Power Button : A History of Pleasure, Panic, and the Politics of Pushing /

Push a button and turn on the television; tap a button and get a ride; click a button and "like" something. The touch of a finger can set an appliance, a car, or a system in motion, even if the user doesn't understand the underlying mechanisms or algorithms. How did buttons become so...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Plotnick, Rachel (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Cambridge, MA : The MIT Press, [2018]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Sozialpsychologie
Macht > Motiv
Befehl > Informatik
Schalter
Knopf
Klingel
Objekt > Philosophie
Social psychology.
Object (Philosophy)
Industrial revolution.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Mechanical.
social psychology.
Objet (Philosophie)
Revolution industrielle.
Psychologie sociale.
Interrupteurs electriques > Aspect psychologique > Histoire.
Psychology, Social
Electric switchgear > Psychological aspects > History.
Remote control > Psychological aspects > History.
History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Intro; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; I You Rang?; 1 Setting the Stage; 2 Ringing for Service; 3 Servants out of Sight; II Automagically; 4 Distant Effects; 5 We Do the Rest; 6 Let There Be Light; III Imagining Digital Command; 7 What's a Button Good For?; 8 Anyone Can Push a Button; 9 Push for Your Pleasure; 10 Conclusion; Further Reading; Notes; References; Index.

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