Technology and psychological well-being /

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Imprint:Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2009.
Description:xiii, 287 p. :4bill.
Language:English
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8209097
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Other authors / contributors:Amichai-Hamburger, Yair.
ISBN:9780521885812 (hbk.)
Notes:Includes index.
Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2010. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
Table of Contents:
  • Figures
  • Tables
  • Contributors
  • Acknowledgements
  • Introduction
  • 1. Communication technology and psychological well-being: Yin, Yang, and the golden mean of media effects
  • 2. Internet and well-being
  • 3. Information, innovation, and society
  • 4. Work-related technological change and psychological well-being
  • 5. From ergonomics to hedonomics: trends in human factors and technology
  • 6. "Good teleworking": under what conditions does teleworking enhance employees' well-being?
  • 7. Commuting and well-being
  • 8. Technology and medicine
  • 9. Mothers of invention? The myth-breaking history and planetary promise of women's key roles in subsistance technology
  • 10. Technology and well-being: designing the future
  • Index