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Type(s) de contenu et mode(s) de consultation : Texte noté. Image fixe : sans médiation
Auteur(s) : Baron, Naomi S. (1946-....)
Titre(s) : Words onscreen [Texte imprimé] : the fate of reading in a digital world / Naomi S. Baron
Publication : New York : Oxford University Press, [2015]
Description matérielle : xv, 304 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Comprend : "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.
Note(s) : Includes bibliographical references (pages 277-294) and index
Discusses the rise of e-readers and how their popularity is affecting the way people
read books, the way people write books, and what might be lost if reading goes entirely
digital.-- Publsiher's description ; Overview: 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
Sujet(s) : Liseuses numériques
Indice(s) Dewey :
028.9 (23e éd.) = Intérêts et pratiques de lecture
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9780199315765 (br) (alk. paper). - ISBN 0199315760 (hardcover) (alk. paper).
- ISBN 9780199315772 (erroné) (ebook)
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb443205021
Notice n° :
FRBNF44320502
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