Consuming Technologies
Title | Consuming Technologies PDF eBook |
Author | Eric Hirsch |
Publisher | Routledge |
Pages | 249 |
Release | 2003-09-02 |
Genre | Education |
ISBN | 1134817576 |
Consuming Technologies opens for analysis some crucial but rarely examined areas of social, cultural and economic life. At its core is a concern with the complex set of relationships that mark and define the place of the domestic in the modern world, and an explanation of the relationship between the domestic and public spheres as they are mediated by consumption and technology.
Consuming Technologies
Title | Consuming Technologies PDF eBook |
Author | Eric Hirsch |
Publisher | Routledge |
Pages | 264 |
Release | 2003-09-02 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 1134817568 |
Consuming Technologies opens for analysis some crucial but rarely examined areas of social, cultural and economic life. At its core is a concern with the complex set of relationships that mark and define the place of the domestic in the modern world, and an explanation of the relationship between the domestic and public spheres as they are mediated by consumption and technology.
Consuming Technologies
Title | Consuming Technologies PDF eBook |
Author | Roger Silverstone |
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Release | 1994 |
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Consuming Music in the Digital Age
Title | Consuming Music in the Digital Age PDF eBook |
Author | Raphaël Nowak |
Publisher | Springer |
Pages | 150 |
Release | 2016-01-26 |
Genre | Music |
ISBN | 1137492562 |
This book addresses the issue of music consumption in the digital era of technologies. It explores how individuals use music in the context of their everyday lives and how, in return, music acquires certain roles within everyday contexts and more broadly in their life narratives.
Consuming Music Together
Title | Consuming Music Together PDF eBook |
Author | Kenton O'Hara |
Publisher | Springer Science & Business Media |
Pages | 332 |
Release | 2006-01-09 |
Genre | Computers |
ISBN | 9781402040313 |
Listening to, buying and sharing music is an immensely important part of everyday life. Yet recent technological developments are increasingly changing how we use and consume music. This book collects together the most recent studies of music consumption, and new developments in music technology. It combines the perspectives of both social scientists and technology designers, uncovering how new music technologies are actually being used, along with discussions of new music technologies still in development. With a specific focus on the social nature of music, the book breaks new ground in bringing together discussions of both the social and technological aspects of music use. Chapters cover topics such as the use of the iPod, music technologies which encourage social interaction in public places, and music sharing on the internet. A valuable collection for anyone concerned with the future of music technology, this book will be of particular interest to those designing new music technologies, those working in the music industry, along with students of music and new technology.
Technologies of Consumer Labor
Title | Technologies of Consumer Labor PDF eBook |
Author | Michael Palm |
Publisher | Routledge |
Pages | 280 |
Release | 2016-11-03 |
Genre | Technology & Engineering |
ISBN | 1317287193 |
This book documents and examines the history of technology used by consumers to serve oneself. The telephone’s development as a self-service technology functions as the narrative spine, beginning with the advent of rotary dialing eliminating most operator services and transforming every local connection into an instance of self-service. Today, nearly a century later, consumers manipulate 0-9 keypads on a plethora of digital machines. Throughout the book Palm employs a combination of historical, political-economic and cultural analysis to describe how the telephone keypad was absorbed into business models across media, retail and financial industries, as the interface on everyday machines including the ATM, cell phone and debit card reader. He argues that the naturalization of self-service telephony shaped consumers’ attitudes and expectations about digital technology.
Technology and Consumption
Title | Technology and Consumption PDF eBook |
Author | Ruby Roy Dholakia |
Publisher | Springer Science & Business Media |
Pages | 222 |
Release | 2012-05-16 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 1461421586 |
Technology and Household Consumption is a comprehensive text that provides insights into technology’s impact on consumer behavior and the household environment. Consumption and consumer behavior has become a very important subject of study that is now covered in many disciplines including family economics, culture studies, and feminist/women studies. In the first section, this book provides a historical perspective on how consumer behaviors have changed because of technology and how technology itself has changed. Data on ownership and expenditures is detailed in describing the penetration of technology in the household and changes over time. In the examination of demographics and social changes, an emphasis is placed on women and children. As it is important to understand the entry paths and factors that influence them, the book also introduces a research framework to understanding the adoption and utilization of household technologies. In the second section, the book examines specific household technologies and consumption experiences including shopping choices and behaviors, entertainment outlets and availability, communications technologies, and working at home. The book concludes with a section on the relationships between marketers and consumers.