Published 2017 by Prometheus Books

Think Before You Like: Social Media's Effect on the Brain and the Tools You Need to Navigate Your Newsfeed. Copyright © 2017 by Guy P. Harrison. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, digital, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, or conveyed via the Internet or a website without prior written permission of the publisher, except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles and reviews.

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: Harrison, Guy P., author.

Title: Think before you like : social media's effect on the brain and the tools you need to navigate your newsfeed / by Guy P. Harrison.

Description: Amherst, New York : Prometheus Books, [2017] | Includes bibliographical references and index. | Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed.

Identifiers: LCCN 2017022168 (print) | LCCN 2017041881 (ebook) | ISBN 9781633883529 (ebook) | ISBN 9781633883512 (pbk.)

Subjects: LCSH: Social media—Psychological aspects. | Brain—Psychology. | Online social networks. | Critical thinking.

Classification: LCC HM742 (ebook) | LCC HM742 .H378 2017 (print) | DDC 302.30285—dc23

LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2017022168

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