Lecturer: Indre Viskontas, University of San Francisco: San Francisco Conservatory of Music.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 212-223).
Contents
disc 1: How experience alters the brain -- Are new media shortening attention spans? -- Does the Internet make us shallow thinkers? -- Outsourcing our memory -- Human versus digital content curators -- Virtual realities and our sense of self -- disc 2: Screen time's impact on kids -- Video games and violence -- Is digital technology ruining sleep? -- How "Dr. Google" is changing medicine -- The virtual therapist -- How big data can predict the future -- disc 3: Is privacy dead in the Information Age? -- The emotional effects of social media -- How Online dating transforms relationships -- Technology and addiction -- Is the Internet hurting democracy? -- The arts in the digital era -- disc 4: How AI can enhance creativity -- Do we trust algorithms over humans? -- Could blockchain revolutionize society? -- Effects of technological metaphors on science -- Robots and the future of work -- Redefining what it means to be human.