The tyranny of e-mail : the four-thousand-year journey to your inbox / John Freeman.
By: Freeman, John.
Material type: TextPublisher: New York : Scribner, 2009Edition: 1st Scribner hardcover ed.Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (p. 223-228) and index.Description: x, 244 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.ISBN: 9781416576730; 1416576738.Subject(s): Electronic mail systems -- Social aspects | Electronic mail systems | Business communication | Interpersonal communicationDDC classification: 303.48/33Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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Two Weeks | Davenport Library Circulating Collection | Print-Circulating | 303.4833 F877 2009 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 34284003706421 |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 223-228) and index.
Words in motion -- The invention of now -- All together now -- This is your brain on e-mail -- Dawn of the machines -- Manifesto for a slow communication movement -- Don't send.
Freeman takes an entertaining look at the nature of correspondence through the ages, considers the consequences of email overload, and enters a plea for communication that is more selective and nuanced and, above all, more sociable.
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