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This book explores major themes related to where to live in America, not only about the acquisition of a home but also the ways in which where one lives relates to one’s cultural identity. It shows how changes in media and information technology are shaping both our housing choices and our understanding of the meaning of personal place.
List of contents
Preface
Chapter 1: Where to live as an information problem: three contemporary examples - William Aspray and Melissa G. Ocepek
Chapter 2: Turning in place: Real estate agents and the move from information custodians to information brokers - Steve Sawyer
Chapter 3: The Evolving Residential Real Estate Information Ecosystem: The Rise of Zillow - James W. Cortada
Chapter 4: Privacy, Surveillance, and the "Smart Home" - Philip Doty
Chapter 5: This Old House, Fixer Upper, and Better Homes & Gardens: The Housing Crisis and Media Sources - Melissa G. Ocepek
Chapter 6: A Community Responds to Growth: An Information Story About What Makes for a Good Place to Live." - Hannah Weber, Vaughan Nagy, Janghee Cho, and William Aspray
Chapter 7: The Valley Between Us: The meta-hodology of racial segregation in Milwaukee, Wisconsin - Judith Pintar
Chapter 8: Modeling Hope: Boundary Objects and Design Patterns in a Heartland Heterotopia- David Hopping
Chapter 9: Home buying in Everyday Life: How Emotion and Time Pressure Shape High Stakes Deciders' Information Behavior - Carol F. Landry
Chapter 10: In Search of Home: Examining Information Seeking and Sources That Help African Americans Determine Where to Live - Jamillah R. Gabriel
Chapter 11: Where to Live in Retirement: A Complex Information Problem- William Aspray
Chapter 12: Closing Statement
About the Editors and Contributors
About the author
Luis Díaz-Santana Garza is professor of music history and guitar at the Autonomous University of Zacatecas in Zacatecas, Mexico.William Aspray, professor of information science, University of Colorado Boulder. Author or editor of more than 25 books on the history of computing, mathematics, and information, has written for such presses as MIT Press, Basic Books, and Springer.
