Naomi S. Baron Words Onscreen (Paperback) (UK IMPORT)

Description: Further DetailsTitle: Words OnscreenCondition: NewFormat: PaperbackSubtitle: The Fate of Reading in a Digital WorldISBN-10: 0190624167EAN: 9780190624163ISBN: 9780190624163Publisher: Oxford University Press IncRelease Date: 09/22/2016Description: 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 later, Apple debuted the iPad. 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 eReading 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 eReading, 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 eReading 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.Language: EnglishCountry/Region of Manufacture: USItem Height: 155mmItem Length: 234mmItem Width: 20mmItem Weight: 454gAuthor: Naomi S. BaronGenre: Science Nature & MathType: Electronics & Communications EngineeringTopic: Language & ReferenceRelease Year: 2016 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.

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Book Title: Words Onscreen

Title: Words Onscreen

Subtitle: The Fate of Reading in a Digital World

ISBN-10: 0190624167

EAN: 9780190624163

ISBN: 9780190624163

Release Date: 09/22/2016

Release Year: 2016

Country/Region of Manufacture: US

Genre: Science Nature & Math

Topic: Language & Reference

Number of Pages: 328 Pages

Publication Name: Words Onscreen : the Fate of Reading in a Digital World

Language: English

Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated

Subject: Computers & Technology, Teaching Methods & Materials / Reading & Phonics, Media Studies, Hardware / Tablets, Reading Skills, Curricula, Linguistics / General

Publication Year: 2016

Item Height: 0.8 in

Item Weight: 16 Oz

Type: Textbook

Subject Area: Computers, Social Science, Language Arts & Disciplines, Education

Author: Naomi S. Baron

Item Length: 6.1 in

Item Width: 9.2 in

Format: Trade Paperback