Technology Magic by Richard Stivers (25 results)

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Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good Dust Jacket. 240 pp. Tightly bound. Tips of two corners lightly bumped. Rounding to cloth at heel of spine. Text is free of markings. No ownership markings. Very good dust jacket. A good, clean reading copy.

Paperback. Condition: Good+. First Paperback Edition. 6 X 0.57 X 9 inches; 240 pages; faint smudges on front cover. Some minor foxing speckles on the exterior edges of textblock. Good condition otherwise. No other noteworthy defects. No markings.; - Your satisfaction is our priority. We offer free returns and respond promptly to all inquiries. Your item will be carefully cushioned in bubble wrap and securely boxed. All orders ship on the same or next business day. Buy with confidence.…

Hardcover with Dust Jacket. Condition: FINE. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. viii, 240 pp. 8vo, black cloth, gilt spine lettering. A very small bump to head at spine, otherwise pristine. DJ crisp and bright.

Condition: Very Good. 2001. hardcover. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear. Lacking dj, remains very good. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

Condition: Very Good. 2001. hardcover. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear. Lacking dj, remains very good. . . . .

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1st edition hardback with dust jacket As New octavo 240pp., notes, index.

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Condition: New. Dieser Artikel ist ein Print on Demand Artikel und wird nach Ihrer Bestellung fuer Sie gedruckt. Stivers argues that our expectations of technology in society have led to the generation of a multitude of imitation technologies that function as magical practices once did.&Uumlber den AutorPeter StirkKlappentextr.…

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. nach der Bestellung gedruckt Neuware - Printed after ordering - What gives the mass media, particularly advertising and television, their extraordinary power over our lives, so that even the most jaded and sophisticated among us are troubled and fascinated by their allure The secret, according to Richard Stivers, in this brilliant new book, lies in the curious relationship between technology and magic. Stivers argues the two are now related to one another in such a way that each has taken on important characteristics of the other. His contention is that our expectations for technology have become magical to the point that they have generated a multitude of imitation technologies that function as magical practices. These imitation technologies flourish in the fields of psychology, management administration, and the mass media, and their paramount purpose in human adjustment and control. Advertising and television programs, in particular, contain the key magical rituals of our civilization.In a fascinating analysis of television programming, Stivers shows how various genres--news, sports, game shows, soap operas, sitcoms, etc.--have their distinct mythological symbols. Through dramatized information, they symbolically connect consumer goods and services to desired outcomes--the utopian goals of success, happiness, and health--thus enveloping technology, both real and imitation, in a magical cocoon.…

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Technology as Magic | Richard Stivers (u. a.) | Taschenbuch | Kartoniert / Broschiert | Englisch | 2001 | Continnuum-3PL | EAN 9780826413673 | Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, 36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr[at]libri[dot]de | Anbieter: preigu Print on Demand.…