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    • Publisher:
      Cambridge University Press
      Publication date:
      August 2023
      September 2023
      ISBN:
      9781009268677
      9781009268646
      9781009268684
      DOI:
      https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009268677
      Dimensions:
      (229 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.44kg, 204 Pages
      Dimensions:
      (229 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.31kg, 204 Pages
      • Subjects:
      Communications, Applied Linguistics, Film, Media, Mass Communication, Language and Linguistics
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    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.

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    ‘A useful introduction to important concepts in the study of writing for an undergraduate and non-specialist audience.’

    Sky Marsen Source: Language in Society

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