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This course explores writing's transition from the printed page to the
computer screen. After an introductory unit that examines the
history
of computing and the rise of the internet (what is a computer
and
how do they really work?), we'll examine various ways of
understanding the shift from the writing spaces of the
printed book to
the information spaces of the digital world. We'll then take
a look at
other forms of media (photographic images, film,
television) and their
complex relations to the electronic sphere (what do Hollywood
movies and hypertext have in common, for example?).
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This course explores writing's transition from the printed page to the
computer screen.
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