Directed by The Great Courses

Indre Viskontas

Many of us are concerned about the amount of technology in our lives these days and whether or not we are spending way too much time on screens. In How Digital Technology Shapes Us, Professor Indre Viskontas provides a scientific approach to judging the true pros and cons of our interaction with technology in the digital age

Rated TVPG

Mode of access: World Wide Web

Episode 1

How Experience Alters the Brain

Episode 2

Are New Media Shortening Attention Spans?

Episode 3

Does the Internet Make Us Shallow Thinkers?

Episode 4

Outsourcing Our Memory

Episode 5

Human versus Digital Content Curators

Episode 6

Virtual Realities and Our Sense of Self

Episode 7

Screen Time's Impact on Kids

Episode 8

Video Games and Violence

Episode 9

Is Digital Technology Ruining Sleep?

Episode 10

How "Dr. Google" Is Changing Medicine

Episode 11

The Virtual Therapist

Episode 12

How Big Data Can Predict the Future

Episode 13

Is Privacy Dead in the Information Age?

Episode 14

The Emotional Effects of Social Media

Episode 15

How Online Dating Transforms Relationships

Episode 16

Technology and Addiction

Episode 17

Is the Internet Hurting Democracy?

Episode 18

The Arts in the Digital Era

Episode 19

How AI Can Enhance Creativity

Episode 20

Do We Trust Algorithms over Humans?

Episode 21

Could Blockchain Revolutionize Society?

Episode 22

Effects of Technological Metaphors on Science

Episode 23

Robots and the Future of Work

Episode 24

Redefining What It Means to Be Human