Buch, Englisch, 186 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 385 g
A History of Self-Service
Buch, Englisch, 186 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 385 g
Reihe: Routledge Research in Cultural and Media Studies
ISBN: 978-1-138-18647-7
Verlag: CRC Press
This book documents and examines the history of technology used by consumers to serve oneself. The telephone’s development as a self-service technology functions as the narrative spine, beginning with the advent of rotary dialing eliminating most operator services and transforming every local connection into an instance of self-service. Today, nearly a century later, consumers manipulate 0-9 keypads on a plethora of digital machines. Throughout the book Palm employs a combination of historical, political-economic and cultural analysis to describe how the telephone keypad was absorbed into business models across media, retail and financial industries, as the interface on everyday machines including the ATM, cell phone and debit card reader. He argues that the naturalization of self-service telephony shaped consumers’ attitudes and expectations about digital technology.
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Fachgebiete
- Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Mentalitäts- und Sozialgeschichte
- Technische Wissenschaften Technik Allgemein Technologie: Soziale & Ethische Aspekte
- Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Mediensoziologie
- Sozialwissenschaften Medien- und Kommunikationswissenschaften Medienwissenschaften
Weitere Infos & Material
Introduction: Phoning It In, or Consumer Labor and the Telephone
1. Please Help Yourself: Self-Service Shopping and the "Revolution in Distribution"
2. Phantom of the Operator: Rotary Dialing and the Automation of Everyday Life
3. Then Press #: Touch-Tone Phones and Digital Interface
4. What’s in a PIN? ATMs and Keypads beyond the Telephone
Conclusion: Smart Phones and the Costs of Payment
