Attention, ambivalence and algorithms: Publishers in the era of ubiquitous connectivity and expanding platforms.
This article scrutinizes how digitalization influences fiction and non-fiction literature publishers in the era of ubiquitous digital connection. The analysis states how a lack of attention is triggering a sense of urgency for the future of literary reading. Further, the digital transition entails a...
| Published in: | Media, Culture & Society Vol. 46; no. 2; pp. 292 - 308 |
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Sage Publications, Ltd.
Mar2024
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