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Autore |
Baron Dennis E |
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Titolo |
A better pencil : readers, writers, and the digital revolution / / Dennis Baron |
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New York ; ; Oxford, : Oxford University Press, 2009 |
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ISBN |
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0-19-772123-0 |
1-282-32840-9 |
9786612328404 |
0-19-973677-4 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (278 p.) |
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Collana |
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Oxford scholarship online |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Writing - Materials and instruments - History |
Written communication - Technological innovations |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Previously issued in print: 2009. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Contents; Preface: Technologies of the Word; 1. Writing It Down; 2. TeknoFear; 3. Thoreau's Pencil; 4. National Handwriting Day; 5. Writing on Clay; 6. When WordStar Was King; 7. Trusting the Text; 8. Writing on Screen; 9. Everyone's an Author; 10. A Space of One's Own; 11. The Dark Side of the Web; 12. From Pencils to Pixels; Works Cited; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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'A Better Pencil' examines the digital revolution in light of the history of writing technology. Baron looks at how we love, fear & actually use our writing machines & how we deploy them to replicate the old ways of doing things while actively generating new modes of mass expression. |
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