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IDisorder: Understanding Our Obsession With Technology and Overcoming its Hold On Us By Jack Russo.

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1 iDisorder: Understanding Our Obsession With Technology and Overcoming its Hold On Us By Jack Russo

2 Overview of book Written by Larry Rosen Published on March 27, 2012 Overdependence on technology may be interfering with our psyche It could be changing us so much as to give us mental disorders

3 Narcissism Narcissism is defined as a need for admiration and a lack of empathy Social Media influences narcissism Things like editing pictures and “untagging” themselves for ugly pictures Trophy friends Controversy over narcissism

4 Hypochondriasis Defined as a delusional belief that one has a serious illness they don’t have Problem occurs when people choose google over medical professional WebMD, Dr. Oz, and even Greys anatomy Expensive Healthcare is also a factor

5 ADHD Everyone loves multitasking The percent of people with ADHD is rising Availability of almost any information has led people to ADHD like symptoms People who use smartphones more had scored lower on the attention scale

6 Other Disorders covered in the book Addiction Bipolar Disorder Depression Social Anxiety Eating disorders Schizophrenia

7 How it applies to Living in a Networked World Very similar to the beginning of the year Relates to articles like “Is Google Making us Stupid?” Focuses on how technology is effecting humans

8 Would I recommend iDisorder? Not my type of book End of every chapter provides counter evidence


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