02743nam 2200589Ia 450 991080714490332120230721022850.00-19-772123-01-282-32840-997866123284040-19-973677-4(CKB)1000000000799776(EBL)472198(OCoLC)489708739(SSID)ssj0000335133(PQKBManifestationID)11251335(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000335133(PQKBWorkID)10273590(PQKB)10065167(Au-PeEL)EBL472198(CaPaEBR)ebr10335207(CaONFJC)MIL232840(MiAaPQ)EBC472198(EXLCZ)99100000000079977620090102d2009 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrA better pencil[electronic resource] readers, writers, and the digital revolution /Dennis BaronNew York ;Oxford Oxford University Press20091 online resource (278 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-19-991400-1 0-19-538844-5 Includes bibliographical references and index.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; IndexComputers, now the writer's tool of choice, are still blamed by skeptics for a variety of ills, from speeding writing up to the point of recklessness, to complicating or trivializing the writing process, to destroying the English language itself. A Better Pencil puts our complex, still-evolving hate-love relationship with computers and the internet into perspective, describing how the digital revolution influences our reading and writing practices, and how the latest technologies differ from what came before. The book explores our use of computers as writing tools in light of the history of coWritingMaterials and instrumentsHistoryWritten communicationTechnological innovationsWritingMaterials and instrumentsHistory.Written communicationTechnological innovations.302.2/244Baron Dennis E1619610MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910807144903321A better pencil3951966UNINA