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UNINA9910150225503321 |
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Booth Frances |
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Titolo |
The distraction trap : how to focus in a digital world / / Frances Booth |
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Harlow, England : , : Pearson, , [2013] |
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©2013 |
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Edizione |
[First edition.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (1 v.) : ill |
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Technological innovations - Social aspects |
Technological innovations - Psychological aspects |
Information technology - Social aspects |
Information technology - Psychological aspects |
Distraction (Psychology) |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Cover -- Contents -- About the author -- Acknowledgements -- How to use this book -- Part 1: Distraction -- Chapter 1: The way we live -- Chapter 2: The things we've lost -- Chapter 3: Mind pollution - the four digital evils -- Part 2: Attention -- Chapter 4: Assess -- Chapter 5: Change starts today -- Chapter 6: Watch the pros -- Chapter 7: Tools and methods (productivity tips) -- Chapter 8: Watch out for being caught out -- Chapter 9: Who's distracting you? -- Chapter 10: Keep your aims in mind, and aim high -- Chapter 11: Reboot and get balanced -- Chapter 12: The ups, the downs, the future -- Tuning in to a digital life -- References. |
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If you're worried that you're losing the power to concentrate The Distraction Trap can help. Learn how you can easily release your life from the steely grip of modern technology where you're always available and always connected. Discover how you can radically boost your productivity by keeping your whole brain and both eyes on the task in hand. You may think you can do ten things at once, with a scattered thinking approach and expect to do everything well and on time. Well, you can't. The Distraction Trap will empower you to focus and prioritise, switch off your email, say 'no' to social media ruling your |
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life and help you rediscover your lost powers of concentration. Your campaign to reclaim your life starts here and now! |
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UNINA9910159453503321 |
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Autore |
Goode Erich |
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Deviant behavior / / Erich Goode |
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New York : , : Routledge-Taylor and Francis, , 2016 |
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1-317-28660-X |
1-138-65601-1 |
1-315-64363-4 |
1-317-28659-6 |
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Edizione |
[Eleventh edition.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (529 pages) |
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Deviant behavior |
Criminal behavior |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Monografia |
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Revised edition of the author's Deviant behavior, 2014. |
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Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
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ch. 1. An introduction to deviance -- ch. 2. Explaining deviant behavior -- ch. 3. Constructing deviance -- ch. 4. Poverty and disrepute -- ch. 5. Crime and criminalization -- ch. 6. Criminal behavior -- ch. 7. White collar and corporate crime -- ch. 8. Substance abuse -- ch. 9. Sexual deviance -- ch. 10. Unconventional beliefs -- ch. 11. Mental disorder -- ch. 12. Deviant physical characteristics -- ch. 13. Tribal stigma : race, religion, and ethnicity -- ch. 14. Concluding thoughts. |
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Deviant Behavior provides a comprehensive study of the behavior, beliefs, conditions, and reactions to deviance, giving students a better understanding of this phenomenon. Deviance is discussed from the sociological perspectives of positivism and constructionism. Readers will grasp the reason behind deviant behavior through the positivist perspective and why certain actions, beliefs, and physical characteristics are condemned through the constructionist perspective. New to this edition: Two chapters on crime make clearer distinctions between criminalization of behavior, vs. criminal behavior itself More |
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discussion of the relativity of deviance, including how murder is socially and legally constructed Expands the notion that conspiracy theory is a form of cognitive deviance New discussion furthers the difference between labeling theory and constructionism New Section on environmental pollution with reference to "green criminology" New section added on Deviance and Harm Newsworthy new features include: A Formerly Homeless Man Speaks Out Victimization and Abuse Mass Incarceration Stop and Frisk Missing Black Men? (with implications for families and demography) Arrest-Incarceration Gap Disparities in Sentencing The End of the Crime Decline? The Brother of a Murder Victim Speaks Out A Tattoo Collector Gets Inked Faculty-Student Sex Reflections on Studying BDSM |
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