The Death of the Book
The death of the book has become a common trope over the past 20 years, ever since the introduction of hypertext. Readers (scholars) bemoan the shift from print to the screen. sometimes out of nostalgia, sometimes out of real concern for changes in literacy that digital reading and writing bring with it.
More broadly, the death of the book refers to the (purported) idea that people don't read much anymore.
Why is this important to us on this wiki?
perhaps summarize the arguments in a list
From Literacy to Electracy, wiki presentation, Joe Moxley, in progress.
MorganMC
- Based on the simple structure of the wiki, its main focus is text
- Reading is critical to a wiki's existance because there typically are not a lot of graphics
- A wiki is used to collaborate ideas using text
BethJensen
WikiSupportsTopicalWriting works in here somewhere.
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