Writing Space: the Computer, Hypertext, and the History of Writing - Couverture rigide

Bolter, Jay David

 
9780805804270: Writing Space: the Computer, Hypertext, and the History of Writing
Couverture rigide
ISBN 10 : 0805804277 ISBN 13 : 9780805804270
Editeur : Lawrence Erlbaum Associates Inc, 1990

Synopsis

This book is a study of the computer as a new technology for reading and writing -- a technology that may replace the printing press as our principal medium of symbolic communication. One of the main subjects of Writing Space is hypertext, a technique that allows scientists, scholars, and creative writers to construct texts that interact with the needs and desires of the reader. Bolter explores both the theory and practice of hypertext, demonstrating that the computer as hypertext represents a new stage in the long history of writing, one that has far-reaching implications in the fields of human and artificial intelligence, cognitive science, philosophy, semiotics, and literary theory.

Through a masterful integration of introductory, historical, illustrative, and theoretical material as well as an accompanying diskette containing a sample of hypertextual writing, Bolter supports his claim that the computer will carry literacy into a new age -- the age of electronic text that will emerge from the "age of print that is now passing." His reflections on literacy in contemporary culture lead him to a compelling conclusion: ironically, cultural literacy is becoming almost synonymous with computer literacy.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

This book is a study of the computer as a new technology for reading and writing -- a technology that may replace the printing press as our principal medium of symbolic communication. One of the main subjects of Writing Space is hypertext, a technique that allows scientists, scholars, and creative writers to construct texts that interact with the needs and desires of the reader. Bolter explores both the theory and practice of hypertext, demonstrating that the computer as hypertext represents a new stage in the long history of writing, one that has far-reaching implications in the fields of human and artificial intelligence, cognitive science, philosophy, semiotics, and literary theory.

Through a masterful integration of introductory, historical, illustrative, and theoretical material as well as an accompanying diskette containing a sample of hypertextual writing, Bolter supports his claim that the computer will carry literacy into a new age -- the age of electronic text that will emerge from the "age of print that is now passing." His reflections on literacy in contemporary culture lead him to a compelling conclusion: ironically, cultural literacy is becoming almost synonymous with computer literacy.

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Éditeur
Lawrence Erlbaum Associates Inc
Date d'édition
1990
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0805804277
ISBN 13 
9780805804270
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
272
Coordonnées du fabricant
non disponible
Personne responsable
non disponible

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9780805804287: Writing Space. The Computer, Hypertext, And The History Of Writing

Edition présentée

ISBN 10 :  0805804285 ISBN 13 :  9780805804287
Editeur : Lawrence Erlbaum Associates Inc, 1990
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