Reading with machines. Reading and writing in the digital age. - Talk by Prof. Gerhard Lauer, University of Basel
Event details
| Date | 07.10.2020 |
| Hour | 12:15 › 13:15 |
| Speaker | Prof. Gerhard Lauer |
| Location | |
| Category | Conferences - Seminars |
Abstract
In the public a number of claims floating around about the end of books and end of reading. Shallow reading instead of deep reading is the way specifically the young generation reads if this generation reads at all. In contrast to these claims, our research shows how vivid young readers write and read books today, mainly on social media. Since this reading is often far away from established ways of reading, we developed a research agenda to explore the digital lives of books and todays readers, look into the real-time data and try to find ways to measure reading activities in large data sets.
Bio
Gerhard Lauer is professor for Digital Humanities at the University of Basel. He is a literary scholar by training, worked at Munich, Göttingen and now Basel. Recently published “Lesen im digitalin Zeitalter” (Reading in the digital age, 2020).
DH Research Seminar
The DH Research Seminar is a series of talks organised by the Digital Humanities Institute given by researchers from a wide range of backgrounds and aiming at presenting the vast array of subjects covered by Digital Humanities.
Due to sanitary restrictions, the DH Research Seminar will be given exclusively on-line during the 2020 Fall semester.
Be sure to join, listen to the talk and participate in the Q&A session at the end of the presentation.
In the public a number of claims floating around about the end of books and end of reading. Shallow reading instead of deep reading is the way specifically the young generation reads if this generation reads at all. In contrast to these claims, our research shows how vivid young readers write and read books today, mainly on social media. Since this reading is often far away from established ways of reading, we developed a research agenda to explore the digital lives of books and todays readers, look into the real-time data and try to find ways to measure reading activities in large data sets.
Bio
Gerhard Lauer is professor for Digital Humanities at the University of Basel. He is a literary scholar by training, worked at Munich, Göttingen and now Basel. Recently published “Lesen im digitalin Zeitalter” (Reading in the digital age, 2020).
DH Research Seminar
The DH Research Seminar is a series of talks organised by the Digital Humanities Institute given by researchers from a wide range of backgrounds and aiming at presenting the vast array of subjects covered by Digital Humanities.
Due to sanitary restrictions, the DH Research Seminar will be given exclusively on-line during the 2020 Fall semester.
Be sure to join, listen to the talk and participate in the Q&A session at the end of the presentation.
Practical information
- General public
- Free