Below is the abstract to an article I came across. It discusses how iPods are thought to be a fabulous part of our culture, when really it is anything but.
"Melville comments how the iPods revolutionize people's lives. The iPod is an example of a beautifully designed, convenient, and desirable object that promises to make people's lives better, but whose promise, on reflection, as is so often the case, turns out to reinforce the worst in their already denuded culture. For all the cachet and control implied by the iPod, the laptop, the BlackBerry, the digital camera, and wi-fi, in the end what seems to be an offer are particular kinds of distraction and avoidance, and a peculiar kind of 21st-century digital loneliness."
Because I found it on ProQuest, I am unable to link it as not everyone has it. Here is the information if you wish to locate it!:
Casper Melville
"Hell is Other iPods"
Utne
July/ August 2005, Iss 130, pg 55
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