Technology as Magic

Author: Richard Stivers
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Binding: Paperback
ISBN: 0826413676

Technology as Magic: The Triumph of the Irrational

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. Get Technology as Magic computer books for free.
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 Check Technology as Magic our best computer books for 2013. All books are available in pdf format and downloadable from rapidshare, 4shared, and mediafire.

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Stivers argues the two are now related to one another in such a way that each has taken on important characteristics of the other These imitation technologies flourish in the fields of psychology, management administration, and

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