Comments on: Visuals and Text http://thedigitalist.net/2008/12/visuals-and-text/ a blog by the digital team at Pan Macmillan Sun, 05 Feb 2012 02:58:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Zashkaser http://thedigitalist.net/2008/12/visuals-and-text/comment-page-1/#comment-4846 Zashkaser Wed, 05 Aug 2009 16:31:11 +0000 http://thedigitalist.net/?p=381#comment-4846 I am incredibly amused that something called “Demon Killer” comes in a juice box I am incredibly amused that something called “Demon Killer” comes in a juice box

]]> By:   Weekly links roundup by Communications from DMN http://thedigitalist.net/2008/12/visuals-and-text/comment-page-1/#comment-3837   Weekly links roundup by Communications from DMN Sat, 03 Jan 2009 10:10:39 +0000 http://thedigitalist.net/?p=381#comment-3837 [...] An interesting musing on visuals and text [...] [...] An interesting musing on visuals and text [...]

]]> By: Does YouTube Threaten Text? « The Scholarly Kitchen http://thedigitalist.net/2008/12/visuals-and-text/comment-page-1/#comment-3769 Does YouTube Threaten Text? « The Scholarly Kitchen Wed, 17 Dec 2008 11:41:53 +0000 http://thedigitalist.net/?p=381#comment-3769 [...] Bhaskar from thedigitalist.net wonders about the possibility of a video generation, and what this might mean for literacy, capacity for critical thinking, mental efficiency, and culture ov.... Referring to Maryanne Wolf’s excellent “Proust & the Squid,” he worries: . . [...] [...] Bhaskar from thedigitalist.net wonders about the possibility of a video generation, and what this might mean for literacy, capacity for critical thinking, mental efficiency, and culture ov…. Referring to Maryanne Wolf’s excellent “Proust & the Squid,” he worries: . . [...]

]]> By: Will Video Games and the Internet Reduce Book Readers? | The Urban Elitist http://thedigitalist.net/2008/12/visuals-and-text/comment-page-1/#comment-3765 Will Video Games and the Internet Reduce Book Readers? | The Urban Elitist Tue, 16 Dec 2008 12:35:52 +0000 http://thedigitalist.net/?p=381#comment-3765 [...] Janneke Adema, and related to this, Michael Bhaskar at The Digitalist envisions an evolution away from a text-based culture and text-bas...: However the Youtube generation isn’t even reading online. It’s, er, watching Youtube. [...] [...] Janneke Adema, and related to this, Michael Bhaskar at The Digitalist envisions an evolution away from a text-based culture and text-bas…: However the Youtube generation isn’t even reading online. It’s, er, watching Youtube. [...]

]]> By: Britta http://thedigitalist.net/2008/12/visuals-and-text/comment-page-1/#comment-3764 Britta Tue, 16 Dec 2008 05:26:14 +0000 http://thedigitalist.net/?p=381#comment-3764 I don't worry so much. I believe that people are reading even more than before with this "golden age for text", and I don't see the internet as moving toward more video than text -- YouTube is an addition, not a replacement for written blogs and websites. And a well-made video (or video series) requires sustained thought, like a well-made blog post. I don’t worry so much. I believe that people are reading even more than before with this “golden age for text”, and I don’t see the internet as moving toward more video than text — YouTube is an addition, not a replacement for written blogs and websites. And a well-made video (or video series) requires sustained thought, like a well-made blog post.

]]> By: Video Surfing « OPEN REFLECTIONS http://thedigitalist.net/2008/12/visuals-and-text/comment-page-1/#comment-3763 Video Surfing « OPEN REFLECTIONS Mon, 15 Dec 2008 15:16:13 +0000 http://thedigitalist.net/?p=381#comment-3763 [...] post on the Reading and Watching conference a few weeks ago, I recently came about this very nice post by Michael Bhaskar over at The Digitalist. In his post Bashkar talks about a blog post from [...] [...] post on the Reading and Watching conference a few weeks ago, I recently came about this very nice post by Michael Bhaskar over at The Digitalist. In his post Bashkar talks about a blog post from [...]

]]> By: Michael Bhaskar http://thedigitalist.net/2008/12/visuals-and-text/comment-page-1/#comment-3762 Michael Bhaskar Mon, 15 Dec 2008 11:48:34 +0000 http://thedigitalist.net/?p=381#comment-3762 Alex- yes, you are right in that we do have those specialisms. What I am not so sure about is how transferable they are. So while we might make a good text book, that involves a lot of print only skills- everything from the editorial work through to typsetting, production etc is geared up for a model fundamentally different to that in, say, TV production. Equally writers might not necessarily make good screen writers, and even if they do it is hard to see how a publisher could intermediate in that environment seeing as it is already crowded and competitive with experts. What I think we really can do is learn to tie video into print more. Look at how the newspapers regularly have video snippets above the print articles. If people will search on Youtube then our books will need to be found on Youtube, but that doesn't mean abandoning books altogether. So in that sense I do agree- we have to evolve it in the right way. Of course, perhaps the great irony of the whole Youtube generation/transition is that it effects traditional TV as much as it does anything else- they are feeling the pressure from falling and inattentive audiences, UGC, piracy, visuals with no ads and the rest of it more than we publishers, the proverbial tortoise to the hare. MB Alex- yes, you are right in that we do have those specialisms. What I am not so sure about is how transferable they are. So while we might make a good text book, that involves a lot of print only skills- everything from the editorial work through to typsetting, production etc is geared up for a model fundamentally different to that in, say, TV production. Equally writers might not necessarily make good screen writers, and even if they do it is hard to see how a publisher could intermediate in that environment seeing as it is already crowded and competitive with experts.

What I think we really can do is learn to tie video into print more. Look at how the newspapers regularly have video snippets above the print articles. If people will search on Youtube then our books will need to be found on Youtube, but that doesn’t mean abandoning books altogether. So in that sense I do agree- we have to evolve it in the right way. Of course, perhaps the great irony of the whole Youtube generation/transition is that it effects traditional TV as much as it does anything else- they are feeling the pressure from falling and inattentive audiences, UGC, piracy, visuals with no ads and the rest of it more than we publishers, the proverbial tortoise to the hare.

MB

]]> By: teXtes » Blog Archive » Pas comme la musique http://thedigitalist.net/2008/12/visuals-and-text/comment-page-1/#comment-3760 teXtes » Blog Archive » Pas comme la musique Sun, 14 Dec 2008 19:03:19 +0000 http://thedigitalist.net/?p=381#comment-3760 [...] Ce billet fait écho à celui d’Alex Iskold sur Read Write Web, qui a suscité une intéressante réaction sur The Digitalist. [...] [...] Ce billet fait écho à celui d’Alex Iskold sur Read Write Web, qui a suscité une intéressante réaction sur The Digitalist. [...]

]]> By: Alex Iskold http://thedigitalist.net/2008/12/visuals-and-text/comment-page-1/#comment-3758 Alex Iskold Sat, 13 Dec 2008 17:08:35 +0000 http://thedigitalist.net/?p=381#comment-3758 Michael, I definitely agree that publishers need to be thinking about the rise of video. There is an advantage to the whole situation that you have - you know how to make quality content/information. In a way, text is just a format of delivery, and in principle you can be delivering content differently. It might be hard to imagine today what could be a video book, but we know that books, like everything else will evolve. So the key to me is the understanding that you hold relationships with authors, you know how to make books, and you are in a good position to figure out how to evolve these relationships into the future. Alex Michael,

I definitely agree that publishers need to be thinking about the rise of video.

There is an advantage to the whole situation that you have – you know how to make quality content/information. In a way, text is just a format of delivery, and in principle you can be delivering content differently. It might be hard to imagine today what could be a video book, but we know that books, like everything else will evolve. So the key to me is the understanding that you hold relationships with authors, you know how to make books, and you are in a good position to figure out how to evolve these relationships into the future.

Alex

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