(Paperback)

Over the past few generations, expectations of comfort, cleanliness and convenience have altered radically, but these dramatic changes have largely gone unnoticed. This book brings together the sociology of consumption and technology to investigate the evolution of these changes.

(Hardback)

Over the past few generations, expectations of comfort, cleanliness and convenience have altered radically, but these dramatic changes have largely gone unnoticed. This book brings together the sociology of consumption and technology to investigate the evolution of these changes.

(Hardback)

The internet, television, mobile phones, computer-based devices and other new forms of information technology are changing with influences on social life. Yet, they also pose challenges and have to be managed. This book offers an introduction to both the experience and implications of these technologies in everyday life.

(Paperback)

The internet, television, mobile phones, computer-based devices and other new forms of information technology are changing and influencing social life. Yet, they also pose challenges and have to be managed. This book offers an introduction to both the experience and implications of these technologies in everyday life.

(Paperback)

Quietly but implacably, powerful transnational corporations are gaining power over our visual world. This book exposes the interior workings of the visual content industry, which produces approximately 70 per cent of the images that define consumer cultures. It provides an exploration of industrialized commercial photography, its uses and abuses.

(Hardback)

Quietly but implacably, powerful transnational corporations are gaining power over our visual world. This book exposes the interior workings of the visual content industry, which produces approximately 70 per cent of the images that define consumer cultures. It provides an exploration of industrialized commercial photography, its uses and abuses.