Ian Hutchby: 3 books
Conversation and Technology
From the Telephone to the Internet
Language: English
Release Date: April 24, 2013
We live in a world where social interaction is increasingly mediated by technological devices. In this book, Ian Hutchby explores the impact these technologies have on our attempts to communicate. Focusing on four examples - telephones, computerized expert systems at work, speech-based systems dealing...
Children, Technology and Culture
The Impacts of Technologies in Children's Everyday Lives
Language: English
Release Date: December 2, 2013
Childhood is increasingly saturated by technology: from television to the Internet, video games to 'video nasties', camcorders to personal computers. Children, Technology and Culture looks at the interplay of children and technology which poses critical questions for how we understand the nature of...
Confrontation Talk
Arguments, Asymmetries, and Power on Talk Radio
Language: English
Release Date: November 5, 2013
Using conversation analysis to explore the nature of argument, asymmetry, and power on talk radio, this book focuses on the interplay between the structures of talk in interaction and the structures of participation on talk radio. In the process, it demonstrates how conversation analysis may be used...