Mobile Apps

Current Controversies

by Sylvia Engdahl (Editor)

The average smartphone user in the U.S. spends 5 hours a day on their smartphone, and 85 percent of that time is spent using apps. This anthology provides your readers with a complete overview of the issues raised by the growing use of mobile apps. It contains a diverse collection of writings by foremost authorities in the field, which express contrasting viewpoints on the topics discussed in each chapter. Each chapter presents an important question, such as "Should Controversial Mobile Apps Be Taken off the Market?" and the opinions that follow are grouped into "yes" and "no" categories. By evaluating contrasting opinions, readers can attain an objective knowledge of the subject. Fact boxes are included to summarize important information for researchers.

224 pages, Library Binding

First published October 21, 2013

About the author

Sylvia Engdahl is the author of eleven science fiction novels, six of which, including the Newbery Honor book Enchantress from the Stars, are YA books also enjoyed by many adults. Although she is best known as an author for Young Adults, her most recent novels, the Founders of Maclairn duology (Stewards of the Flame and Promise of the Flame) and the Captain of Estel trilogy (Defender of the Flame, Herald of the Flame, and Envoy of the Flame) are adult science fiction and are not appropriate for readers below high school age. For FAQs about them and more, visit her website.

She has also written a nonfiction book, The Planet-Girded Suns: Our Forebears' Firm Belief in Inhabited Exoplanets, of which updated and expanded paperback and ebook editions were published in 2012, and three collections of her essays. Most of the nonfiction books listed under her name were edited, rather than written, by her as a freelance editor of anthologies for high schools.

Engdahl says, "I never listed more than a few of the books I read here and now the list is so outdated that i have removed all but a very few that are still among my favorites, plus ebooks I produced for my mother and for my friend Shirley Rousseau Murphy. For current lists of good books on the subjects I care about, please visit the Opinion section of my website."

Reviews

[Megan · Rating 3 out of 5]

Mobile Apps takes a look at differing viewpoints on four of the major controversies regarding apps today: 1. Is there a need for oversight of the App industry to protect privacy? 2. Should controversial mobile apps be taken off the market? 3. Why are web based mobile apps overtaking native apps? and 4. What effect is the app economy having on society? Instead of answering these questions directly, this volume provides differing opinions on each topic backed with research. The information is solid and current. Included is a list of organizations and web resources, bibliography, and index.

I would recommend this for any nonfiction teen collection. This would be a great resource for research on the topic.