Words Onscreen - The Fate of Reading in a Digital World

Zusatztext The book is an engaging history of reading as well as a provocative argument about its future." Informationen zum Autor Naomi S. Baron is Professor of Linguistics Emerita at American University in Washington, DC. She is the author of Always On: Language in an Online and Mobile World. Klappentext In Words Onscreen, Naomi Baron offers a fascinating and timely look at how technology affects the way we read. Zusammenfassung In Words Onscreen, Naomi Baron offers a fascinating and timely look at how technology affects the way we read. Inhaltsverzeichnis Chapter 1. "I Hate Books": Words Go Digital Chapter 2. Reading Evolves Chapter 3. tl;dr: Readers Reshape Writing Chapter 4. The Appeal of Words Onscreen Chapter 5. The Web Ate My Print Button: One-Off Reading Chapter 6. How Social is Reading? Chapter 7. "It's Not a Book": The Physical Side of Reading Chapter 8. Your Brain on eText Chapter 9. Faxing Tokyo: When Cultures and Markets Meet Chapter 10. The Future of Reading in a Digital World

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In Words Onscreen, Naomi Baron offers a fascinating and timely look at how technology affects the way we read.

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• Authors: Naomi S Baron, Naomi S. Baron, Naomi S. (Professor of Linguistics and Exec Baron, Naomi S. (Professor of Linguistics and Executive Director of the Center for Teaching Baron, Naomi S. (Professor of Linguistics Emerita Baron, Baron Naomi S.
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 10.11.2016
• EAN: 9780190624163
• ISBN: 978-0-19-062416-3
• No. of pages: 328
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; Literacy, SCIENCE / Philosophy & Social Aspects, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Social Aspects, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Literacy, Language: reference & general, Language: reference and general, Historical & comparative linguistics, Impact of science & technology on society, Impact of science and technology on society, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Technology Studies, Historical and comparative linguistics, Literacy (Theories of reading and writing)