A widely recognized indie developer and leading advocate against online abuse traces the story of her experiences at the center of the Gamergate controversy while outlining recommendations for combating online harassment.

"When her business partner is accused of serious financial crimes, superstar influencer Cat Cranwell -- an engineered marvel of beauty, energy, and fun -- falls from her penthouse perch. Desperate to get away from the online trolls and paparazzi documenting her disgrace, Cat accepts her uncle's offer to work with him in Kannery National Park, Montana. About as far as possible from life as she's known it. Cat's world shifts from the swirling haze of...

"Social media can be used for good or for evil. In 2018, organizers of the March for Our Lives used social media to bring roughly 500,000 people to Washington, DC, to peacefully protest against gun violence-- a powerful example of how social media can be used for good. But the Capitol insurrection on January 6, 2021 showed just as powerfully how social media can also be used for evil. Behavioral addiction is a mental health condition in which a person...

"This book unpacks what happens to our brains and our behaviors each time we click 'Like' or even just scroll for new content on social media. Through interviews with top influencers, the latest studies, and pop-culture anecdotes, and Dr. Boxer Wachler's own expertise as both a scientist and an influencer himself, he reveals how influence works"--

"Award-winning journalist Catherine Price presents a practical, hands-on plan to break up-- and then make up-- with your phone. The goal? A long-term relationship that actually feels good. You'll discover how phones and apps are designed to be addictive and how the time we spend on them damages our abilities to focus, think deeply, and form new memories. You'll then make customized changes to your settings, apps, environment, and mindset that will...

"Do you spend hours every day on your smartphone or tablet? Reading the news, shopping for clothes, checking your email, and catching up on social media? Do you scroll through blog articles and text with your friends while waiting in line at the DMV or the grocery store, avoiding any chance interactions with actual human beings? If so, you aren't alone. Most of us are stuck on a hedonic treadmill of push-button notifications, friend updates, and text...

"This frank and humorous guide helps teens learn how to lead a safe and healthy digital life, join the resistance, and protect themselves from Big Tech's attempted takeover of their brain, body, emotions, privacy, and future"--

"Psychotherapist and renowned parenting expert helps parents understand how their child's dependency on technology negatively affects brain development, self-esteem, emotional development and social skills, and how to reclaim their family and reconnect with their kids"--

Sexting. Cyberbullying. Narcissism. Social media has become the dominant force in young people's lives, and each day seems to bring another shocking tale of private pictures getting into the wrong hands, or a lament that young people feel compelled to share their each and every thought with the entire world. Have smartphones and social media created a generation of self-obsessed egomaniacs? Absolutely not, Donna Freitas argues in this book. And, she...