Barcode
$20.43
- Paperback
152 pages
- Release Date
27 December 2023
Summary
Object Lessons is a series of short, beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of ordinary things.
Barcodes are about as ordinary as an object can be. Billions of them are scanned each day and they impact everything from how we shop to how we travel to how the global economy is managed. But few people likely give them more than a second thought. In a way, the barcode’s ordinariness is the ultimate symbol of its success.
However, behind the mundanity of the barcode lies…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781501399916 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1501399918 |
| Author: | Jordan Frith |
| Publisher: | Bloomsbury Publishing Plc |
| Imprint: | Bloomsbury Academic |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 152 |
| Release Date: | 27 December 2023 |
| Weight: | 142g |
| Dimensions: | 164mm x 120mm x 16mm |
| Series: | Object Lessons |
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Critics Review
Jordan Frith’s engaging storytelling and analysis makes Barcode a page-turner. He transforms the technical into the human, bringing lively cultural, political, and social analysis to something most of us overlook every day. But beware: After reading this book, you’ll want to talk about barcodes all the time. * Torie Bosch, Editor, First Opinion, STAT *
About The Author
Jordan Frith
Jordan Frith is Pearce Professor of Professional Communication, Clemson University, USA. He is the author of five books, including A Billion Little Pieces: RFID and Infrastructures of Identification (2019) and Smartphones as Locative Media (2015).
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