The Dark Side of Media and Technology: A 21st Century Guide to Media and Technological Literacy - Paperback

by Edward Downs (Editor)

The Dark Side of Media and Technology is Herculean in its effort to survey for landmines in a rapidly changing media landscape. It identifies four dark outcomes related to media and technology use in the 21^st century.

Author Biography

Edward Downs (Ph.D., Pennsylvania State University) is Associate Professor and Director of the Communication Research Lab at the University of Minnesota Duluth. He is the recipient of the 2018 UMD College of Liberal Arts, Tenured Faculty Teaching Award. His research examines relationships between technology and learning, the psychology of the individual-avatar relationship, and how simulation experiences influence attitude and behavior change.