Larry rosen idisorder book

Understanding our obsession with technology and overcoming its hold on us larry d. Understanding our obsession with technology and overcoming its hold on us by larry rosen, nancy cheever, and. Rosen provides solid, proven strategies to help us overcome the idisorder we all feel in our lives, while still making use of all that technology offers. The western worlds relationship with technology is enmeshed, as dr larry rosen argues in his book idisorder, and as such, it can cause significant problems in our psyche p. Rosen, a california psychologist, is less concerned with. A research psychologist argues that our overuse of technology and media is producing symptoms of serious psychological disorders. Understanding the igeneration and the way they learn, 2010, etc. As he did with the term technostress in his 1997 book by the same name, he. Rosen provides comprehensive coverage of many mental health issues facing our overuse of technology. Rosen california state is a recognized expert in the psychology of technology. Understanding our obsession with technology and overcoming its hold on us by. Rosen, 97817278319, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide. Larry rosen is past chair and professor emeritus of psychology at california state university, dominguez hills. Larry rosen, who lives in solana beach and is a psychology professor at cal state dominguez hills, thinks long and hard about what modern technology is doing for and to us.

He is a research psychologist and computer educator, and is. Understanding our obsession with technology and overcoming its hold on us palgrave macmillan, 2012, 246 pages. Rosens book, idisorder, tells us how not to let too much of a good thing. In his new book, larry rosen takes on our emerging and increasingly undeniable obsession with 21st century digital gadgetry. These are some of the research questions answered at least provisionally in larry rosen s book idisorder, cowritten with his colleagues nancy cheever and mark carrier, all professors at california state university, dominguez hills. Based on decades of research and expertise in the psychology of technology, dr. Larry rosen is past chair and professor of psychology at california state university, dominguez hills. Larry rosen takes readers on a thoughtprovoking tour of how new. A new book by a california psychologist examines obsessions with. An early student of how the internet, mobile devices and other technologies affect human behavior, rosen rewired.

Larry rosen offers clear, downtoearth explanations for why many of us are suffering from an idisorder. Rosen offers solid, proven strategies to help us overcome the idisorder we all feel in our lives while still making use of all that technology offers. As he did with the term technostress in his 1997 book by the same name, he has coined the term idisorder to describe societys growing obsession with technology. Rosen repeats throughout, suggests an author trying very hard to coin a term. Rosen 256 pages nonfiction this book was about emotional, psychological disorders that can be caused or be worsen by the overuse of modern technology. Larry rosen defines the term idisorder as a disorder that makes changes to our brains ability to process information and to relate to the world due to our daily use of media and technology, thus resulting in signs and symptoms of actual psychological disorders rosen, 20. This complex and challenging book provides clear and concise guidance when dealing with these issues.