{"title":"Prof Jeff Jarvis","description":"\u003cp\u003eProf Jeff Jarvis explores the evolving landscape of media and culture with sharp insight and clarity. His works, such as \u003cem\u003eMagazine\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Gutenberg Parenthesis\u003c\/em\u003e, delve into the transformation of publishing and the shifting relationship between technology and storytelling.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eReaders can expect a thoughtful examination of how traditional forms intersect with digital innovation, unpacking the impact on arts and culture. 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Here is a tribute to all that magazines were, from their origins in London and on Ben Franklin’s press; through their boom — enabled by new technologies — as creators of a new media aesthetic and a new mass culture; into their opulent days in advertising-supported conglomerates; and finally to their fall at the hands of the internet.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis tale is told through the experience of a magazine founder, the creator of \u003ci\u003eEntertainment Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e at Time Inc., who was also TV critic at \u003ci\u003eTV Guide\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003ePeople\u003c\/i\u003e and finally an executive at Condé Nast trying to shepherd its magazines into the digital age.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eObject Lessons\u003c\/i\u003e is published in partnership with an essay series in \u003ci\u003eThe Atlantic.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Allen \u0026 Unwin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47362818605292,"sku":"9781501394959","price":21.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/15229213482722.jpg?v=1772901436"},{"product_id":"the-gutenberg-parenthesis-by-prof-jeff-jarvis-9781501394829","title":"The Gutenberg Parenthesis","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA 2024 CHOICE OUTSTANDING ACADEMIC TITLE\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePROSE AWARDS MEDIA AND CULTURAL STUDIES FINALIST 2024\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Gutenberg Parenthesis\u003c\/em\u003e traces the epoch of print from its fateful beginnings to our digital present – and draws out lessons for the age to come.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe age of print is a grand exception in history. For five centuries it fostered what some call print culture – a worldview shaped by the completeness, permanence, and authority of the printed word. As a technology, print at its birth was as disruptive as the digital migration of today. Now, as the internet ushers us past print culture, journalist Jeff Jarvis offers important lessons from the era we leave behind.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eTo understand our transition out of the Gutenberg Age, Jarvis first examines the transition into it. Tracking Western industrialised print to its origins, he explores its invention, spread, and evolution, as well as the bureaucracy and censorship that followed. He also reveals how print gave rise to the idea of the mass – mass media, mass market, mass culture, mass politics, and so on – that came to dominate the public sphere.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWhat can we glean from the captivating, profound, and challenging history of our devotion to print? Could it be that we are returning to a time before mass media, to a society built on conversation, and that we are relearning how to hold that conversation with ourselves? 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