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Title:
Irresistible : the rise of addictive technology and the business of keeping us hooked / Adam Alter.
Author:
Alter, Adam L., 1980- author.
Publication Information:
New York : Penguin Press, 2017.

©2017
Call Number:
HM851 .A437 2017
Abstract:
"An urgent and expert investigation into behavioral addiction, the dark flipside of today's unavoidable digital technologies, and how we can turn the tide to regain control...Tracing the very notion of addiction through history right up until the present day, Alter shows that we're only just beginning to understand the epidemic of behavioral addiction gripping society..."-- Provided by publisher.
ISBN:
9781594206641
Physical Description:
354 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Contents:
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.
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