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How the Page Matters
Contributor(s): Mak, Bonnie (Author)
ISBN: 1442615354     ISBN-13: 9781442615359
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
OUR PRICE:   $37.95  
Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats
Published: November 2012
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Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Language Arts & Disciplines | Publishers & Publishing Industry
- Language Arts & Disciplines | Communication Studies
- Literary Criticism | Medieval
Dewey: 002
Series: Studies in Book and Print Culture
Physical Information: 0.4" H x 6.7" W x 9.7" (0.75 lbs) 160 pages
Themes:
- Chronological Period - Medieval (500-1453)
 
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Publisher Description:

From handwritten texts to online books, the page has been a standard interface for transmitting knowledge for over two millennia. It is also a dynamic device, readily transformed to suit the needs of contemporary readers. In How the Page Matters, Bonnie Mak explores how changing technology has affected the reception of visual and written information.

Mak examines the fifteenth-century Latin text Controversia de nobilitate in three forms: as a manuscript, a printed work, and a digital edition. Transcending boundaries of time and language, How the Page Matters connects technology with tradition using innovative new media theories. While historicizing contemporary digital culture and asking how on-screen combinations of image and text affect the way conveyed information is understood, Mak's elegant analysis proves both the timeliness of studying interface design and the persistence of the page as a communication mechanism.

Contributor Bio(s): Mak, Bonnie: - Bonnie Mak is an assistant professor in the Graduate School of Library and Information Science and the Program for Medieval Studies at the University of Illinois.