User Error: Resisting Computer Culture

User Error explodes the myth of computer technology as juggernaut. Multimedia educator Ellen Rose shows that there is no bandwagon, no out-of-control dynamo, no titanic conspiracy to overwhelm us. Instead, there is our own desire to join the fraternity of users, a fraternity that confers legitimacy and power on those who enter the brave new world.

Rose exposes how we surrender decision-making power in personal and workplace computing situations. As users we willingly grant authority to t...