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Book SynopsisTraces our epochal move from an economy of things and objects to an economy of attention. According to the author, the central commodity in our new age of information is not stuff but style, for style is what competes for our attention amidst the din and deluge of new media. He aims to map the frontier that information technologies have created.
Trade Review"In this heady glimpse at an electronic universe... [Lanham] maintains that digitized technology can democratize higher education, open up the arts to a full range of human talent and foster a convergence between the two cultures of science and the humanities." - Publishers Weekly "A cohesive and engaging overview of the challenges introduced by electronic publishing upon traditional models of research, instruction, and even the nature of academic departments." - Library Journal"
