LEADER 02743nam 2200589Ia 450 001 9910807144903321 005 20230721022850.0 010 $a0-19-772123-0 010 $a1-282-32840-9 010 $a9786612328404 010 $a0-19-973677-4 035 $a(CKB)1000000000799776 035 $a(EBL)472198 035 $a(OCoLC)489708739 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000335133 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11251335 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000335133 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10273590 035 $a(PQKB)10065167 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL472198 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10335207 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL232840 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC472198 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000799776 100 $a20090102d2009 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 12$aA better pencil$b[electronic resource] $ereaders, writers, and the digital revolution /$fDennis Baron 210 $aNew York ;$aOxford $cOxford University Press$d2009 215 $a1 online resource (278 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-19-991400-1 311 $a0-19-538844-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aContents; 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 330 $aComputers, 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 co 606 $aWriting$xMaterials and instruments$xHistory 606 $aWritten communication$xTechnological innovations 615 0$aWriting$xMaterials and instruments$xHistory. 615 0$aWritten communication$xTechnological innovations. 676 $a302.2/244 700 $aBaron$b Dennis E$01619610 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910807144903321 996 $aA better pencil$93951966 997 $aUNINA