Why Writing Still Matters - Softcover

Merchant, Guy

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1009268686 ISBN 13: 9781009268684

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2023

Synopsis

Writing surrounds us, it informs us, it guides us, and it controls us. The power and complexity of this exceptional human invention is a story of change. However, in today's digital world, technology has drastically altered how and where we write, what we write about, and what writing looks like. This fascinating book presents a compelling argument for the vital importance of writing, and considers where its future may lie. Richly illustrated with examples of writing practices old and new, it explores the significant changes in writing that have occurred in our lifetime, and highlights how technology has challenged some of our most deeply held views about human communication. Through a careful examination of how writing works, it explores how it can be considered as a technology, inviting us to think again about this visual language that we so often take for granted. Writing matters – now, more than ever before.

About this title

About the Author

Guy Merchant is Professor of Literacy in Education at Sheffield Hallam University, UK, and an international expert in writing and technology. His most recent books include Stacking Stories (2021, with Burnett, Bulman and Rogers), Undoing the Digital (2020) and New Media in the Classroom (2019, with Burnett).

Edition details

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2023
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1009268686
• ISBN 13: 9781009268684
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 204