{"product_id":"ok-michelle-mcsweeney-9781501367182","title":"Ok","description":"\u003cp\u003eObject Lessons is a series of short, beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of ordinary things. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"OK\" as a word accepts proposals, describes the world as satisfactory (but not good), provides conversational momentum, or even agrees (or disagrees). OK as an object, however, tells a story of how technology writes itself into language, permanently altering communication. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOK is a young word, less than 200 years old. It began as an acronym for \"all correct\" when the steam-powered printing press pushed newspapers into the mainstream. Today it is spoken and written by nearly everyone in the world. Drawing on linguistics, history, and new media studies, Michelle McSweeney traces OK from its birth in the Penny Presses through telephone lines, grammar books, and television signals into the digital age. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNearly ubiquitous and often overlooked, OK illustrates the never-ending dance between language, technology, and culture, and offers lessons for our own techno-historical moment. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eObject Lessons is published in partnership with an essay series in \u003ci\u003eThe Atlantic\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Michelle McSweeney\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1501367188\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781501367182\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bloomsbury Academic\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/12\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 144\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.22lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 6.38h x 4.57w x 0.55d","brand":"Michelle McSweeney","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44071530922239,"sku":"9781501367182","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_15dea05d-40a1-4fec-9d9c-02037d5f3f86.jpg?v=1685436651","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/ok-michelle-mcsweeney-9781501367182","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}