On Hypertext, or Back to the Landau

Autor/in	Solway, David
Titel	On Hypertext, or Back to the Landau
Quelle	In: Academic Questions, 24 (2011) 3, S.341-350 (10 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0895-4852
DOI	10.1007/s12129-011-9235-x
Schlagwörter	Stellungnahme; Critical Theory; Hypermedia; Internet; Information Networks; Influence of Technology; Social Networks; Electronic Publishing; Usability; Reading Habits; Theory of Mind; Electronic Learning; Indexes + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Kritische Theorie; Informationsnetz; Social network; Soziales Netzwerk; Elektronisches Publizieren; Reading habit; Lesegewohnheit; Indexdatei
Abstract	This author asserts that the problem of reading among today's twittering, digital-minded, and half-literate generation of students cannot be solved by the vaunted hypertext revolution in screenal reading practices as advocated in contrived and facile efforts like George Landow's influential "Hypertext: The Convergence of Contemporary Critical Theory and Technology," where the centered text and univocal voice are duly dismissed as tyrannical. In this article, Solway unravels the truth about "hypertext," and shows how those never-ending links to others works in online publication can actually fragment and disorient the student mind. He contends that if a book is a fortifying font of knowledge, hypertext is a debilitating labyrinth. (Contains 12 footnotes.) (ERIC).
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Update	2017/4/10