Technology and Psychological Well-Being

Herausgeber: Amichai-Hamburger, Yair

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book considers the impact of technology on our lives and ways to ensure technology enhances, rather than damages, our psychological well-being.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 302
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. Mai 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 493g
• ISBN-13: 9781107402287
• ISBN-10: 110740228X
• Artikelnr.: 33774221

Inhaltsangabe

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.