%0 Journal Article %T Control Freaks: How Online and Mobile Communication is Reshaping Social Contact %A Naomi Susan Baron %J Language at Work : Bridging Theory and Practice %D 2012 %I %X The year was 1956. At the time, the word ˇ°computerˇ± referred to a roomful of hardware. ˇ°Telephonesˇ± were bulky black devices, tethered to walls (and, at least in the US, exclusively owned by the phone company). But a new gadget appeared on the scene that was destined to revolutionize our perceptions of technology ¨C and our ability to manipulate it. The new contraption was a television remote control. %U http://ojs.statsbiblioteket.dk/index.php/law/article/view/6173