Naomi S Baron

Words Onscreen

The Fate of Reading in a Digital World

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Produktbeschreibung

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

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press, USA
• Seitenzahl: 328
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. September 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 236mm x 157mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 448g
• ISBN-13: 9780190624163
• ISBN-10: 0190624167
• Artikelnr.: 47868919

Autorenporträt

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.

Inhaltsangabe

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