Transferred Illusions

Transferred Illusions
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Publisher : Routledge
Total Pages : 218
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ISBN-10 : 9781317007906
ISBN-13 : 1317007905
Rating : 4/5 (06 Downloads)

Synopsis Transferred Illusions by : Marilyn Deegan

This is a study of the forms and institutions of print - newspapers, books, scholarly editions, publishing, libraries - as they relate to and are changed by emergent digital forms and institutions. In the early 1990s hypertext was briefly hailed as a liberating writing tool for non-linear creation. Fast forward no more than a decade, and we are reading old books from screens. It is, however, the newspaper, for around two hundred years print's most powerful mass vehicle, whose economy persuasively shapes its electronic remediation through huge digitization initiatives, dominated by a handful of centralizing service providers, funded and wrapped round by online advertising. The error is to assume a culture of total replacement. The Internet is just another information space, sharing characteristics that have always defined such spaces - wonderfully effective and unstable, loaded with valuable resources and misinformation; that is, both good and bad. This is why it is important that writers, critics, publishers and librarians - in modern parlance, the knowledge providers - be critically engaged in shaping and regulating cyberspace, and not merely the passive instruments or unreflecting users of the digital tools in our hands.

The Nineteenth-Century Press in the Digital Age

The Nineteenth-Century Press in the Digital Age
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Publisher : Springer
Total Pages : 250
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ISBN-10 : 9780230365469
ISBN-13 : 0230365469
Rating : 4/5 (69 Downloads)

Synopsis The Nineteenth-Century Press in the Digital Age by : J. Mussell

James Mussell provides an accessible account of the digitization of nineteenth-century newspapers and periodicals. As studying this material is essential to understand the period, he argues that we have no choice but to engage with the new digital resources that have transformed how we access the print archive.

Shakespeare Studies

Shakespeare Studies
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Publisher : Fairleigh Dickinson Univ Press
Total Pages : 301
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ISBN-10 : 9780838643174
ISBN-13 : 0838643175
Rating : 4/5 (74 Downloads)

Synopsis Shakespeare Studies by : Susan Zimmerman

The Rise of New Media 1750–1850

The Rise of New Media 1750–1850
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Publisher : Springer
Total Pages : 200
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ISBN-10 : 9781137581686
ISBN-13 : 1137581689
Rating : 4/5 (86 Downloads)

Synopsis The Rise of New Media 1750–1850 by : Julia Straub

This monograph explores transatlantic literary culture by tracing the proliferation of ‘new media,’ such as the anthology, the literary history and the magazine, in the period between 1750 and 1850. The fast-paced media landscape out of which these publishing genres developed produced the need of a ‘memory of literature’ and a concomitant rhetoric of remembering strikingly similar to what today is called a cultural memory debate. Thus, rather than depicting the emergence of an American national literature, The Rise of New Media(1750–1850) combines impulses from media history, the history of print, the sociology of literature and canon theory to uncover nascent forms and genres of literary self-reflectivity and early stirrings of a canon debate in the Atlantic World.

People of the Screen

People of the Screen
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Publisher : Oxford University Press
Total Pages : 273
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ISBN-10 : 9780197636350
ISBN-13 : 0197636357
Rating : 4/5 (50 Downloads)

Synopsis People of the Screen by : John Dyer

"This book traces the history of Bible software and app development, showing the unique and powerful role evangelical entrepreneurs and coders have played in shaping its functionality and how their choices in turn shape the reading habits of millions of people around the world. Though evangelicals are sometimes seen as those who retreat from or reject societal change, this book argues that evangelicals are adept at appropriating new technology-including early computers, the internet, mobile apps, and virtual reality experiences-in service of what they see as their mission in the world. In addition to historical research, this book includes interviews with developers at three of the largest Bible software companies and field work with digital and print Bible readers in several church. This creates a comprehensive look at the interconnected ecosystem of publishers, developers, pastors, institutions, and software companies both within and outside of evangelicalism, and demonstrates how it affects the way churchgoers read and interpret the Bible"--

Research Methods for English Studies

Research Methods for English Studies
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Publisher : Edinburgh University Press
Total Pages : 264
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ISBN-10 : 9780748683444
ISBN-13 : 0748683445
Rating : 4/5 (44 Downloads)

Synopsis Research Methods for English Studies by : Gabriele Griffin

With a revised Introduction and with all chapters revised to bring them completely up-to date, this new edition remains the leading guide to research methods for final-year undergraduates, postgraduates taking Masters degrees and PhDs students of 19th- and 20th-century Literary Studies.

Digital Scholarly Editing

Digital Scholarly Editing
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Publisher : Routledge
Total Pages : 367
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ISBN-10 : 9781317150664
ISBN-13 : 131715066X
Rating : 4/5 (64 Downloads)

Synopsis Digital Scholarly Editing by : Elena Pierazzo

This book provides an up-to-date, coherent and comprehensive treatment of digital scholarly editing, organized according to the typical timeline and workflow of the preparation of an edition: from the choice of the object to edit, the editorial work, post-production and publication, the use of the published edition, to long-term issues and the ultimate significance of the published work. The author also examines from a theoretical and methodological point of view the issues and problems that emerge during these stages with the application of computational techniques and methods. Building on previous publications on the topic, the book discusses the most significant developments in digital textual scholarship, claiming that the alterations in traditional editorial practices necessitated by the use of computers impose radical changes in the way we think and manage texts, documents, editions and the public. It is of interest not only to scholarly editors, but to all involved in publishing and readership in a digital environment in the humanities.

Historic Newspapers in the Digital Age

Historic Newspapers in the Digital Age
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Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Total Pages : 219
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ISBN-10 : 9781317121848
ISBN-13 : 1317121848
Rating : 4/5 (48 Downloads)

Synopsis Historic Newspapers in the Digital Age by : Paul Gooding

In recent years, cultural institutions and commercial providers have created extensive digitised newspaper collections. This book asks the timely question: what can the large-scale digitisation of newspapers tell us about the wider cultural phenomenon of mass digitisation? The unique form and materiality of newspapers, and their grounding in a particular time and place, provide challenges for researchers and digital resource creators alike. At the same time, the wider context in which digitisation of cultural heritage occurs shapes the impact of digital resources in ways which fall short of the grand ambitions of the wider theoretical discourse. Drawing on case studies from leading digitised newspaper collections, the book aims to provide a bridge between the theory and practice of how these digitised collections are being used. Beginning with an exploration of the hyperbolic nature of technological discourses, the author explores how web interfaces, funding models and the realities of contemporary user behaviour contrast with the hyperbolic discourse surrounding mass digitisation. This book will be of particular interest to those who want to investigate how user studies can inform our understanding of technological phenomena, including digital resource creators, information professionals, students and researchers in universities, libraries, museums and archives.

The Shakespearean Archive

The Shakespearean Archive
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Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Total Pages : 349
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ISBN-10 : 9781107040649
ISBN-13 : 1107040647
Rating : 4/5 (49 Downloads)

Synopsis The Shakespearean Archive by : Alan Galey

Galey explores the entwined histories of Shakespearean texts and archival technologies over the past four centuries.

Moving Data

Moving Data
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Publisher : Columbia University Press
Total Pages : 359
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ISBN-10 : 9780231504386
ISBN-13 : 0231504381
Rating : 4/5 (86 Downloads)

Synopsis Moving Data by : Pelle Snickars

The iPhone has revolutionized not only how people communicate but also how we consume and produce culture. Combining traditional and social media with mobile connectivity, smartphones have redefined and expanded the dimensions of everyday life, allowing individuals to personalize media as they move and process constant flows of data. Today, millions of consumers love and live by their iPhones, but what are the implications of its special technology on society, media, and culture? Featuring an eclectic mix of original essays, Moving Data explores the iPhone as technological prototype, lifestyle gadget, and platform for media creativity. Media experts, cultural critics, and scholars consider the device's newness and usability—even its "lickability"—and its "biographical" story. The book illuminates patterns of consumption; the fate of solitude against smartphone ubiquity; the economy of the App Store and its perceived "crisis of choice"; and the distance between the accessibility of digital information and the protocols governing its use. Alternating between critical and conceptual analyses, essays link the design of participatory media to the iPhone's technological features and sharing routines, and they follow the extent to which the pleasures of gesture-based interfaces are redefining media use and sensory experience. They also consider how user-led innovations, collaborative mapping, and creative empowerment are understood and reconciled through changes in mobile surveillance, personal rights, and prescriptive social software. Presenting a range of perspectives and arguments, this book reorients the practice and study of media critique.