Theodore G. Striphas is an American academic and author of The Late Age of Print.

Career

Striphas received his PhD from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.[1] He is currently an associate professor of Media Studies in the College of Media, Communication and Information at the University of Colorado Boulder[2]

The Late Age of Print

The Late Age of Print is Striphas's best-known and best-selling work, published by Columbia University Press.[3] The book discusses technological innovations in printing and publishing, such as Google's book scanning and Amazon's Kindle.[4] In addition, The Late Age of Print discusses the inevitability of the Borders Bookstore bankruptcy and subsequent closure.[5] The book has received generally positive reviews from The Guardian and other sources.[6]

Striphas's blog continues discussion of the critical and technological issues raised in The Late Age of Print. The blog has received praise from Canadian Broadcasting Corporation and other sources.[7]

Awards

He received the 2010 Book of the Year Award from the National Communication Association's Critical Cultural Studies Division for The Late Age of Print.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 "Indiana University Bloomington".
  2. ↑ "Ted Striphas". College of Media, Communication and Information. 2015-07-17. Retrieved 2020-10-13.
  3. ↑ "Reading and Publishing in Print's Late Age: An Interview with Ted Striphas". Quarterly Conversation.
  4. ↑ "The Late Age of Print by Ted Striphas". Quarterly Conversation.
  5. ↑ "The Past and Future Histories of Books: An Interview with Ted Striphas". henryjenkins.org.
  6. ↑ Steven Poole (12 June 2009). "Review: The Late Age of Print by Ted Striphas". the Guardian.
  7. ↑ "Home - Spark with Nora Young - CBC Radio". cbc.ca. 28 September 2015.
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