing & IT > Social & legal aspects of computing > Human-computer interaction
Books > Medicine > Nursing & ancillary services > Specific disorders & therapies > Addiction & therapy
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LSN: 0-7352-2284-3
Barcode: 9780735222847

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Jason

Sat, 29 Dec 2018 | Review by: jason P.

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