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Baron Naomi S. (Professor Of Linguistics Emerita Professor Of Linguistics Emerita American University Washington Dc)
Baron Naomi S. (Professor Of Linguistics Emerita Professor Of Linguistics Emerita American University Washington Dc) - Words Onscreen The Fate Of Reading In A Digital World - Hardcover
Baron Naomi S. (Professor Of Linguistics Emerita Professor Of Linguistics Emerita American University Washington Dc) - Words Onscreen The Fate Of Reading In A Digital World - Hardcover
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Description: 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 e Readers and tablets that caused digital reading to explode. In 2007, Amazon introduced its first Kindle. Three years later Apple debuted the i Pad. Meanwhile as mobile phone technology improved and smartphones proliferated the phone became another vital reading platform. In Words Onscreen Naomi Baron an expert on language and technology explores how technology is reshaping our understanding of what it means to read. Digital reading is increasingly popular. Reading onscreen has many virtues including convenience potential cost - savings and the opportunity to bring free access to books and other written materials to people around the world. Yet Baron argues the virtues of e Reading are matched with drawbacks. Users are easily distracted by other temptations on their devices multitasking is rampant and screens coax us to skim rather than read in - depth. What is more if the way we read is changing so is the way we write. In response to changing reading habits many authors and publishers are producing shorter works and ones that don't require reflection or close reading. In her tour through the new world of e Reading Baron weights the value of reading physical print versus online text including the question of what long - standing benefits of reading might be lost if we go overwhelmingly digital. She also probes how the internet is shifting reading from being a solitary experience to a social one and the reasons why e Reading has taken off in some countries especially the United States and United Kingdom but not others like France and Japan. Reaching past the hype on both sides of the discussion Baron draws upon her own cross - cultural studies to offer a clear - eyed and balanced analysis of the ways technology is affecting the ways we read today - - and what the future might bring.
Title: Words Onscreen The Fate Of Reading In A Digital World
Author(s): Baron Naomi S. (Professor Of Linguistics Emerita Professor Of Linguistics Emerita American University Washington Dc)
Publisher: Oxford University Press Inc
Barcode: 9780199315765
Pages: 320 Pages, 8 B&W Halftones
Publication Date: 2/6/2015
Category: Impact Of Science & Technology On Society
Description: 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 e Readers and tablets that caused digital reading to explode. In 2007, Amazon introduced its first Kindle. Three years later Apple debuted the i Pad. Meanwhile as mobile phone technology improved and smartphones proliferated the phone became another vital reading platform. In Words Onscreen Naomi Baron an expert on language and technology explores how technology is reshaping our understanding of what it means to read. Digital reading is increasingly popular. Reading onscreen has many virtues including convenience potential cost - savings and the opportunity to bring free access to books and other written materials to people around the world. Yet Baron argues the virtues of e Reading are matched with drawbacks. Users are easily distracted by other temptations on their devices multitasking is rampant and screens coax us to skim rather than read in - depth. What is more if the way we read is changing so is the way we write. In response to changing reading habits many authors and publishers are producing shorter works and ones that don't require reflection or close reading. In her tour through the new world of e Reading Baron weights the value of reading physical print versus online text including the question of what long - standing benefits of reading might be lost if we go overwhelmingly digital. She also probes how the internet is shifting reading from being a solitary experience to a social one and the reasons why e Reading has taken off in some countries especially the United States and United Kingdom but not others like France and Japan. Reaching past the hype on both sides of the discussion Baron draws upon her own cross - cultural studies to offer a clear - eyed and balanced analysis of the ways technology is affecting the ways we read today - - and what the future might bring.
Title: Words Onscreen The Fate Of Reading In A Digital World
Author(s): Baron Naomi S. (Professor Of Linguistics Emerita Professor Of Linguistics Emerita American University Washington Dc)
Publisher: Oxford University Press Inc
Barcode: 9780199315765
Pages: 320 Pages, 8 B&W Halftones
Publication Date: 2/6/2015
Category: Impact Of Science & Technology On Society