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The procrastination economy : the big business of downtime /

In moments of downtime - waiting for a friend to arrive or commuting to work - we pull out our phones for a few minutes of distraction. Just as television reoriented the way we think about living rooms, mobile devices have taken over the interstitial spaces of our everyday lives. Ethan Tussey argues...

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Détails bibliographiques
Cote:Libro Electrónico
Auteur principal: Tussey, Ethan (Auteur)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: New York : New York University Press, [2018]
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Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • Introduction
  • The procrastination economy and the mobile day part
  • The workplace: snacks and flows
  • The commute: "smart cars" and tweets from trains
  • The waiting room: profiting from boredom
  • The "connected" living room : the idiot box gets a diploma
  • Conclusion: the procrastination economy in the era of ubiquitous computing and the internet of things
  • Acknowledgments
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index
  • About the author.