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The Myth of the New: Mass Digitization, Distant Reading and the Future of the Book.

Gooding, P.; Warwick, C.; Terras, M.

Authors

P. Gooding

M. Terras



Abstract

This paper proposes the importance of developing a realistic theoretical framework for the rise of mass digitization: the importance of the diffusion of innovations in shaping public opinion on technology; hyperbole and the myth of the ‘digital sublime’ (Mosco 2004); and the role of different media in shaping human understanding. It proposes that mass digitization can only be viewed as a significant deviation from the print medium when it emerges from the shadow of the Gutenberg Press and exerts a similarly powerful paradigm of its own, and that as a result there is a disconnect between the reality of the medium and the discourse with which it is surrounded.

Citation

Gooding, P., Warwick, C., & Terras, M. (2012, July). The Myth of the New: Mass Digitization, Distant Reading and the Future of the Book. Presented at Digital Humanities 2012, Hamburg, Germany

Presentation Conference Type Conference Paper (published)
Conference Name Digital Humanities 2012
Publication Date 2012-07
Deposit Date Sep 5, 2014
Public URL https://durham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1155865
Publisher URL http://www.dh2012.uni-hamburg.de/conference/programme/abstracts/the-myth-of-the-new-mass-digitization-distant-reading-and-the-future-of-the-book/