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Print is Dead?

Posted on October 27, 2012 by Eric Gearey

Prologue Growing up in the suburbs of Montréal I was gainfully employed as a morning newspaper delivery-boy by the Montreal Gazette.  The hours were contemptible but the money more than made up for it – especially during the holiday season.  … Continue reading →

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Near Extinction and Revitalization of Aboriginal Heritage Languages in North America

Posted on October 27, 2012 by inscho

Near Extinction of Aboriginal Heritage Languages in North America Of the 50 First Nation, Inuit and Métis languages spoken in Canada, only three of them are considered to be viable to continue to be in use in the long term, … Continue reading →

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The Invention of the Telegraph

Posted on October 27, 2012 by Deborah S

Please visit my blog on the Invention of the Telegraph to learn more about the history of the telegraph, as well as its implications for business. Deborah

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The Invention of Photography

Posted on October 27, 2012 by learle

By Lynnette Earle & Jerry Mah (access to Word Document) Introduction  The invention of photography and its legacy has changed the world. Photography has modified the phenomenology of reading and writing by enhancing the text only experience. A brief history of … Continue reading →

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The Invention of the Telegraph

Posted on October 26, 2012 by Rocky Lam

Introduction Writing is a technology. Although Plato feared that the emerging technology of writing would one day undermine oral literacy, he was correct in that writing alters the meaning of literacy, and it also greatly enhances and expands our ability … Continue reading →

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On Paper and Pen

Posted on October 26, 2012 by mckay

Introduction Today, both paper and pens are a ubiquitous and affordable resource. Pens may carry a cultural value when given as special gifts, yet others are discarded at the first sign of malfunction. Historians have tended to subsume the history … Continue reading →

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Shaped by technology

Posted on October 26, 2012 by dlclled

The invention and popularization of the personal computer almost 30 years ago opened the door to the auto-edition era and therefore, to the informal knowledge and use of typography. But typography as a concept has existed since Gutenberg’s invention of … Continue reading →

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Modern Science: Indebted to the Printing Press

Posted on October 25, 2012 by troos

The rise of modern empirical science took place in Europe beginning in the late sixteenth century (Huff, 2003, p. 326).  Copernicus’ view of a heliocentric universe, traditionally viewed as the main precursor to modern science, created a disruption of scholarly … Continue reading →

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First Nations from Orality to Writing

Posted on October 25, 2012 by cmck

First Nations from Orality to Writing Introduction Click here for a recording of “Storyteller” by Joan Crate (2008, p. 388). Until contacted by European explorers and settlers, Canadian First Nations’ communities were what Ong (1982) would call primarily oral. Their … Continue reading →

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