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Community => General Discussion => Topic started by: PyroMenace on Sunday, December 02, 2007, 03:57:28 AM

Title: A book inquiry
Post by: PyroMenace on Sunday, December 02, 2007, 03:57:28 AM
Are there any good books on the subject of the impact of world communication, or just effects of the internet on a psychological scale?
Title: Re: A book inquiry
Post by: Quemaqua on Sunday, December 02, 2007, 04:24:40 AM
There's gotta' be.

Also, that sounds scary.  I don't want to know.
Title: Re: A book inquiry
Post by: Cobra951 on Sunday, December 02, 2007, 12:19:51 PM
Gotta love search engines. (http://www.mentalhelp.net/poc/view_doc.php?id=761&type=book&cn=66)

Edit:  Did somebody say "scary"? (http://www.askmen.com/fashion/body_and_mind/16_better_living.html)

Edit 2: This one is better (http://www-usr.rider.edu/~suler/psycyber/cybaddict.html), and therefore scarier.
Title: Re: A book inquiry
Post by: Ghandi on Sunday, December 02, 2007, 12:31:38 PM
"The World is Flat" by Thomas Friedman is kind of about that subject. It's about the impacts of globalization. I'm reading it right now, it's quite informative.
Title: Re: A book inquiry
Post by: Antares on Sunday, December 02, 2007, 09:15:51 PM
I've got a copy of that on my nightstand right now.  I haven't started reading it yet.

Also, it's probably been said here before, but askmen.com has to be the most worthless publication on the internet.
Title: Re: A book inquiry
Post by: gpw11 on Sunday, December 02, 2007, 09:18:47 PM
Catch-22 is really about whatever you want it to be.  The same can be said about The World According to Garp
Title: Re: A book inquiry
Post by: Ghandi on Sunday, December 02, 2007, 09:30:41 PM
I've got a copy of that on my nightstand right now.  I haven't started reading it yet.

It's a little heavy. I like to supplement it with some lighter reading.
Title: Re: A book inquiry
Post by: Antares on Sunday, December 02, 2007, 09:45:39 PM
I'll probably do the same, especially considering how long it is.
Title: Re: A book inquiry
Post by: ScaryTooth on Sunday, December 02, 2007, 09:53:27 PM
I was also going to recommend "The World is Flat". I also have it sitting on my night stand, but I haven't started it yet.