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" Everything bad is good for you : "
Steven Johnson ; [with a new afterword by the author].
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BL
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962835
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b717205
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| Main Entry
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Johnson, Steven,1968-
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Everything bad is good for you : : how today's popular culture is actually making us smarter /\ Steven Johnson ; [with a new afterword by the author].
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1st Riverhead trade pbk. ed.
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| Publication Statement
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New York :: Riverhead Books,, 2006.
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xvi, 254 pages :: illustrations ;; 21 cm
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1448714672
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: 1594481946
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: 9781448714674
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: 9781594481949
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 212-250).
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| Contents
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Introduction : the sleeper curve -- Part one -- Part two -- Notes on further reading -- Notes -- Acknowledgments.
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The $10 billion video gaming industry is now the second-largest segment of the entertainment industry in the United States, outstripping film and far surpassing books. Reality television shows featuring silicone-stuffed CEO wannabes and bug-eating adrenaline junkies dominate the ratings. But social and cultural critic Steven Johnson argues that our popular culture has never been smarter. Drawing from fields as diverse as neuroscience, economics, and literary theory, the author contends that the junk culture we're so eager to dismiss is in fact making us more intelligent. A video game will never be a book nor should it aspire to be. In fact, video games -- from Tetris to the Sims to Grand Theft Auto -- have been shown develop cognitive abilities that can't be learned from books, as well as to raise IQ scores. Likewise, successful television, when examined closely and taken seriously, reveals surprising narrative sophistication and intellectual demands. This book is a hopeful and spirited account of contemporary culture. The author demonstrates that our culture is not declining but changing in exciting and stimulating ways we'd do well to understand.
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Intellect.
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Popular culture.
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Culture populaire.
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Intelligence.
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Intellect.
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Intellect.
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Intellect.
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Popular culture.
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Popular culture.
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Popular culture.
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| Dewey Classification
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306/.0973
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HM621.J64 2006
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306.0973 J69e
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