Paperback
A finger’s touch unlocks effortless control: How buttons shaped our world.
Power Button
A History of Pleasure, Panic, and the Politics of Pushing
- Paperback
424 pages
- Release Date
30 April 2024
Summary
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 ubiquitous? Why do people love them, loathe them, and fear them?
In Power Button, Rachel Plotnick traces the origins of today’s push-button society by examining how buttons have been made, distri…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780262551953 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0262551950 |
| Author: | Rachel Plotnick |
| Publisher: | MIT Press Ltd |
| Imprint: | MIT Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 424 |
| Release Date: | 30 April 2024 |
| Weight: | 369g |
| Dimensions: | 203mm x 137mm |
About The Author
Rachel Plotnick
Rachel Plotnick is Assistant Professor in the Media School at Indiana University-Bloomington.
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