Who needs books? : reading in the digital age / Lynn Coady.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Coady, Lynn, 1970- author.

Series:

Henry Kreisel lecture series.

CLC Kreisel Lecture Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Books and reading--Technological innovations--Social aspects.

Books and reading.

Electronic books--Social aspects.

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (73 pages).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Edmonton, Alberta : The University of Alberta Press, 2016.

Summary:

"We look around and feel as if book culture as we know it is crumbling to dust, but there's one important thing to keep in mind: as we know it." What happens if we separate the idea of "the book" from the experience it has traditionally provided? Lynn Coady challenges booklovers addicted to the physical book to confront their darkest fears about the digital world and the future of reading. Is the all-pervasive internet turning readers into web-surfing automatons and books themselves into museum pieces? The bogeyman of technological change has haunted humans ever since Plato warned about the dangers of the written word, and every generation is convinced its youth will bring about the end of civilization. In Who Needs Books?, Coady suggests that, even though digital advances have long been associated with the erosion of literacy, recent technologies have not debased our culture as much as they have simply changed the way we read.

Contents:

Front cover

Title page

Copyright page

Foreword | CARRIÈRE

Liminaire | CARRIÈRE

Introduction | KENNEDY

Who Needs Books

Notes

Bibliography

About the Author

CLC Kreisel Lecture Series.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on print version record.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

9781772121438

1772121436

9781772121209

1772121207

OCLC:

935108411