The Future of Writing

by Potts, John

• ISBN13: 9781137440396
• ISBN10: 1137440392
• eBook ISBN(s): 9781137440402
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2014-04-04
• Publisher: Palgrave Pivot

Summary

This fascinating collection draws together perspectives on the future of writing in publishing, journalism and online sites. Discussion ranges across the challenges and opportunities for writing and publishing in the context of new content platforms, formats and distribution networks, including e-books, online news and publishing, and social media. Contributors include publishers, editors, journalists, writers, bloggers, start-up entrepreneurs, media studies scholars and media commentators.

Author Biography

John Potts is Associate Professor in Media at Macquarie University, Australia. He is the author of A History of Charisma and Culture and Technology (with Andrew Murphie), and co-editor of The Unacceptable (with John Scannell). He has published widely on media, digital technology, art history and intellectual history.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements
Notes on Contributors
Introduction; John Potts
PART I: WRITING AND PUBLISHING
1.Culture is the Algorithm; Richard Nash
2.When the Web is the World; Kate Eltham
3.Me Myself I: Revaluing Self-Publishing in the Electronic Age; Sherman Young
4.Book Doomsday: The March of Progress and the Fate of the Book; John Potts
PART II: CREATIVE WRITING
5.Multigraph, not Monograph: Creative Writing and New Technologies; Nigel Krauth
6.On the Art of Writing with Data; Chris Rodley and Andrew Burrell
7.The Design of Writing: 29 Observations; Kathryn Millard and Alex Munt
PART III: JOURNALISM: ESTATE 4.0
8.Storytelling in the Digital Age; Garry Linnell
9.Reading and Writing the News in the Fifth Estate; Jennifer Beckett and Catharine Lumby
10. News Breakers and News Makers in the 24 Hour Opinion Cycle; Lachlan Harris
11. Education and the New Convergent Journalist; Mark Evans