Touch screen theory : digital devices and feelings

Touch screen theory digital devices and feelings

"Touchscreens are key elements of people's everyday lives but critical frameworks for addressing these devices and the associated promises of engagement and embodied experiences are still wanting. White proposes methods for studying touchscreens and digital engagements and expanding a vari...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: White, Michele, 1962- author (author)
Format: eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press [2022]
Edition:1st ed
Series:The MIT Press
Subjects:
Human-computer interaction > Social aspects.
Touch screens.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Technology Studies
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Social Aspects
See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009701152906719
Table of Contents:
  • Intro
  • Title Page
  • Copyright
  • Contents
  • Preface and Acknowledgments
  • Introduction: The Touchscreen That "fills the hand": Physically Touching and Emotionally Feeling Devices
  • 1. The "iPhone fingernail problem": The Gender Scripts of Capacitive Phones
  • 2. The "interface, represented as a skin": Oleophobic Coatings, Touchscreen "Scars," and "Naked" Devices
  • 3. The "heart of social media": Configuring Love Buttons, Hearting, and Members' Gender and Feelings
  • 4. Screen "Tapping into your heart": Autonomous Sensory Meridian Response Videos, ASMRtists, and Tactile Addresses
  • Afterword: Being "less touchy-feely" During the Pandemic: Socially Distancing and Emotionally Feeling
  • Selected Bibliography
  • Index.

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