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On Bay Street, just north of Queen, sits a modest three storey brick building, sandwiched between a glass and brick monstrosity that houses banks and indeterminate financial institutions of indeterminate…
Non-fiction Writing Contents
Academic Writing Literature at Lightspeed (PhD Dissertation) Tell me a Story I Can Live (Masters Thesis) Other Non-fiction Writing I Don't Know Art, But I Know What I Write A…
Literature at Light Speed
Contents
Chapter 1: Introduction Theories of Technology The Story So Far... The Story To Come... Chapter 2: Fiction Writers on the World Wide Web Introduction Survey Methodology Ezines Individual Writers Hypertext…
Literature at Lightspeed:
Chapter One:
Introduction
Reaching back to McLuhan, if it were true that the medium is indeed the message then the potential benefits of the web for society would be almost certainly attainable. But…
Literature at Lightspeed:
Chapter Two:
Fiction Writers on the World Wide Web
Freedom of the press belongs to those who own one. (A. J. Liebling) My husband likes to point out that while a typical small-circulation magazine may expose 500 readers to…
Literature at Lightspeed:
Chapter Three: The Economics of Information on the Web
The Internet is the hottest topic in the country... Companies of all kinds -- big and small, technology-oriented or service-based, employing hundreds of people or consisting of one person at…
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Chapter Four:
What Governments Can (And Cannot) Do
Decisions in a democracy are made badly when they are primarily made by and for the benefit of a few stake-holders (land-owners or content providers). (Boyle, 1997, unpaginated) The thinking…
Literature at Lightspeed:
Chapter Five:
Other Stakeholders in Publishing and New Media
The formerly stable system -- the axis with writer at one end, editor, publisher, and bookseller in the middle, and reader at the other -- is slowly being bent into…
Literature at Lightspeed: Chapter Six:
Conclusion:
Web Fiction Writers in Society
Like other sub-systems, it [technology] can be geared to certain social ends. The choice, determination and implementation of these ends and technological ventures which are linked to them are matters…
Literature at Lightspeed:
Notes
1) I am indebted to Peter Roosen-Runge for this insight. Chapter Two Notes 1) Another problem with the argument that computers are more environmentally friendly than paper is that the…
Appendix A:
Surveys
1. Fiction Writers To Whom It May Concern, I am a PhD student in the Communications program at McGill University. My main interest is in how artists are using emerging…
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