Abstract
<i>Print Culture: From Steam Press to Ebook</i>, by Frances Robertson (pp 315-317)
Highlights
With the dramatic increase in the potential to process information resulting from advances in digital technologies in recent decades, it is commonplace to hear dire predictions about informational culture
In Print Culture: From Steam Press to Ebook, Frances Robertson tackles what the rise of the e-book and digital technologies means for how we interact with text and images, with particular reference to print culture
A lecturer in the department of Historical and Critical Studies at the Glasgow School of Art, Robertson draws on observations and methods from art history to challenge assumptions about the authority and permanency of the printed word and the equating of books with print culture writ large
Summary
With the dramatic increase in the potential to process information resulting from advances in digital technologies in recent decades, it is commonplace to hear dire predictions about informational culture. In Print Culture: From Steam Press to Ebook, Frances Robertson tackles what the rise of the e-book and digital technologies means for how we interact with text and images, with particular reference to print culture.
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