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100 1 $aBaron, Naomi S.,$eauthor.
245 10 $aWords onscreen :$bthe fate of reading in a digital world /$cNaomi S. Baron.
264 1 $aOxford :$bOxford University Press,$c2016.
264 4 $c©2015
300 $axv, 310 pages :$billustrations ;$c24 cm
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504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 283-300) and index.
520 $a"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."--Publisher's summary.
505 0 $aNl;pr: Not long; please read : a preface -- 1. "I hate books" : words go digital -- 2. Reading evolves -- 3. Tl;dr: readers reshape writing -- 4. The appeal of words onscreen -- 5. The Web ate my print option: one-off reading -- 6. How social is reading? -- 7. "It's not a book": the physical side of reading -- 8. Your brain on hyper reading -- 9. Faxing Tokyo: when cultures and markets meet -- 10. The future of reading in a digital world -- Afterword.
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