LEADER 02567oam 2200337z- 450 001 9910154717603321 005 20230913112557.0 010 $a0-19-108566-9 035 $a(CKB)4340000000019112 035 $a(BIP)055365105 035 $a(VLeBooks)9780191085673 035 $a(EXLCZ)994340000000019112 100 $a20181209cuuuuuuuu -u- - 101 0 $aeng 200 $aThe sociology of speed: digital, organizational, and social temporalities 210 $cOUP Oxford 215 $a1 online resource (224 p.) $cill 311 $a0-19-878286-1 311 $a0-19-108567-7 330 8 $aThere is a widespread perception that life is faster than it used to be. We hear constant laments that we live too fast, that time is scarce, and that the pace of everyday life is spiraling out of our control. The iconic image that abounds is that of the frenetic, technologically tethered, iPhone/iPad-addicted citizen. Yet weren't modern machines supposed to save, and thereby free up, time? The purpose of this book is to bring a much-needed sociological perspective to bear on speed: it examines how speed and acceleration came to signify the zeitgeist, and explores the political implications of this. Among the major questions addressed are: when did acceleration become the primary rationale for technological innovation and the key measure of social progress? Is acceleration occurring across all sectors of society and all aspects of life, or are some groups able to mobilise speed as a resource while others are marginalised and excluded? Does the growing centrality of technological mediations (of both information and communication) produce slower as well as faster times, waiting as well as 'busyness', stasis as well as mobility? To what extent is the contemporary imperative of speed as much a cultural artefact as a material one? To make sense of everyday life in the twenty-first century, we must begin by interrogating the social dynamics of speed. This book shows how time is a collective accomplishment, and that temporality is experienced very differently by diverse groups of people, especially between the affluent and those who service them. 606 $aQuality of life 606 $aTechnological innovations 615 0$aQuality of life 615 0$aTechnological innovations 676 $a303.483 701 $aWajcman$b Judy$0781767 701 $aDodd$b Nigel$0236447 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910154717603321 996 $aThe sociology of speed: digital, organizational, and social temporalities$94175884 997 $aUNINA