interfaces as a notable example of the way technology is utilized to placate impatient users. Mobile media scholars may also be interested in Chapter 6 and the use of wax marked seals on letters. Similar to the read receipt functionality on smartphone messaging applications, the marked seal implicated both the sender and recipient’s experience of waiting by conferring authorship to the former, and the possibility to verify the content to the latter. However, a lack of signposting throughout the book makes it difficult to discern how each individual chapter contributes to the book’s overall thesis. Farman details each case study at length, drawing upon a mix of interviews, archival research, and his own experience of waiting. Less attention is paid to how each case study contributes towards or subverts normative conceptions of time and waiting. The writing is also more descriptive than analytical, meaning the reader is often left to draw their own conclusions. More detailed discussion about the attempts to commodify and control waiting in the context of mail scheduling apps such as Boomerang, or trends such as slow food, slow fashion, and slow media would have been welcome to more effectively address the economic and social appeal of waiting. As it stands, these issues only get cursory attention. Perhaps the major takeaway from Delayed Response is that the communicative aspects of waiting are amorphous and difficult to generalize.

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书评：Robert J. Foster 和 Heather A. Horst（主编），手机的道德经济：太平洋岛屿观点

界面作为利用技术来安抚不耐烦的用户的方式的一个显着例子。移动媒体学者也可能对第 6 章和信件上蜡印印章的使用感兴趣。与智能手机消息应用程序上的阅读回执功能类似，标记的印章通过将作者身份授予前者来暗示发送者和接收者的等待体验，以及向后者验证内容的可能性。然而，由于缺乏贯穿全书的路标，因此很难辨别每一章对本书的整体论点有何贡献。法曼详细介绍了每个案例研究，结合了访谈、档案研究和他自己的等待经验。较少关注每个案例研究如何促进或颠覆时间和等待的规范概念。写作也更具描述性而不是分析性，这意味着读者经常会得出自己的结论。欢迎更详细地讨论在 Boomerang 等邮件调度应用程序中尝试商品化和控制等待，或慢食、慢时尚和慢媒体等趋势，以更有效地解决等待的经济和社会吸引力. 目前，这些问题只得到粗略的关注。也许延迟响应的主要收获是等待的交流方面是不确定的，难以概括。或诸如慢食、慢时尚和慢媒体之类的趋势将受到欢迎，以更有效地解决等待的经济和社会吸引力。目前，这些问题只得到粗略的关注。也许延迟响应的主要收获是等待的交流方面是不确定的，难以概括。或诸如慢食、慢时尚和慢媒体之类的趋势将受到欢迎，以更有效地解决等待的经济和社会吸引力。目前，这些问题只得到粗略的关注。也许延迟响应的主要收获是等待的交流方面是不确定的，难以概括。