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How the Page Matters

How the Page Matters

Bonnie Mak

9780802097606

University of Toronto Press


Product design; Writing & editing guides; Communication studies; Material culture

Hardback

176 pages

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<p>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.

By:   Bonnie Mak
Imprint:   University of Toronto Press
Country of Publication:   Canada
Dimensions:   Height: 16mm,  Width: 256mm,  Spine: 176mm
Weight:   460g
ISBN:  

9780802097606


ISBN 10:   080209760X
Series:   Studies in Book & Print Culture
Pages:   176
Publication Date:   June 2011
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Primary ,  Undergraduate
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Abbreviations Acknowledgments Introduction Architectures of the Page Reading the Page The Paratext and the Page Reading the Library The Digital Page Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index

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.


'Mak's monograph is an important reminder of the rich tradition of intellectual and artistic achievement recorded and disseminated within the discrete borders of the page... Rather than a passive carrier of information, the page matters as a lively and active participant in a conversation between author, designer, and reader.' -- Julie Holcomb Information & Culture, October 2012

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