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Author Rose, Ellen, 1959-

Title User error : resisting computer culture / Ellen Rose.

Imprint Toronto, Ont. : Between the Lines, c2003.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe 3rd Floor Stacks  303.4834 R72u 2003    ---  Available
Description 204 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. 195-202) and index.
Contents Introduction : Do you compute? -- "We like to be smart" : the mythology of computer use -- The ultimate hack : a sociology and history of the computer user -- "Problem exists between chair and keyboard" : producing the user -- Caveat emptor : the emergence of the user-consumer -- User documentation : telling stories about the user -- Anxiety attacks : pathologizing the technophobic user -- Songs of innocence and experience : the youthful user -- Conclusion : the future user.
Subject Computers and civilization.
Human-computer interaction.
ISBN 1896357792 (pbk.)

 
    
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