| Description |
1 online resource (xviii, 259 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
Writing it down -- TeknoFear -- Thoreau's pencil -- National handwriting day -- Writing on clay -- When WordStar was king -- Trusting the text -- Writing on screen -- Everyone's an author -- A space of one's own -- The dark side of the Web -- From pencils to pixels |
| Summary |
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 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-254) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Writing materials and instruments -- History.
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Written communication -- Technological innovations
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LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Literacy.
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Writing materials and instruments
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Written communication -- Technological innovations
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780199736775 |
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0199736774 |
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9780195388442 |
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0195388445 |
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