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- catalog abstract ""Shopping online. Chatting on the cell phone. Computer games. Instant travel to wherever you want to go. Yet all these conveniences and entertainment come at a high price. By surrounding ourselves with gadgets and material comfort, we are cutting ourselves off from what matters most: our fellow human beings." "The Connection Gap explores the new loneliness of people who are overcommitting and underconnecting. Laura Pappano takes a passionate look at the pressures and desires of modern culture by drawing on personal experience, academic studies, and perceptive observations of our culture as reflected in advertising, literature, and popular magazines."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b12142619.
- catalog created "c2001.".
- catalog date "2001".
- catalog date "c2001.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c2001.".
- catalog description ""Shopping online. Chatting on the cell phone. Computer games. Instant travel to wherever you want to go. Yet all these conveniences and entertainment come at a high price. By surrounding ourselves with gadgets and material comfort, we are cutting ourselves off from what matters most: our fellow human beings." "The Connection Gap explores the new loneliness of people who are overcommitting and underconnecting. Laura Pappano takes a passionate look at the pressures and desires of modern culture by drawing on personal experience, academic studies, and perceptive observations of our culture as reflected in advertising, literature, and popular magazines."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [211]-219) and index.".
- catalog description "Shopping -- Screens -- Mobility -- Home -- Relations -- Us -- Bridging the gap.".
- catalog extent "xi, 231 p. ;".
- catalog identifier "0813529794 (alk. paper)".
- catalog issued "2001".
- catalog issued "c2001.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New Brunswick, NJ : Rutgers University Press,".
- catalog subject "155.9/2 21".
- catalog subject "Alienation (Social psychology)".
- catalog subject "BF575.L7 P36 2001".
- catalog subject "Loneliness.".
- catalog subject "Social isolation.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Shopping -- Screens -- Mobility -- Home -- Relations -- Us -- Bridging the gap.".
- catalog title "The connection gap : why Americans feel so alone / Laura Pappano.".
- catalog type "text".