Pressed for time
Subtitle: the acceleration of life in digital capitalism
By: Judy Wajcman
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Published: 2015
Place of publication: Chicago, USA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 215
ISBN-13: 9780226196473
Copyright date: 2015
Subjects: Sociological aspects; Time; Social aspects; Technological innovations; Time pressure; Information technology; Time perception
First sentence: Time, it seems, is at a premium.
Description: [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.
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction. Tools for time; title: High-speed society: is the pace of life accelerating?; title: Time and motion: machines and the making of modernity; title: The time-pressure paradox; title: Working with constant connectivity; title: Doing domestic time; title: Time to talk: intimacy through technology; title: Finding time in a digital age.