02687nam 2200685Ia 450 991096894600332120241118142635.00-19-772123-01-282-32840-997866123284040-19-973677-410.1093/oso/9780195388442.001.0001(CKB)1000000000799776(EBL)472198(OCoLC)489708739(SSID)ssj0000335133(PQKBManifestationID)11251335(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000335133(PQKBWorkID)10273590(PQKB)10065167(Au-PeEL)EBL472198(CaPaEBR)ebr10335207(CaONFJC)MIL232840(OCoLC)1406786166(StDuBDS)9780197721230(OCoLC)298669024(FINmELB)ELB167121(MiAaPQ)EBC472198(EXLCZ)99100000000079977620090102d2009 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrA better pencil readers, writers, and the digital revolution /Dennis Baron1st ed.New York ;Oxford Oxford University Press20091 online resource (278 p.)Oxford scholarship onlinePreviously issued in print: 2009.0-19-991400-1 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; Index'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.Oxford scholarship online.WritingMaterials and instrumentsHistoryWritten communicationTechnological innovationsWritingMaterials and instrumentsHistory.Written communicationTechnological innovations.302.2/244Baron Dennis E1851894MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910968946003321A better pencil4446320UNINA