Ted Striphas
Theodore G. Striphas is an American academic and author of The Late Age of Print.
Career
[edit]Born in Goshen, New York,[1] Striphas received his PhD from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.[2] He is currently a Professor and Chair of Media Studies in the College of Media, Communication and Information[3] at the University of Colorado Boulder.[4] Striphas additionally serves as affiliate faculty in Information Science at the University of Colorado Boulder.[5] He is the co-editor of the journal Cultural Studies.
The Late Age of Print
[edit]The Late Age of Print is Striphas's best-known and best-selling work, published by Columbia University Press.[6] The book discusses technological innovations in printing and publishing, such as Google's book scanning and Amazon's Kindle.[7] In addition, The Late Age of Print discusses the inevitability of the Borders bankruptcy and subsequent closure.[8] The book has received generally positive reviews from The Guardian and other sources.[9]
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.[10]
Algorithmic Culture Before the Internet
[edit]Published in 2023 with Columbia University Press, Algorithmic Culture Before the Internet traces shifting definitions of culture to mark historic engagement with algorithms before the development of the technological tool.[11] Striphas attributes acting in a play The G.I.G.O. Effect in fifth grade as an early foundation for the book, in which an artificial intelligence insists "Human beings, you are the original computer!"[12]
Awards
[edit]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.[2]
Algorithmic Culture Before the Internet was an honorable mention for the 2024 Ángel David Nieves Book Award from the Digital Humanities Caucus of the American Studies Association.[13]
References
[edit]- ↑ Striphas, Theodore G. 2011.The Late Age of Print. Columbia University Press. Pg. 48.
- 1 2 "Indiana University Bloomington".
- ↑ https://www.colorado.edu/cmdi/people/college-leadership/ted-striphas
- ↑ "Ted Striphas". College of Media, Communication and Information. 2015-07-17. Retrieved 2020-10-13.
- ↑ https://experts.colorado.edu/display/fisid_156205
- ↑ "Reading and Publishing in Print's Late Age: An Interview with Ted Striphas". Quarterly Conversation.
- ↑ "The Late Age of Print by Ted Striphas". Quarterly Conversation.
- ↑ "The Past and Future Histories of Books: An Interview with Ted Striphas". henryjenkins.org. 19 March 2012.
- ↑ Steven Poole (12 June 2009). "Review: The Late Age of Print by Ted Striphas". the Guardian.
- ↑ "Home - Spark with Nora Young - CBC Radio". cbc.ca. 28 September 2015.
- ↑ "Columbia University Press website".
- ↑ Striphas, Ted (2023). Algorithmic Culture Before the Internet. New York: Columbia University Press. pp. x.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link) - ↑ "Columbia University Press".
External links
[edit]- Blog: The Late Age of Print
- Indiana University faculty page
- Department of Communication and Culture faculty page
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