The Written Word: Literacy in Transition

by Gerd Baumann

At a time when new information technologies are beginning to challenge our typographic culture with a transition toward a new "secondary" orality, the impact of the written word on our daily lives, our individual perceptions, and our culture has become a matter of intense debate. This collection employs an interdisciplinary approach in its examination of the social and cultural implications of literacy. The contributors discuss, among other issues,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198750684
• ISBN13: 9780198750680
• Release Date: July 1986
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.92 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.6" x 8.8"