Touch screen theory : digital devices and feelings / Michele White.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

White, Michele, 1962- author.

Series:

The MIT Press

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Human-computer interaction--Social aspects.

Human-computer interaction.

Touch screens.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (278 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, [2022]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"Touchscreens are key elements of people's everyday lives but critical frameworks for addressing these devices and the associated promises of engagement and embodied experiences are still wanting. White proposes methods for studying touchscreens and digital engagements and expanding a variety of research areas, including studies of digital and Internet cultures, hardware, interfaces, media and screens, and popular culture"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Intro

Title Page

Copyright

Contents

Preface and Acknowledgments

Introduction: The Touchscreen That "fills the hand": Physically Touching and Emotionally Feeling Devices

1. The "iPhone fingernail problem": The Gender Scripts of Capacitive Phones

2. The "interface, represented as a skin": Oleophobic Coatings, Touchscreen "Scars," and "Naked" Devices

3. The "heart of social media": Configuring Love Buttons, Hearting, and Members' Gender and Feelings

4. Screen "Tapping into your heart": Autonomous Sensory Meridian Response Videos, ASMRtists, and Tactile Addresses

Afterword: Being "less touchy-feely" During the Pandemic: Socially Distancing and Emotionally Feeling

Selected Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.

ISBN:

0-262-37230-4

0-262-37231-2

OCLC:

1347029022