Has your digital life become your reality?
7.3 percent of the estimated 2.4 billion Internet users in 2013 were considered addicts. As smartphone use increases and more apps and games are developed, those numbers continue to rise.
With a PhD in medical family therapy and having spent nearly a decade working with video game designs, Ryan J. Anderson has seen the good and bad that comes from gazing at our screens. In this enlightening and entertaining book, he shows how we can avoid excessive, obsessive, and addictive relationships with the digital world so we
can live a rich and engaging life--online and offline.
learn how to
- Protect yourself against Internet addiction and the illusion of online privacy
- Identify destructive aspects of social media, video games, and in-app purchases
- Uncover addictive techniques in video games, such as level grinding and twitch gaming
Use Anderson's advice to analyze your own screen habits and a healthy balance between the digital and physical worlds.