Book contents
- Why Writing Still Matters
- Why Writing Still Matters
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- Part I Impressions
- Part II Expressions
- 5 Writing: Power and Regulation
- 6 Writing and Knowing
- 7 Writing Narrative
- 8 Writing, Connecting and Organizing
- 9 Writing Futures
- Conclusion
- Notes
- References
- Index
9 - Writing Futures
from Part II - Expressions
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 24 August 2023
- Why Writing Still Matters
- Why Writing Still Matters
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- Part I Impressions
- Part II Expressions
- 5 Writing: Power and Regulation
- 6 Writing and Knowing
- 7 Writing Narrative
- 8 Writing, Connecting and Organizing
- 9 Writing Futures
- Conclusion
- Notes
- References
- Index
Summary
This chapter reflects on the changes in written communication associated with digital technology using some of the perspectives developed in earlier chapters. In particular, it focuses on differences in materiality and changes in display and design. When considering digital communication, there is plenty of evidence that writing is in ascendency, and that there is increased diversification in what we write and how we write it. New questions about who finds a voice and how we evaluate what is written have arisen. In times of post-truth, populism, political and religious extremism, writing can still be dangerous but it can also work to unite and consolidate, as it has done in the recent pandemic. If writing plays such a significant role in our social and cultural life, using it wisely is crucially important.
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- Why Writing Still MattersWritten Communication in Changing Times, pp. 136 - 153Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2023