Saturday, April 2, 2011

I feel like Im repeating myself....

  1. How does this electronic space refashion its predecessor?

    Eletronic space refashions its predecessor not by the physical facts, like turning pages in a book to now pushing a button that says next page with an arrow; it is the amount of written work that can be published. Buying a book on the Kindle or buying a book in Barnes and Noble is not going to create a homogenous audience. Electronic text does not create a homogenous audience. People are still going to read what interests them. If someone likes nonfiction murder mysteries, they are not going to go look in the science section because now they have so many books, blogs, or any other form of published work to choose from. They are going to stick to what they know and what they like. What it is going to change are the authors. If I decided to write a murder mystery and can not get mine published in a literal book or a book you can buy on the kindle I can just blog it and name it murder mystery. Someone can go on google type in murder mystery stories and they could stumble across my story. I might not be paid but I did publish my work and someone did read it (I hope). Electronic text only creates HOMOGENOUS AUTHORS.

    2. How does it claim to improve on print's ability to make our thoughts visible and to constitute the lines oif communication for our society?
   One thing that is cool about electronic text is the ability to communicate to your audience. If you would like to comment on my story or give me advice of what I should have done you are able to. This brings the author and audience closer together, giving the author an idea of what type of people read their work and their response.

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