ABSTRACT
Technology and the new literacies associated with it have transformed the workplace
arguably more quickly and more deeply than any of our other institutions. The heavy
growth in manufacturing jobs during the middle of the 20th century leveled off and then
diminished during the final third of the century as white-collar clerical, sales, service, and
management jobs increased. Technology has played a key role in bringing about these
changes and in shaping the way people spend time as they perform their jobs.
