Technology and Psychological Well-Being

Klappentext This book considers the impact of technology on our lives and ways to ensure technology enhances, rather than damages, our psychological well-being. Zusammenfassung We are surrounded by technology! but to what extent is this a good thing? This book assesses whether our constant availability via technology and our ability to connect with others all over the world! day or night! enhances or damages our lives and psychological well-being. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Communication technology and psychological well-being: Yin, Yang, and the golden mean of media effects George Rodman and Katherine G. Fry; 2. Internet and well-being Yair Amichai-Hamburger and Azy Barak; 3. Information, innovation, and society Steven L. Goldman; 4. Work-related technological change and psychological well-being Michael P. O'Driscoll, Caroline Biron, and Cary L. Cooper; 5. From ergonomics to hedonomics: trends in human factors and technology Tal Oron-Gilad and Peter A. Hancock; 6. 'Good teleworking': under what conditions does teleworking enhance employees' well-being? Ellen Ernst Kossek, Brenda A. Lautsch, and Susan C. Eaton; 7. Commuting and well-being Raymond W. Novaco and Oscar I. Gonzalez; 8. Technology and medicine Jeffrey W. Jutai, Sherry Coulson, and Elizabeth Russell-Minda; 9. Mothers of invention? The myth-breaking history and planetary promise of women's key roles in subsistence technology Rae Lesser Blumberg; 10. Technology and well-being: designing the future Yair Amichai-Hamburger.

Product details

• Authors: Yair Amichai-Hamburger, Yair (Director of the Research Amichai-Hamburger
• Assisted by: Yair Amichai-Hamburger (Editor), Yair (Director of the Research Center for Internet Psychology (CIP)) Amichai-Hamburger (Editor), Amichai-Hamburger Yair (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 21.07.2011
• EAN: 9781107402287
• ISBN: 978-1-107-40228-7
• No. of pages: 302
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Psychology > Theoretical psychology; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Technology > General, dictionaries; PSYCHOLOGY / Social Psychology, Psychology, Educational psychology, The self, ego, identity, personality, Health psychology, Social, group or collective psychology, Impact of science and technology on society, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Technology Studies