{"product_id":"9781926662435","title":"User Error: Resisting Computer Culture","description":"\u003cp\u003e       \u003cem\u003eUser Error\u003c\/em\u003e explodes the myth of computer technology as juggernaut. Multimedia educator Ellen Rose shows that there is no bandwagon, no out-of-control dynamo, no titanic conspiracy to overwhelm us. Instead, there is our own desire to join the fraternity of users, a fraternity that confers legitimacy and power on those who enter the brave new world.\u003c\/p\u003e       \u003cp\u003eRose exposes how we surrender decision-making power in personal and workplace computing situations. As users we willingly grant authority to the creators of software, support materials, and the seductive infrastructure of technocracy.\u003c\/p\u003e       \u003cp\u003e“Smart” users are rewarded; reluctant users are pathologized. User identity is deliberately constructed at the crossroads of industry, consumer demand, and complicity. \u003cem\u003eUser Error\u003c\/em\u003e sounds a timely alarm, calling on all of us who use the new technologies to recognize how we are being co-opted. With awareness we can reassert our own responsibility and power in this increasingly important interaction.\u003c\/p\u003e       \u003cp\u003eSavvy, accessible, and up-to-date, \u003cem\u003eUser Error\u003c\/em\u003e offers insight, inspiration, and strategies of resistance to general readers, technology professionals, students, and scholars alike.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Between the Lines","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47154225840368,"sku":"9781926662435","price":17.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781926662435_p0.jpg?v=1763635473","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781926662435","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}