Reading as a Device Business: Implications for an eBook Age.
The current shift from the dominance of the medium of the book to the dominance of the medium of the screen is changing our literary landscape: new digital technologies offer us "a new kind of book and new ways to write and read" (Bolter, 1991). As reading migrates from print to digital, it increasi...
| Published in: | International Journal of the Book Vol. 9; no. 3; pp. 43 - 52 |
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Common Ground Research Networks
2012
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=hlh&AN=91761659&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: hlh uiTerm: 91761659 longDbName: Humanities International Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: jinfo: jid: 14479516 17TF jtl: International Journal of the Book issn: 14479516 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: 2012 vid: 9 iid: 3 pid: 22359 pub: Common Ground Research Networks artinfo: ui: 91761659 10.18848/1447-9516/CGP/v09i03/36941 ppf: 43 ppct: 9 formats: fmt: @attributes: type: P size: 494KB tig: atl: Reading as a Device Business: Implications for an eBook Age. aug: au: Kositsky, Nina affil: University of Massachusetts, Massachusetts, USA su: Electronic books Reading Digital technology Discourse analysis Public opinion Creative writing Debate sug: subj: Electronic books Reading Digital technology Discourse analysis Public opinion Creative writing Debate keyword: Book Conventional Text Device Digital eBook eReader Imagination Interactive Multimodal Reader Reading Experience Reading Process ab: The current shift from the dominance of the medium of the book to the dominance of the medium of the screen is changing our literary landscape: new digital technologies offer us "a new kind of book and new ways to write and read" (Bolter, 1991). As reading migrates from print to digital, it increasingly becomes a device business. While technical considerations dominate the public discourse in regards to what reading hardware to choose (e.g., e-Ink versus color LCD, visual gimmicks like simulated page-flipping, etc.), concerns about the process of reading have been largely absent from the debate. The purpose of this paper is to highlight reading as an immersive and creative experience that fosters a particular kind of imagination, which depends on the reader's ability to "fill words with meaning" (Kress, 2003). The paper emphasizes that interaction with a static text is figurative because the entire responsibility of activity falls on the reader. Digital texts and the various symbol systems they entail, on the other hand, offer a reading experience that is literally interactive (Reinking, 2001). Electronic reading devices vary significantly in terms of the degree of immersion in a textual world they encourage, in terms of the work of imagination they require, and the type of interactivity they imply. The paper argues that these considerations can be used as criteria for selecting a medium that would offer a desirable reading experience. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: Article src: R language: English refInfo: copyright: @attributes: flag: Y custom: Copyright of International Journal of the Book is the property of Common Ground Research Networks and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites without the copyright holder's express written permission. Additionally, content may not be used with any artificial intelligence tools or machine learning technologies. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. item: International Journal of the Book holder: Common Ground Research Networks dt: @attributes: year: 2012 holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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