The Tyranny of E-mail: The Four-Thousand-Year Journey to Your Inbox - Couverture rigide

Freeman, John

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ISBN 10 : 1416576738 ISBN 13 : 9781416576730

Editeur : Scribner, 2009

Synopsis

Unusual book

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

The award-winning president of the National Book Critics Circle examines the astonishing growth of email—and how it is changing our lives, not always for the better.

John  Freeman  is  one  of  America’s  pre-eminent  literary critics; now in this, his first book, he presents an elegant and erudite investigation into a technology that has revolutionized the way we work, communicate, and even think.

There’s no question that email is an explosive phenomenon. The first email, developed for military use, was sent less than forty years ago; by 2011, there will be 3.2 billion users. The average corporate employee now receives upwards of 130 emails per day; by 2009 that number is expected to reach nearly 200. And the flood of messages is ceaseless: for increasing numbers of people, email means work now occupies home time as well as office hours.

Drawing extensively on the research of linguists, behavioral scientists, cultural critics, and philosophers, Freeman examines the way email is taking a mounting toll on a variety of behavior, reducing time for leisure and contemplation, despoiling subtlety and expression in language, and separating us from each other in the unending and lonely battle with the overfull inbox. He enters a plea for communication which is slower, more nuanced, and, above all, more sociable.

Biographie de l'auteur :

John Freeman is a writer and book critic who has contributed to a wide variety of publications, including The New York Times Book Review, the Los Angeles Times, People, and The Wall Street Journal. He won the 2008 James Patterson page-turner award and lives in New York City.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Scribner
• Date d'édition: 2009
• ISBN 10: 1416576738
• ISBN 13: 9781416576730
• Reliure: Relié
• Numéro d'édition: 1
• Nombre de pages: 256