[AI Summary]: Grant Wythoff, Digital Humanities Strategist at Princeton CDH, publishes a new book examining how users experience and influence technological change. The book develops a “media theory from below” focused on users’ techniques and embodied know-how, arguing that users serve as agents of technological change rather than passive recipients. The work traces tech language evolution (like “gadget”) and concludes with reflections on AI’s rise and users’ power to shape technology’s future.
- Author: Grant Wythoff
- Title: A User’s Guide to the Age of Tech
- Publisher: University of Minnesota Press
- Year: 2025
- Focus: User experience, technological change, technique vs tools
- Key Concept: “Media theory from below” - focusing on embodied user knowledge