02346oam 2200397 450 991079423350332120230629235455.00-429-05605-20-429-50837-9(CKB)4100000011665568(MiAaPQ)EBC6425739(EXLCZ)99410000001166556820210602d2021 uy 0engurcn#---|||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrier.Internet addiction a critical psychology of users /Emaline FriedmanLondon ;New York, New York :Routledge,[2021]©20211 online resource0-367-17291-7 Includes bibliographical references (pages 106-114) and index.This essential book questions the psychological construct of Internet Addiction by contextualizing it within the digital technological era. It proposes a critical psychology that investigates user subjectivity as a function of capitalism and imperialism, arguing against punitive models of digital excesses and critiquing the political economy of the Internet affecting all users. Friedman explores the limitations of individual-centered remediations exemplified in the psychology of internet addiction. Furthermore, Friedman outlines the self-creative actions of social media users, and the data processing that exploits them to urge psychologists to politicize rather than pathologize the effects of excessive net use. The book develops a notion of capitalist imperialism of the social web and studies this using the radical methods of philosopher Gilles Deleuze and psychoanalyst Félix Guattari. By synthesizing perspectives on digital life from sociology, economics, digital media theory, and technology studies for psychologists, this book will be of interest to academics and students in these areas, as well as psychologists and counselors interested in addressing Internet Addiction as a collective, societal ill.Internet addictionInternet addiction.616.8584Friedman Emaline1556776MiAaPQMiAaPQUtOrBLWBOOK9910794233503321Internet addiction3819718UNINA