Description
The technological innovation brought about by the digital age has radically transformed us. In language, customs, habits. Digital terms are getting more common in the way we communicate (‘I bought a smartphone’, ‘Let’s take a selfie’, ‘I’ll send you a screenshot’), mobile phones seem to have become a natural extension of our bodies, and the ways in which we relate to others are increasingly tech-mediated. The revolution of the hyperconnected society seems to have contributed to the emergence of a new type of human being: homo digitans, a citizen of modernity perpetually hunched over a screen and absorbed by the latest innovations offered by the Net. From “likes” to webcams, from apps to sexting, the Author will try to understand the impact that the gaze of the Other has on us. The book also includes sections containing real clinical vignettes, short exercises for self-reflection and insights about the digital world.
