Words onscreen the fate of reading in a digital world
"People have been reading on computer screens for several decades now, predating popularization of personal computers and widespread use of the internet. But it was the rise of eReaders and tablets that caused digital reading to explode. In 2007, Amazon introduced its first Kindle. Three years...
| Main Author: | Baron, Naomi S. (Author) |
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford :
Oxford University Press,
[2015]
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Table of Contents:
- Nl;pr : not long; please read : a preface
- "I hate books" : words go digital
- Reading evolves
- Tl;dr : readers reshape writing
- The appeal of words onscreen
- The Web ate my print option : one-off reading
- How social is reading?
- "It's not a book" : the physical side of reading
- Your brain on hyper reading
- Faxing Tokyo : when cultures and markets meet
- The future of reading in a digital world
- Acknowledgments
- Notes.