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Ink into Bits
Charles T. Meadow
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Description for Ink into Bits
Paperback. The future of communication and cultural literacy, reading, and the book in the 21st century is investigated along a wide spectrum, from multimedia packages to reading on the World Wide Web. Num Pages: 312 pages, 26figs. BIC Classification: JFD; UBJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 134 x 17. Weight in Grams: 386.
Ink into Bits is concerned with the impact and advantages of new technologies on human experiences from publishing, to education, to everyday recreational reading. Included is a bibliography, a list of recommended reading, and an appendix of statistical charts which show how various factors relating to electronic publishing have changed over the years. Ink into Bits is intended for students in courses on communication or technology in society, for students of library and information science, for librarians, for writers, and for book people of all kinds. It discusses the practical realities of new computer and communication technologies in non-technical terms, ... Read more
Ink into Bits is concerned with the impact and advantages of new technologies on human experiences from publishing, to education, to everyday recreational reading. Included is a bibliography, a list of recommended reading, and an appendix of statistical charts which show how various factors relating to electronic publishing have changed over the years. Ink into Bits is intended for students in courses on communication or technology in society, for students of library and information science, for librarians, for writers, and for book people of all kinds. It discusses the practical realities of new computer and communication technologies in non-technical terms, ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Scarecrow Press United States
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
Number of Pages
312
Place of Publication
Lanham, MD, United States
ISBN
9780810835085
SKU
V9780810835085
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-15
About Charles T. Meadow
Charles T. Meadow is Professor Emeritus at the Faculty of Information Studies, University of Toronto. He is the author of Making Connections: Communications Through the Ages (2002) and Messages, Meaning and Symbols: The Communication of Information (2006), both published by Scarecrow.
Reviews for Ink into Bits
...very thought provoking. The writing was engaging and quite fluid. This book should easily find a place in most libraries, be they academic, secondary, public, or special in setting. It is must reading for anyone concerned about social informatics, the future of communication and media, and issues surrounding new technology.
Jasis
...an anecdotal romp through most aspects of ... Read more
Jasis
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