Why Writing Still Matters

Writing surrounds us it informs us it guides us and it controls us. The power and complexity of this exceptional human invention is a story of change. However in today's digital world technology has drastically altered how and where we write what we write about and what writing looks like. This fascinating book presents a compelling argument for the vital importance of writing and considers where its future may lie. Richly illustrated with examples of writing practices old and new it explores the significant changes in writing that have occurred in our lifetime and highlights how technology has challenged some of our most deeply held views about human communication. Through a careful examination of how writing works it explores how it can be considered as a technology inviting us to think again about this visual language that we so often take for granted. Writing matters - now more than ever before.