E-readers and the death of the book: or, new media and the myth of the disappearing medium

The recent emergence of e-readers and electronic books (e-books) has brought the death of the book to the centre of current debates on new media. In this article, we analyse alternative narratives that surround the possibility of the disappearance of print books, dominated by fetishism, fears about...

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Main Authors: Andrea Ballatore, Simone Natale
Format: Default Article
Published: 2015
Subjects:
Other human society not elsewhere classified
Other language, communication and culture not elsewhere classified
Biographies of media
Digital turn
E-book
End of books
E-reader
Media history
Media imaginary
New media
Old media
Print media
Language, Communication and Culture not elsewhere classified
Studies in Human Society not elsewhere classified
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/2134/19497
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