An edition of Pressed for time
(2014)
Pressed for time
the acceleration of life in digital capitalism
by Judy Wajcman
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[Here], Judy Wajcman explains why we immediately interpret our experiences with digital technology as inexorably accelerating everyday life. She argues that we are not mere hostages to communication devices, and the sense of always being rushed is the result of the priorities and parameters we ourselves set rather than the machines that help us set them. ..."--Book jacket.
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Pressed for Time: The Acceleration of Life in Digital Capitalism
2014, University of Chicago Press
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Book Details
First Sentence
"Time, it seems, is at a premium."
Table of Contents
Introduction. Tools for time
High-speed society: is the pace of life accelerating?
Time and motion: machines and the making of modernity
The time-pressure paradox
Working with constant connectivity
Doing domestic time
Time to talk: intimacy through technology
Finding time in a digital age.
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Includes index.
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Work Description
An examination of the affects of information and communication technologies on the perception of time and space.
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