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The tyranny of e-mail : the four-thousand-year journey to your inbox / John Freeman.

By: Freeman, John, 1974-.
Material type: TextTextPublisher: 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: 303.48/33
Contents:
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.
Summary: 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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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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