{"product_id":"restless-devices-recovering-personhood-presence-and-place-in-the-digital-age-paperback","title":"Restless Devices: Recovering Personhood, Presence, and Place in the Digital Age - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eFelicia Wu Song\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWe're being formed by our devices.\u003c\/b\u003e Today's digital technologies are designed to captivate our attention and encroach on our boundaries, shaping how we relate to time and space, to ourselves and others, even to God. Our natural longing for relationship makes us vulnerable to the \"industrializing\" effects of social media. While we enjoy the benefits of digital tech, many of us feel troubled with its power and exhausted by its demands for permanent connectivity. Yet even as we grow disenchanted, attempting to resist the digital \"powers that be\" might seem like a losing battle.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSociologist Felicia Wu Song has spent years considering the personal and collective dynamics of digital ecosystems. She combines psychological, neurological, and sociological insights with theological reflection to explore two major questions: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWhat kind of people are we becoming with personal technologies in hand?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAnd who do we really want to be?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eSong unpacks the soft tyranny of the digital age, including the values embedded in our apps and the economic systems that drive our habits. She then explores pathways of meaningful resistance that can be found in Christian tradition--especially counter-narratives about human worth, embodiment, relationality, and time--and offers practical experiments for individual and communal change.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn our current digital ecologies, small behavioral shifts are not enough to give us freedom. We need a sober and motivating vision of our prospects to help us imagine what kind of life we hope to live--and how we can get there.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFelicia Wu Song (PhD, University of Virginia) is a sociologist and author of \u003ci\u003eRestless Devices: Recovering Personhood, Presence and Place in the Digital Age\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eVirtual Communities: Bowling Alone, Online Together\u003c\/i\u003e. With almost twenty years' experience serving as faculty at Louisiana State University and Westmont College, she combines her training in history, communication studies, and sociology with a personal interest in theology to speak and teach on matters of spiritual formation and well-being in a digitally-saturated society. Living in the Pacific Northwest, she enjoys discovering a good food truck with her husband and two teenaged children. For her latest activities, see http: \/\/feliciawusong.com. \u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 232\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.71 x 8.98 x 5.98 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 30, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45876964229317,"sku":"9780830851133","price":36.18,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0757\/6718\/5605\/files\/kC9Bz0dTmM9780830851133.webp?v=1783601447","url":"https:\/\/selloorium.com\/products\/restless-devices-recovering-personhood-presence-and-place-in-the-digital-age-paperback","provider":"Selloorium","version":"1.0","type":"link"}