READING WRITING INTERFACES
Book • 2014
In Reading Writing Interfaces, Lori Emerson investigates the material and procedural foundations of textual practice by focusing on software and hardware as active participants in how texts are produced and read.
The book argues that interfaces and underlying media infrastructures shape literary form, authorial practice, and readerly behavior, challenging purely formalist approaches.
Emerson combines media theory, close analysis of software, and historical sensibility to reveal how technical constraints and design choices influence textual culture.
The work helped popularize a media-archaeological approach to computational texts and digital humanities.
It is aimed at scholars and students interested in technology's role in shaping literary production and reception.
The book argues that interfaces and underlying media infrastructures shape literary form, authorial practice, and readerly behavior, challenging purely formalist approaches.
Emerson combines media theory, close analysis of software, and historical sensibility to reveal how technical constraints and design choices influence textual culture.
The work helped popularize a media-archaeological approach to computational texts and digital humanities.
It is aimed at scholars and students interested in technology's role in shaping literary production and reception.
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