Texture: Human Expression in the Age of Communications Overload

by Richard H.R. Harper

Book Overview

Why we complain about communication overload even as we seek new ways to communicate.

Our workdays are so filled with emails, instant messaging, and RSS feeds that we complain that there's not enough time to get our actual work done. At home, we are besieged by telephone calls on landlines and cell phones, the beeps that signal text messages, and work emails on our BlackBerrys. It's too much, we cry (or type) as we update our...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262518147
• ISBN13: 9780262518147
• Release Date: September 2012
• Publisher: MIT Press
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 0.74 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.2" x 7.8"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher