1. About the Horrific Peril of Reading on Digital Devices
- Author
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Vicente Garcia Martinez and Joaquim López-Río
- Subjects
anxieties ,Internet en l'ensenyament ,media_common.quotation_subject ,amazon ,academia ,Consolidation (business) ,reading ,Reading (process) ,General Materials Science ,Sociology ,Moral panic ,Mass media ,media_common ,business.industry ,moral panic ,Tecnologia de la informació ,Media studies ,Multiple factors ,gutenberg galaxy ,Law ,publishers ,The Internet ,Digital devices ,internet ,business - Abstract
Reading on digital devices has become a widely debated issue in mass media and academia. The dawn and consolidation of digital technology have made possible new devices for reading. In the Internet era, reading is not just a matter of books and paper. This loss of exclusiveness has generated different anxieties in many intellectuals, researchers, journalists, editors, and publishers related to the printing environment. An analysis of such uneasiness can provide clues about the hidden interests and misunderstandings implied in their arguments. Revealing anxious claims about digital devices can enlighten us about the multiple factors and interests involved in the act of reading.
- Published
- 2015