The Culture of Efficiency: Technology in Everyday Life reveals how people are managing, exploiting, and resisting technological developments in the digital age. In this unique volume, distinguished experts from a broad range of fields candidly show how the latest technologies are being used to transform and control nitty-gritty aspects of life from conception onward and the surprising benefits and consequences. Bold and provocative, The Culture of Efficiency is for everyone concerned with efficiency and effectiveness. It offers fresh insights about social trends, practical suggestions for improving everyday life, and vital forecasts about the future of work and leisure. This is essential reading for researchers, professionals, and students in communication, sociology, education, anthropology, psychology, organizational science, operations management, marketing, gender studies, environmental studies, American studies, healthcare, and social policy. Overall, the volume offers a rich interpretation of the meaning of living in a culture of efficiency.
| ISBN: | 9781433104213 |
| Publication date: | 20th August 2009 |
| Author: | Sharon Kleinman |
| Publisher: | Peter Lang Publishing Inc |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 390 pages |
| Series: | Digital Formations |
| Genres: |
Communication studies Regional / International studies Media studies Gender studies: women and girls Sociology: family and relationships Sociology: work and labour Child, developmental and lifespan psychology Occupational and industrial psychology Publishing industry and journalism Health and safety in the workplace |