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Author Freeman, John, 1974-

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

Imprint New York : Scribner, 2009.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe 3rd Floor Stacks  303.4833 F877t 2009    ---  Available
Edition 1st Scribner hardcover ed.
Description x, 244 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. 223-228) and index.
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.
Subject Electronic mail systems -- Social aspects.
Electronic mail systems.
Business communication.
Interpersonal communication.
ISBN 9781416576730 (hc)
1416576738

 
    
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