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On synthetic technologies: the book, the university, the Internet
Author(s) -
Yu Pauline
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
learned publishing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.06
H-Index - 34
eISSN - 1741-4857
pISSN - 0953-1513
DOI - 10.1087/0953151052801541
Subject(s) - vitality , the internet , institution , sociology , computer science , media studies , library science , world wide web , philosophy , social science , theology
This article examines the ‘synthetic’ – i.e. constructed and recombinant – histories of the book, the university and the Internet to argue that the vitality of the institution that links them all, the university press, will depend on yet further syntheses. These will include, in particular, an increasing commitment to the collaborative development of innovative digital technologies.