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Articles by Ethan Tussey
Streaming Mind, Streaming Body
Curator's Note Writing at the twilight of the televisual age, just before TV was swallowed up by the Internet and rendered so much streaming content, philosopher Bernard Stiegler rang the alarm bells.
Prokrastynacja. Kto zarabia na twojej przerwie?
Czy zdarzyło Wam się kiedyś oderwać od pracy i nauki, żeby przejrzeć Facebooka lub Twittera? Słuchać muzyki w trakcie dojazdów do pracy? Grać na telefonie w poczekalni u dentysty, żeby tylko nie myśleć, co czeka Was za drzwiami? No właśnie. Ethan Tussey, amerykański medioznawca, postanowił przyjrzeć się temu, co dzieje się z czasem, w którym nie robimy nic konkretnego – wracamy do domu, relaksujemy się przez chwilę w pracy czy stoimy w kolejce.
Procrastination and Technology
As we become more and more inclined to the digital world it's important to know how we're spending our waiting time.
How “media snacks” - from HQ Trivia to Candy Crush - are transforming the workplace
When Snow White sang “Whistle While You Work,” she was participating in a long tradition of using entertainment to manage the stresses of labor. That same year, factory owners in the United Kingdom became interested in exploring whether music could improve productivity and invested in research to determine the optimal tunes for doing so. Workers welcomed the change, viewing it as a reprieve from the mind-numbing monotony of the mechanical age.
How 'media snacks' like HQ Trivia are transforming the workplace
HQ is just one selection on the menu of what some have dubbed "media snacks." HQ Trivia When Snow White sang "Whistle While You Work," she was participating in a long tradition of using entertainment to manage the stresses of labor. That same year, factory owners in the United Kingdom became interested in exploring whether music could improve productivity and invested in research to determine the optimal tunes for doing so.
Here is how you can justify playing HQ Trivia at work
When Snow White sang “Whistle While You Work,” she was participating in a long tradition of using entertainment to manage the stresses of labor. That same year, factory owners in the United Kingdom became interested in exploring whether music could improve productivity and invested in research to determine the optimal tunes for doing so. Workers welcomed the change, viewing it as a reprieve from the mind-numbing monotony of the mechanical age.
How 'media snacks' - from HQ Trivia to Candy Crush - are transforming the workplace
(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.)(THE CONVERSATION) When Snow White sang “Whistle While You Work,” she was participating in a long tradition of using entertainment to manage the stresses of labor. That same year, factory owners in the United Kingdom became interested in exploring whether music could improve productivity and invested in research to determine the optimal tunes for doing so.
How 'media snacks' - from HQ Trivia to Candy Crush - are transforming the workplace
Written by Ethan Tussey, Associate Professor in the School of Film, Media & Theatre, Georgia State University When Snow White sang “Whistle While You Work[1],” she was participating in a long tradition of using entertainment to manage the stresses of labor. That same year, factory owners in the United Kingdom became interested in exploring whether music could improve productivity[2] and invested in research to determine the optimal tunes for doing so.
How ‘Media Snacks’ - From HQ Trivia To Candy Crush - Are Transforming The Workplace
When Snow White sang “Whistle While You Work,” she was participating in a long tradition of using entertainment to manage the stresses of labor. That same year, factory owners in the United Kingdom became interested in exploring whether music could improve productivity and invested in research to determine the optimal tunes for doing so. Workers welcomed the change, viewing it as a reprieve from the mind-numbing monotony of the mechanical age.
How 'media snacks' - from HQ Trivia to Candy Crush - are transforming the workplace
(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.)(THE CONVERSATION) When Snow White sang “Whistle While You Work,” she was participating in a long tradition of using entertainment to manage the stresses of labor. That same year, factory owners in the United Kingdom became interested in exploring whether music could improve productivity and invested in research to determine the optimal tunes for doing so.
How 'media snacks' – from HQ Trivia to Candy Crush – are transforming the workplace
When Snow White sang “Whistle While You Work,” she was participating in a long tradition of using entertainment to manage the stresses of labor. That same year, factory owners in the United Kingdom became interested in exploring whether music could improve productivity and invested in research to determine the optimal tunes for doing so. Workers welcomed the change, viewing it as a reprieve from the mind-numbing monotony of the mechanical age.
Everyone hates cellphones. Why they're all wrong
Ethan Tussey is an assistant professor of film and media at Georgia State University. His book, " The Procrastination Economy: The Big Business of Downtime ," (NYU Press, 2018) details the social and economic value of mobile device use. The views expressed in this commentary are his own. (CNN) In a nation as divided as ours, it is difficult to find a topic that most people agree on -- but concern regarding our (over)use of cellphones is one of them.
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