Digital Writing

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Digital Writing

Materializing Writing in Media Arts and Technocultures

Literary theory Communication studies Media studies Impact of science and technology on society Digital Lifestyle and online world: consumer and user guides

Author: Mujie Li

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Language: English

Published by: Bloomsbury Academic

Published on: 3rd September 2026

Format: LCP-protected ePub

Size: 176 pages

ISBN: 9798216278474


Adopting a media-archeological approach

Mujie Li advances a media theory of writing and its literary effects on reading, text, language, and notational materiality under digital conditions.

Digital Writing

Draws on historical and contemporary examples from electronic literature, media art, and digital and computational culture to bridge writing, language, and literature with media theory, resulting in a proposed material-processual view of studying writing and language in digital culture.

Key Concepts

Li incorporates and builds on key concepts like writing machines from prominent philosophers and media theorists including Jacques Derrida, Bernard Stiegler, and Gilles Deleuze to examine how writing assembles media, technologies, and cultural techniques.

Transcultural and De-Westernized Approach

Emphasizing transcultural contexts, this book ultimately proposes a de-Westernized, decolonized approach to media theory, ultimately exemplifying the creativity inherent in the process of becoming writing.

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