While trying to come up with a new technology in my head, I realized that in our day and age we have the luxury of possessing nearly every single technology that's available, useful, and helpful for an average customer like myself. Considering my term paper was about the impact of E-books on our society, I came up with an idea of creating better and more entertaining e books for education. E books that would provide audio and video content while a student scrolls through a text. It would be a very helpful technology and feature overall for all ages whether it's 3rd material with more pictures for the little student or a scholar's complex ideas broken down into well displayed images or video. I can imagine scrolling down the pages and having a nice compact projector like screen on the left that describes and vividly portrays what's written. So certainly, the literature field can use some improvements and newer inventions to make any kind of material easier to grasp.
Very interesting research proposal. Two ideas immediately shot to my mind when I read this. You can focus your paper on 2 different things. Firstly, you might want to focus on the advantages and disadvantages of electronic literature as it relates to education. Or you can research how electronic literature is capturing the market of traditional literature as it relates to business.
ReplyDeleteFirst thing that pops to my mind when reading about your topic is the reality of technology taking over more and more of our lives everyday. I'll have to admit I'm not a fan of eBooks. Occasionally I'm forced to buy certain literature in electronic form due to it either being more affordable then a hard copy or the ease of access. But if I have the opportunity, I always go for a hard copy. It seems that technology, referring to phones/tablets, seem to be wiping away or taking over a lot of what we use little by little. Many of us miss our local Barnes and Nobles which have shut down due to electronic literature. Where do you stand on these outcomes of electronic literature? Do you still prefer hardcopies? Do you print out a hard copy of certain sections out of a textbook when you really need to study it thoroughly? Will authors continue to write literature if they are not making enough money due to not selling enough since electronic literature is replicated and released to the open market so easily. just some thoughts. I remember when Harry potter first came out and the shelves cleared the same day. You couldn't get a new release without it being on preorder. Especially if you wanted a hardcover. I still have my collection I look back to time and time over. It's a shame the excitement about literature and hardcopies does not exist anymore.
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