Frank Thomas asks:
I start to think about the fact that ICTs are well embedded in our cultures of text and voice communications. ... Would someone on the list be so kind to point me to a good start for reading, for books, articles, online texts, market research, I dont know what ...
Lest she be forced to toot her own horn, the article Brenda Danet recently cited: Danet, Brenda. 1997. "Books, Letters, Documents: the Changing Aesthetics of Texts in Late Print Culture." Journal of Material Culture 2:5-38. is a really nice thoughtful look at these questions. Naomi Baron's book _From Alphabet to Email_ is also a good reference. Nancy ________________________________________________________ Nancy Baym http://www.ku.edu/home/nbaym Communication Studies, University of Kansas 102 Bailey Hall, 1440 Jayhawk Blvd., Lawrence, KS 66045, USA Association of Internet Researchers: http://aoir.org