Description
Book SynopsisA A well--written, innovative book, which makes an important contribution to current debates about the role of communication technology in society. A Based upon his own case studies, Hutchby shows how human conversation is being shaped by technological media such as the telephone, the Internet and video--conferencing.
Trade Review"'Postmodern babble has done little to help us understand how contemporary communication technologies have changed our world. This book fills a crucial gap in our knowledge by sticking to a focus on how ordinary people actually interact with these technologies. Using the insights of conversation analysis in an easy to understand way, this impressive volume will be required reading for students of work, technology, organizations and cultural studies."
David Silverman, Professor Emeritus of Sociology, Goldsmiths' College, London
Table of ContentsChapter 1: Introduction: Technologies for Communication.
Chapter 2: The Communicative Affordances of Technological Artifacts.
Chapter 3: Communication as Computation?.
Chapter 4: Talk in Interaction.
Chapter 5: The Telephone: Technology of Sociability.
Chapter 6: Telephone Interaction and Social Identity.
Chapter 7: Technological Mediation and Asymmetrical Interaction.
Chapter 8: Computers, Humans, Conversation.
Chapter 9: Virtual Conversation.
Chapter 10: Conclusion: A Reversion to the Real?.
Appendix: Transcription Conventions.
Bibliography.
Index
