{"product_id":"media-mindfulness-9781476687810","title":"Media Mindfulness","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e   The media that capture our attention, mold our thoughts, and shape our expressions are the invisible information environments that surround us. The Digital Age has forced humanity to engage in daily prolonged immersion within specific media of thought that, over time, become toxic media environments and can result in a state of mental imbalance. As a process for achieving stability, practicing media mindfulness is not about disengaging, but rather having a deeper awareness of the media environments that we are immersed in--how they engage our attention, how they affect our thoughts and behaviors and, most importantly, how we can manage them to avoid their harmful effects. Simply changing one''s media environment results in a new way of attending to information and even a shift in one''s behavior and thought patterns.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e   This book explains why our media environments are often toxic, the effects they can have on our mental health, and steps we can take in order to practice mi\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePreface\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIntroduction: Media Mindfulness, Media Balancing\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter One. Two Ways of Attending, Eight Ways of Knowing\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter Two. The Principles of Media Engagement\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter Three. Linguistic Media: Anxious Depression and the Primary Environment\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter Four. Logical-Mathematical Media: The Twin Demons of Time and Money\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter Five. Nature: The \"Ground of Being\"\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter Six. Music Therapy for Your Self\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter Seven. The Body: Medium of the Self\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter Eight. Visual-Spatial Media: Addiction and Counterbalance\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter Nine. Interpersonal Media: The Paradoxes, Illusions, and Delusions of Social Media\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter Ten. Intrapersonal Media: The Spiritual Dream in the Temple of Sleep\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eConclusion: The Message\/Medium Mind Flip\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEpilogue: Stop Fighting Your Self\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter Notes\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBibliography\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIndex\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"McFarland \u0026 Co Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51040504414551,"sku":"9781476687810","price":27.54,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781476687810.jpg?v=1750946952","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/media-mindfulness-9781476687810","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}