Pressed for time : the acceleration of life in digital capitalism / Judy Wajcman.
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TextPublisher: Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, 2015Description: x, 215 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 24 cmContent type: text | still image Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780226196473 (hbk.) :Subject(s): Time -- Sociological aspects | Time pressure | Time perception -- Social aspects | Information technology -- Social aspects | Technological innovations -- Social aspects | Environment and ecology | Environment and EcologyDDC classification: 304.2'37 Summary: The technologically tethered, iPhone-addicted figure is an image we can easily conjure. Most of us complain that there aren't enough hours in the day and too many e-mails in our thumb-accessible inboxes. This widespread perception that life is faster than it used to be is now ingrained in our culture, and smartphones and the Internet are continually being blamed. But isn't the sole purpose of the smartphone to give us such quick access to people and information that we'll be free to do other things? Isn't technology supposed to make our lives easier? In this book, Judy Wajcman explains why we immediately interpret our experiences with digital technology as inexorably accelerating everyday life.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
The technologically tethered, iPhone-addicted figure is an image we can easily conjure. Most of us complain that there aren't enough hours in the day and too many e-mails in our thumb-accessible inboxes. This widespread perception that life is faster than it used to be is now ingrained in our culture, and smartphones and the Internet are continually being blamed. But isn't the sole purpose of the smartphone to give us such quick access to people and information that we'll be free to do other things? Isn't technology supposed to make our lives easier? In this book, Judy Wajcman explains why we immediately interpret our experiences with digital technology as inexorably accelerating everyday life.
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