Books and Social Media: How the Digital Age Is Shaping the Printed Word

ISBN-13: 9781032001357 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 164 str.

Miriam J. Johnson

Opis

Questioning what we always thought we knew about what makes a book, and traditional publishing channels, this book will be of interest to anyone studying or researching publishing, book history, print cultures, digital and contemporary literatures.

Spis treści

1. What Is A Book?  2. Foucault’s Archaeology and McLuhan’s Global Village and Rear-View Mirror as Analytic Strategies  3. The Creative Possibilities of the Book  4. The Rise of the Citizen Author  5. The Role of Gender in the Digitally Social Communities  6. Genre Fiction is Leading the Way  7. The Role of Community in Writing Fiction Online: Social Platforms as Places Where Authors and Readers Meet  8. The Power Relationships of the Book  9. Understanding and Incorporating the Contradictions Around the Book