ISBN:
9780199736775
,
0199736774
,
9780195388442
,
0195388445
Language:
English
Pages:
Online Ressource (xviii, 259 p.)
,
ill.
Edition:
Online-Ausg.
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Baron, Dennis E Better pencil
DDC:
302.2244
Keywords:
Writing materials and instruments History
;
Written communication Technological innovations
;
Writing materials and instruments History
;
Written communication Technological innovations
;
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES ; Literacy
;
Writing ; Materials and instruments
;
Written communication ; Technological innovations
;
History
;
Electronic books History
;
Electronic books
Abstract:
Computers, now the writer's tool of choice, are still blamed by skeptics for a variety of ills, from speeding writing up to the point of recklessness, to complicating or trivializing the writing process, to destroying the English language itself. A Better Pencil puts our complex, still-evolving hate-love relationship with computers and the internet into perspective, describing how the digital revolution influences our reading and writing practices, and how the latest technologies differ from what came before. The book explores our use of computers as writing tools in light of the history of co
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 247-254) and index. - Description based on print version record
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