The Tyranny of E-mail

von John Freeman

258 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

There’s no question that e-mail is an incredible phenomenon that represents a kind of cultural and technological advancement. The first e-mail was sent less than forty years ago; by 2011, there will be 3.2 billion e-mail users. The average corporate worker now receives upwards of two hundred e-mails per day. The flood of messages is ceaseless and follows us everywhere.In The Tyranny of E-mail, John Freeman takes an entertaining look at the unrelenting nature of correspondence through the ages. Put down your smart phone and consider the consequences. As the toll of e-mail mounts, reducing our time for leisure and contemplation and separating us in an unending and lonely battle with the overfull inbox, John Freeman—one of America’s preeminent literary critics—enters a plea for communication that is more selective and nuanced and, above all, more sociable.

• Reihe: No Series
• Themen: Informatik und Informationstechnologie Allgemeine Themen Soziale und ethische Aspekte
• ISBN: 9781416576747
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 11.01.2011
• Größe: 216 x 140 mm
• Verlag: Scribner