The end of reading
Subtitle: from Gutenberg to Grand Theft Auto
By: David Trend.
Series: Counterpoints: studies in the postmodern theory of education -- 394
Publisher: P. Lang; Peter Lang
Published: 2010
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 160
ISBN-13: 9781433110153; 9781433110160
Subjects: Literacy -- Social aspects; Popular culture; Computers and literacy; Postmodernism and education
Description: From the Publisher: Big changes have been taking place in reading in recent years. While American society has become more visual and digital, the general state of literacy in America is in crisis, with educators and public officials worried about falling educational standards, the rising influence of popular culture, and growing numbers of non-English-speaking immigrants. But how justified are these worries? By focusing on "reading," this book takes a serious look at public literacy, but chooses not to blame the familiar scapegoats. Instead, The End of Reading proposes that in a diverse and rapidly changing society, we need to embrace multiple definitions of what it means to be a literate person.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The disappearing word; title: The crisis in public literacy; title: The rise of media culture; title: When machines do the reading; title: The future of reading.