Strange Contagion

Released on by Lee Daniel Kravetz
preview-18

  • Strange Contagion Book Detail

  • Author : Lee Daniel Kravetz
  • Release Date : 2017-06-27
  • Publisher : HarperCollins
  • Genre : Psychology
  • Pages : 270
  • ISBN 13 : 0062448951
  • File Size : 88,88 MB
DOWNLOAD BOOK

Strange Contagion by Lee Daniel Kravetz PDF Summary

Book Description: Picking up where The Tipping Point leaves off, respected journalist Lee Daniel Kravetz’s Strange Contagion is a provocative look at both the science and lived experience of social contagion. In 2009, tragedy struck the town of Palo Alto: A student from the local high school had died by suicide by stepping in front of an oncoming train. Grief-stricken, the community mourned what they thought was an isolated loss. Until, a few weeks later, it happened again. And again. And again. In six months, the high school lost five students to suicide at those train tracks. A recent transplant to the community and a new father himself, Lee Daniel Kravetz’s experience as a science journalist kicked in: what was causing this tragedy? More important, how was it possible that a suicide cluster could develop in a community of concerned, aware, hyper-vigilant adults? The answer? Social contagion. We all know that ideas, emotions, and actions are communicable—from mirroring someone’s posture to mimicking their speech patterns, we are all driven by unconscious motivations triggered by our environment. But when just the right physiological, psychological, and social factors come together, we get what Kravetz calls a "strange contagion:" a perfect storm of highly common social viruses that, combined, form a highly volatile condition. Strange Contagion is simultaneously a moving account of one community’s tragedy and a rigorous investigation of social phenomenon, as Kravetz draws on research and insights from experts worldwide to unlock the mystery of how ideas spread, why they take hold, and offer thoughts on our responsibility to one another as citizens of a globally and perpetually connected world.

Disclaimer: www.yourbookbest.com does not own Strange Contagion books pdf, neither created or scanned. We just provide the link that is already available on the internet, public domain and in Google Drive. If any way it violates the law or has any issues, then kindly mail us via contact us page to request the removal of the link.

Strange Contagion

Strange Contagion

File Size : 23,23 MB
Total View : 4451 Views
DOWNLOAD

Picking up where The Tipping Point leaves off, respected journalist Lee Daniel Kravetz’s Strange Contagion is a provocative look at both the science and lived

Contagion

Contagion

File Size : 6,6 MB
Total View : 8872 Views
DOWNLOAD

The first book in the spine-tingling Dark Matter trilogy about the frightening effects of a biological experiment gone wrong. An epidemic is sweeping the countr

Emotional Contagion

Emotional Contagion

File Size : 73,73 MB
Total View : 5101 Views
DOWNLOAD

A study of the phenomenon of emotion contagion, or the communication of mood to others.

Embodying Contagion

Embodying Contagion

File Size : 81,81 MB
Total View : 2968 Views
DOWNLOAD

Brings together new research that lays out the current state of contagion studies, from the perspective of media studies, monster studies, and the medical human