Digital technology is restructuring the entire process of knowledge production, content verification and the dissemination of knowledge. This concerns the emergence of new tools and new writing and reading practices, as well as a more comprehensive change which one could describe as cultural.
Combining an academic approach based on the understanding of patterns, the empirical observation of practices and an analysis of the strategic logic deployed in the sector, this succinct work presents an overview of the real impact of technological changes on publishing.
Marcello Vitali-Rosati is a professor of digital literature and culture in the Department of French literature and language at the University of Montréal. He is the research director of recherche du Canada on digital writing.
Benoît Epron is an assistant professor in information science and communication and a research director at the École nationale supérieure des sciences de l’information et des bibliothèques (Enssib).